Senior Labour MP backs calls for general strike as Starmer faces open revolt
Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell said ‘whoever has advised Keir Starmer on this, I think he has made a severe mistake’.
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Watch: Williamson’s car-crash interview hints at back-to-school chaos
John McDonnell said Williamson's interview was "possibly one of the worst by a government minister in recent years".
MPs back immigration reforms that will make it harder to protect children fleeing violence and war
John McDonnell claimed some of the language used by those on the Government benches “wouldn’t go amiss at an English Defence League meeting”.
Lisa Nandy says Corbyn shouldn’t be Labour MP until he apologises to Jewish community
However, John McDonnell said it would be a ‘really helpful act’, to reinstate him.
‘Mandelson’s revenge’: Labour’s shadow cabinet reshuffle in full
"Sacking Nick Brown, one of the most experienced and tactically astute chief whips the party has ever had, is inept in the extreme," John McDonnell said.
Reaction as Angela Rayner sacked as party chairman
Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the decision to remove Ms Rayner was a “cowardly avoidance of responsibility”.
Labour in hot water after it bars socialist candidate from Liverpool mayoral race
"If there was a problem with any candidate it should have been dealt with earlier or is the problem the socialism of a possible winner?," John McDonnell said.
Labour accuses ministers of being too slow to respond to coronavirus in UK
John McDonnell said Chancellor Rishi Sunak must make clear he will do ‘everything necessary’ to support the economy.
Treasury officials to be moved north in Budget
John McDonnell accused the Conservatives of stealing his policy, asking "will these Tories ever come up with something original?"