The Prime Minister has suspended at least three Labour rebel MPs citing “persistent breaches of party discipline.”
Hours before the summer recess is due to kick in Sir Keir Starmer has started to boot out left wing MPs.
Chief Whip Alan Campbell summoned MPs for their mutinous behaviour and a source told The Times some will be suspended for “persistent k**bheadery” and rebelling against Starmer’s welfare reforms.
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It is believed that Chris Hinchliff, Neil Duncan Jordan and Brian Leishman are first set to be suspended by Starmer.
An insider warned that “the executions are continuing.”
A left-wing MP said, “It doesn’t look good for [the PM] that he’s having to do this.”
Pressure group Momentum who support Jeremy Corbyn said, “Suspending the whip from MPs who stood against welfare cuts is a desperate act from a failing Government.
This crackdown on dissent is a pathetic response to dire poll ratings and threatens to tear apart not the Labour Left but the Labour Party itself.
