Sam Tarry

Shadow transport minister Sam Tarry has been "removed from the frontbench" after appearing on a picket line during the rail strike.

He later tweeted a photo that said he was “on the side of the members not the establishment”. Mr Tarry had joined striking RMT members on the picket line at Euston on Wednesday and said that “people’s lives could be lost” if the party did not take a stand. hadow transport minister Sam Tarry has been "removed from the frontbench" after appearing on a picket line during the rail strike.

The Labour leader has ordered his frontbenchers not to join striking workers on the demos.

Members of the frontbench sign up to collective responsibility. That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed frontbench positions. Local Labour members voted to “trigger” him, meaning he must go through a full re-selection contest to be the party’s candidate at the next general election.

A Labour MP has been removed from the party's frontbench by Sir Keir Starmer after appearing on the picket line during a rail strike.

The Labour Party needs to wake up and smell the coffee. And Zarah Sultana said: "Labour MPs should be proud to stand with workers. I'm here supporting 40,000 low paid transport workers who decided to go on strike." Labour's position is that pay negotiations are for unions and ministers. Members of the frontbench sign up to collective responsibility. That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed frontbench positions.

The party says the shadow transport minister has been 'removed from the frontbench'.

“The Labour Party needs to wake up and smell the coffee. The Labour leader said: “The Labour Party in opposition needs to be the Labour Party in power. “I think Members of Parliament represent their constituencies and hear day to day what their constituents want, and they’re doing the right thing by being there with the workers in dispute.” “Some of the lowest-paid workers are on strike today in the rail industry, safety-critical workers, workers who make sure our railways get people to work and do so safely.” Speaking to Times Radio, he accused Sir Keir of “moving the Labour Party to the right, and disowning its principles and disowning the people that stand for those principles, which includes Sam Tarry”. “Today Sam did the right thing and stood shoulder to shoulder with rail workers striking for fairness and safety at work,” he said.

Keir Starmer has opened up a fresh battle with Labour's left wing after sacking a shadow transport minister for joining striking rail workers on a picket ...

But he warned that he had taken phone calls from seven trade union general secretaries who were “absolutely fuming” about his sacking and were now on a “direct collision course with the Labour Party”. Ilford South constituency party has voted to “trigger” Tarry, meaning he will face a contest with other would-be MPs in order to remain the party’s parliamentary candidate. By adopting a hardline stance, Starmer may struggle to maintain discipline as other Labour frontbenchers bid to support unions fighting for higher pay.

Ilford South MP and shadow transport minister Sam Tarry has been sacked from the Labour front bench after appearing on a picket line during the rail strike.

That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed front bench positions. Members of the front bench sign up to collective responsibility. - 6Sam Tarry sacked from Labour front bench after joining rail strike picket line

The shadow transport minister Sam Tarry has denied defying orders from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer after he joined striking rail workers on a picket line ...

Asked what it said about Mr Starmer’s leadership that Labour MPs were again defying his orders to man picket lines, Mr Corbyn added: “That’s up to him to sort out. “There are three Labour MPs this morning at this picket line and no doubt all over the country. Instead we should actually be investing in our public transport sector with the buses or rail because we need to get people off the planes and onto trains. He told i: “They [Labour] are going back to the Blairite idea that you can regulate and that will provide you with a secure service. “I’ve had absolutely no calls from anybody about whether I should be on a picket line today. “For me, it’s not about defying anyone.

The party sacked shadow frontbencher Sam Tarry after he defied Keir Starmer's ban on joining the picket line in support of striking rail workers.

He previously told Beth Rigby Interviews on Sky News: “If you’re in government, this was what I said to my shadow cabinet when we had the discussion… He later tweeted a photo that said he was “on the side of the members not the establishment”. The party said Mr Tarry had been “removed from the frontbench”, saying it took seriously “any breach of collective responsibility”.

