BREAKING: Starmer restores Labour whip to McDonnell, Begum

Keir Starmer has restored the Labour whip to former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Poplar and Limehouse MP Apsana Begum, presumably part of some desperate attempt to curry favour with a Labour left on which Starmer has waged a relentless war since he lied his way into the party leadership by promising to heal divisions and build on Jeremy Corbyn’s policies.

Why the pair – two of seven MPs suspended in 2024 for refusing to vote for Starmer’s decision to keep poor children hungry by keeping the Tories’ ‘two child benefit cap’, which costs more to keep than to scrap – would want the toxic Labour whip back is another matter entirely and a real head-scratcher.

Featured image via the Canary