Labour's Sam Tarry joins another picket line two days after Keir Starmer was sacked

A former shadow transport minister has joined strikers on another picket line just two days after Sir Keir Starmer sacked him from the Labor front seat.

As tens of thousands of BT and Openreach workers across the country strike in a pay dispute for the first time in 35 years, Sam Tarry addressed the Communication Workers Union (CWU) rally in central London, saying: "It's good to be back ."

In what appeared to be a direct challenge to Sir Keir, he told the crowd that 'things were changing' - saying it was 'time to fight back' and to “regain our party”.< /p>

The Labor leader's tough stance – and the decision to sack Mr Tarry on Wednesday – has infuriated unions and the party left, in a row only t for more focus throughout the year , as the list of strikers potentially expands to include teachers, doctors and firefighters.

Labour MP Sam Tarry joins CWU members at BT Tower

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Sir Keir, who joined the picket lines in 2019 while shadow secretary of the Brexit, insisted he "understands the concerns" of striking workers, many of whom are facing levels of inflation not seen in four decades after years of real wage cuts.

But the Labor leader ordered frontline MPs to keep their distance as dizai Thousands of railway workers are going on strike this month in a long-running dispute over wages, jobs and working conditions - arguing that 'Labour in opposition must be Labor in power'.

However, after sacking Mr Tarry as shadow transport minister this week, Sir Keir said he did so because the MP had 'made policy on the clog', a remark believed to be related to the MP telling broadcasters on the RMT picket line that every worker should get a pay rise in line with inflation. and this cannot be tolerated in any organization because we have a collective responsibility,” the party leader said during a visit to Birmingham on Thursday.

Mr. Tarry is in a relationship with Deputy Labor Party Leader Angela Rayner

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But former Shadow Labor Chancellor John McDonnell - who joined the BT Tower strikers alongside Mr Tarry on Friday - disputed that explanation.

He pointed to the fact that Rachel Reeves was not sacked as shadow chancellor last week after sparking widespread confusion over the party's position Labor over nationalization with a seemingly thuggish political assertion.

In his address to striking BT staff on Friday, Mr Tarry also criticized the justification for his dismissal.

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