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John McDonnell said Williamson's interview was "possibly one of the worst by a government minister in recent years".

John McDonnell claimed some of the language used by those on the Government benches “wouldn’t go amiss at an English Defence League meeting”.

However, John McDonnell said it would be a ‘really helpful act’, to reinstate him.

"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.

Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the decision to remove Ms Rayner was a “cowardly avoidance of responsibility”.

"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.

John McDonnell said Chancellor Rishi Sunak must make clear he will do ‘everything necessary’ to support the economy.

John McDonnell accused the Conservatives of stealing his policy, asking "will these Tories ever come up with something original?"

Ashton-under-Lyne MP Ms Rayner is expected to run as the party’s deputy leader.Rebecca Long Bailey, the shadow business secretary – a protege of shadow chancellor John McDonnell – has long been seen as the favourite of the left to succeed Mr Corbyn. Richard Burgon through his weight behind her on ...