PM Starmer removes Labour Whip from 4 ‘persistent rebel’ MPs

[arista]

Rachael Maskell MP
Neil Duncan-Jordan MP,
Brian Leishman MP and
Chris Hinchliff MP

pushed out and three trade envoys lose roles


[Keir Starmer has fired a warning shot
to rebellious Labour MPs and moved
to reassert his grip on his party by removing
the whip from four backbenchers for
repeatedly breaching discipline.

Labour MPs Rachael Maskell,
Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff
were told they had lost the party whip
on Wednesday afternoon for repeatedly rebelling
against the government.

A Labour source told the Guardian the whip
was being removed from “persistent rebels”,
while a further three Labour MPs were stripped
of their government trade envoy roles.

The surprise move, which came after
Downing Street pledged to mend relations
with the Labour backbenches after being
forced to U-turn over controversial welfare cuts,
triggered fury in sections of the parliamentary party.]


https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/16/keir-starmer-to-remove-labour-whip-from-at-least-three-persistent-rebel-mps


They could join the New Sub Labour
Party By Corbyn
when he starts it.

[Liam-]

He’s a thin skinned, petty man

[bots]

He has a big enough majority to dump the rebel ringleaders. Will it stop future rebellions?

[joeysteele]

Rachael Maskell is one of the best MPs in parliament.
Despicable this action is.

[Cherie]

So there is going to be a new Labour party and he does this now....its inexplicable ...MPs should be able to vote with their conscience on such matters

[Cherie]

Listening to Iain Dale tonight there are still back benchers that Starmer has not met....thats pretty insane after a year in power

[arista]

Rachael Maskell is one of the best MPs in parliament.
Despicable this action is.


Yes I have seen
her on Politics Live


Seems a good MP

[Crimson Dynamo]

Listening to Iain Dale tonight there are still back benchers that Starmer has not met....thats pretty insane after a year in power

Iain was pretty scathing about the timing of this action as well

[arista]

Listening to Iain Dale tonight there are still back benchers that Starmer has not met....thats pretty insane after a year in power


Yes,
He's silly not to fit them in.



It can be done over evening events

[Cherie]

Yes,
He's silly not to fit them in.



It can be done over evening events

Too busy taking a private jet here there and everywhere


He should have taken the time to get his back benchers onside, might have worked for him

[arista]

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[arista]

There was tweet with Ian Dale
asking Rachael Maskell
she told him, she did know what a knobhead was?

That tweet was deleted




[What does knobhead mean in British slang?
A fool, idiot]

There you go, Rachael
you are a Fool.

[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/ee56/live/76efeb70-6261-11f0-83d2-4f671b8c1523.jpg.webp

L to R

Brian Leishman MP , Chris Hinchliff Mp , Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
& Rachael Maskell MP
have all rebelled against the Labour party

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7zqdwzqyo

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/17/09/100389063-14913897-image-a-3_1752740750657.jpg

This morning, Rachael Maskell
was on BBC1 AM



[Ms Maskell said: 'I think the learning from
this is that there's got to be more listening
and that's got to be reciprocated'.

'I don't see myself as a ringleader,' she said.

'I joined with other colleagues who had similar
concerns about this legislation.

'You know, we ultimately do believe that
cutting money from some of the poorest
in our society is not what the
Labor Government should be doing.

'We should be ensuring those people are taken
out of poverty, have the support that they need.']


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14913897/Labour-rebels-Starmer-things-worse-suspending-whip-four-kn-head-MPs-stripping-three-jobs-welfare-meltdown.html

[Oliver_W]

Well, Labour (leadership) clearly hasn't been positing their decisions with "does this help the working class" for a very long time...

[bots]

Well, Labour (leadership) clearly hasn't been positing their decisions with "does this help the working class" for a very long time...

Corbyn was 2019, thats really not long ago, infact, 1 election in timespan

[Oliver_W]

Corbyn was 2019, thats really not long ago, infact, 1 election in timespan

And that's how Labour lost the working class vote? Because they didn't like how supportive Corbyn was?

[bots]

And that's how Labour lost the working class vote? Because they didn't like how supportive Corbyn was?

it's because the uk no longer has a working class

[Oliver_W]

it's because the uk no longer has a working class

Tell that to people working paycheck to paycheck :shrug: they're the ones being forgotten across the political board.

[bots]

Tell that to people working paycheck to paycheck :shrug: they're the ones being forgotten across the political board.

people working paycheck to paycheck have the same opportunities as everyone else. The concept of a working class died 60 or more years ago

[arista]

Beth of SkyNewsHD

Just asked about him about punishing these
4MP's

She asked the PM 5 questions in one.


PM Starmer Live at AirBus

Said he must have order in his party