Labour MP Sam Tarry, who was sacked from his role as a shadow transport minister earlier this week after giving interviews at picket line for striking rail workers, joined a rally for on Friday morning.
Addressing the Communication Workers Union (CWU) rally as thousands of BT and Openreach workers strike in a dispute over pay, Tarry said “it’s good to be back.” He said: “We need a Labour leadership that is prepared to stand up and does not look the other way when BT workers are going to foodbanks.”
Mr Tarry, who is in a relationship with deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner, said “people need to have a really hard think about what the Labour Party is for” if he was fired for remarks made on live TV in favour of pay rises in line with inflation. His removal from Sir Keir Starmer’s top team has been met with fury by unions and the left wing of the party.
