Labour Will Not Sack Frontbenchers Who Joined Rail Strike Pickets Labour
Labour’s chief whip, Alan Campbell, spoke to the five frontbenchers – the shadow junior minister Alex Sobel, the whip Nav Mishra, and three principal private secretaries – who posted photos of themselves on picket lines. It is understood the five were to be sent letters about their future conduct but that all of them would be allowed to remain in their posts. Mishra tweeted last Tuesday as the strikes got under way: “As a proud trade unionist, I stand with all workers on our railway network who are taking industrial action to fight for their jobs and keep passengers safe....