A LABOUR MP left workers aghast yesterday after he appeared to agree with a call to sack striking Tube staff.

Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood “liked” the Facebook status of a right-wing Labour activist which read: “Automate the Tubes. Sack all the striking TfL staff. Retrain the others. That is all.”

The comment came a few hours before staff across London’s Underground network were due to walk out for 24 hours in a dispute over new working patterns when the Tube starts running through the night in the autumn.