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On LBC she accused him of “mansplaining” in the BBC debate on Monday, and said it was a “terrrible look”. And on BBC Breadkfast she defended her decision to have a go at him over his expensive clothes, saying “it’s about judgment, and it’s about who voters can relate to”. This morning leftwingers in the parliamentary party have also accused Starmer of double standards, saying that Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, also gave an interview this week in which she departed form party policy, but that she was not sacked. I try to monitor the comments below the line (BTL) but it is impossible to read them all. On LBC she accused him of “mansplaining” in the BBC debate on Monday, and said it was a “terrrible look”. And on BBC Breadkfast she defended her decision to have a go at him over his expensive clothes, saying “it’s about judgment, and it’s about who voters can relate to”. Currently he represents Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where he had a majority of 7,210 at the last election but where a big swing to Labour could see him lose. Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary and Truss supporter, has been on the broadcast round this morning and, despite reportedly being told by Truss’s team to tone down her comments about Sunak, she has found it hard to resist, and her interviews have included various studs up attacks on the former chancellor. This morning leftwingers in the parliamentary party have also accused Starmer of double standards, saying that Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, also gave an interview this week in which she departed form party policy, but that she was not sacked. So coordinated action, I think, is going to be inevitable, and I just hope that the government starts listening. The Institute has argued that the war in Ukraine requires the UK, and democratic nations more generally, to review its approach to Russia. But this is hindered by the relatively small team dedicated to it. By 2016 the comparative lack of resources dedicated to Russia was well-established. I try to monitor the comments below the line (BTL) but it is impossible to read them all. Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary and Truss supporter, has been on the broadcast round this morning and, despite reportedly being told by Truss’s team to tone down her comments about Sunak, she has found it hard to resist, and her interviews have included various studs up attacks on the former chancellor.

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Members of the front bench sign up to collective responsibility. That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed frontbench positions. “As a government in waiting, any breach of collective responsibility is taken extremely seriously and for these reasons Sam Tarry has been removed from the front bench.” Tarry married Julia Fozard in Ibiza in 2016, the pair have two children together and seperated in 2022. Tarry worked on Jeremy Corbyn’s successful Labour leadership campaign in 2016 and has worked as the national political officer for the TSSA trade union. So, who is Sam Tarry and is the former Transport Minister dating Angela Rayner?

Ilford South MP Sam Tarry attended the protest at London's Euston station on Wednesday, despite Sir Keir Starmer telling frontbench MPs to stay away. Labour ...

Responding to his dismissal, Mr Tarry - a supporter of the former leader Jeremy Corbyn - thanked Sir Keir for "the last two and a half years" on the front bench, but said it was "a real shame" he had been removed for "joining a picket line". I didn't see Rachel Reeves being sacked. Members of the front bench sign up to collective responsibility. That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed frontbench positions. He added the next election would be fought on the "back of the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation" and the "mood of the country is with us". Sharon Graham, leader of Unite the Union, which has more than a million members, said Labour was "becoming more and more irrelevant to ordinary working people".

Ilford South MP Tarry joined protesters at London's Euston station despite Sir Keir telling his frontbench MPs to stay away. Sam Tarry.

The Labour Party said in a statement: “This isn’t about appearing on a picket line. The Labour Party needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Rebecca Long-Bailey tweeted in response to Tarry’s sacking: “Solidarity @SamTarry supporting workers as they fight for their jobs, pay and conditions is exactly what Labour is supposed to do. Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham tweeted: “The @UKLabour sacking of @SamTarry for supporting working people on strike, against cuts to their jobs and pay, is another insult to the trade union movement. TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes said: “Whatever excuses the Labour Party makes about the reasons for Sam being sacked, the reality is that Sam has shown solidarity with his class and we applaud him for that. However, the sacking of Tarry led to a backlash from unions.

Labour leader accused of stoking unnecessary row by firing shadow minister over interviews from picket lines.

“As a Labour politician, I am proud to stand with these striking rail workers on the picket line in the face of relentless attacks by this Tory government,” he said. McDonnell forecast there would be a “wave of industrial action” as union after union balloted for strikes during the year, meaning Labour’s current position was not tenable. A Labour source said Tarry’s media interviews were done without his boss, the shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, or Starmer’s office knowing in advance. “We’ve got to come off the fence and be on the side of a just cause. Go on there and wear a gag?” He claimed there were unprecedented levels of anger at the lack of solidarity with workers taking industrial action.