Strikes: Labour MPs including Tarry, Lavery and Osborne defy Starmer’s order not to joint picket line – but no action taken yet February 1, 2023 A number of Labour MPs have joined picket lines to support striking workers, despite party leader Keir Starmer previously saying no MP should be on a picket line “if they want to be in government”. The official Conservative Party press office account shared tweets from 13 Labour MPs such as Richard Burgon, Ian Lavery and [...]
Brexit opportunities? Labour says it will explore ‘full potential’ of life outside EU January 15, 2023 The Government has not explored the “full potential” of what the UK can do outside the EU’s single market, Labour leader Keir Starmer has suggested. Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Peter Kyle claimed his party would aspire to make more of a success of Brexit. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer meanwhile insisted that leaving the EU [...]
‘Stand up to Brexit purity cult’, Keir Starmer to urge Rishi Sunak in Northern Ireland protocol speech in Belfast January 13, 2023 Rishi Sunak must stand up to the “Brexit purity cult” of Eurosceptics on the Tory benches to find a solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol issues, Sir Keir Starmer will say. The Labour leader will use a speech in Belfast to urge the Prime Minister to take on the European Research Group (ERG) in order [...]
