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Labour shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry took a swipe at Theresa May yesterday, warning that she didn’t “have enough authority” to lead Britain through the Brexit process.
Ms Thornberry made the comments on Sky News after the PM suspended two rebel Tory MEPs who behaved “totally irresponsibly,” according to a government source.
Ms May withdrew the party whip from South West MEP Julie Girling and South East MEP Richard Ashworth after they supported a resolution in Strasbourg declaring that “sufficient progress” had not been made in the Brexit talks to be able to move on to discussions about a future partnership.
With a political crisis engulfing the Labour Party, the case for PR is back on the agenda. TONY BURKE argues trade unions must now engage on changes to our voting system
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
