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| Labour frontbencher Lisa Nandy visits picket line amid strikes row | Labour frontbencher Lisa Nandy visits picket line amid strikes row |
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| Labour shadow minister Lisa Nandy was pictured on a picket line in Wigan | Labour shadow minister Lisa Nandy was pictured on a picket line in Wigan |
| A Labour shadow minister has visited striking workers days after one of her frontbench colleagues was sacked for remarks made on a picket line. | A Labour shadow minister has visited striking workers days after one of her frontbench colleagues was sacked for remarks made on a picket line. |
| Lisa Nandy was pictured alongside union members from BT and Openreach striking in her Wigan constituency. | Lisa Nandy was pictured alongside union members from BT and Openreach striking in her Wigan constituency. |
| An ally of Ms Nandy said she appeared to show support for constituents and had told the Labour leader's office about the visit in advance. | An ally of Ms Nandy said she appeared to show support for constituents and had told the Labour leader's office about the visit in advance. |
| Last week shadow minister Sam Tarry was fired after joining striking workers. | Last week shadow minister Sam Tarry was fired after joining striking workers. |
| Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he fired Mr Tarry - who was the party's transport spokesman - for doing interviews "without permission" and "making up policy on the hoof". | Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he fired Mr Tarry - who was the party's transport spokesman - for doing interviews "without permission" and "making up policy on the hoof". |
| Mr Tarry said workers should get pay rises in line with inflation in a media interview from a strike held by rail workers at London Euston station. | Mr Tarry said workers should get pay rises in line with inflation in a media interview from a strike held by rail workers at London Euston station. |
| Labour's policy is that there should be "fair" rises through negotiation, and Sir Keir said shadow ministers needed to maintain "collective responsibility". | Labour's policy is that there should be "fair" rises through negotiation, and Sir Keir said shadow ministers needed to maintain "collective responsibility". |
| But unions and some left-wing Labour MPs reacted furiously to Mr Tarry's sacking, with Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, saying the party was "becoming more and more irrelevant to ordinary working people". | But unions and some left-wing Labour MPs reacted furiously to Mr Tarry's sacking, with Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, saying the party was "becoming more and more irrelevant to ordinary working people". |
| MP fired for making up policy on the hoof - Starmer | MP fired for making up policy on the hoof - Starmer |
| Union anger at Labour over sacking of Sam Tarry | Union anger at Labour over sacking of Sam Tarry |
| Are we set for a general strike? | Are we set for a general strike? |
| Ms Nandy's visit to a picket line on Monday raised fresh questions about the party's policy on shadow ministers attending strikes. | Ms Nandy's visit to a picket line on Monday raised fresh questions about the party's policy on shadow ministers attending strikes. |
| A Labour source said: "The position hasn't changed and of course MPs can still meet their constituents and respond to issues affecting their area." | |
| A photo of the shadow levelling up secretary meeting striking workers in Wigan was tweeted by North West regional secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), Carl Webb. | A photo of the shadow levelling up secretary meeting striking workers in Wigan was tweeted by North West regional secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), Carl Webb. |
| Thanks @lisanandy for taking the time to visit the @cwugmersey Wigan picket line this moring to speak to #TheCWU BT & Openreach members on strike and show solidarity @CWUnews @DaveWardGS @CWU_AndyKerr pic.twitter.com/SjJXqczD6R | Thanks @lisanandy for taking the time to visit the @cwugmersey Wigan picket line this moring to speak to #TheCWU BT & Openreach members on strike and show solidarity @CWUnews @DaveWardGS @CWU_AndyKerr pic.twitter.com/SjJXqczD6R |
| Members of the CWU - the biggest union for the communications industry in the UK with 199,443 members - were holding strikes nationally over a pay dispute on Monday. | Members of the CWU - the biggest union for the communications industry in the UK with 199,443 members - were holding strikes nationally over a pay dispute on Monday. |
| In a tweet, Mr Tarry said it was "great" to see Ms Nandy on the picket line, adding: "Senior Labour politicians need to demonstrate loud and clear that our party is on the side of ordinary working people." | In a tweet, Mr Tarry said it was "great" to see Ms Nandy on the picket line, adding: "Senior Labour politicians need to demonstrate loud and clear that our party is on the side of ordinary working people." |
| But a source close to Ms Nandy made a distinction between her visit to the picket line and that of Mr Tarry last week. | But a source close to Ms Nandy made a distinction between her visit to the picket line and that of Mr Tarry last week. |
| "She went down to show her support for constituents campaigning for better pay and conditions at a really tough time, as you'd expect," the source told the BBC. | "She went down to show her support for constituents campaigning for better pay and conditions at a really tough time, as you'd expect," the source told the BBC. |
| The source drew attention to Sir Keir's reasoning for sacking Mr Tarry and an article the Labour leader wrote in the Sunday Mirror newspaper. | The source drew attention to Sir Keir's reasoning for sacking Mr Tarry and an article the Labour leader wrote in the Sunday Mirror newspaper. |
| In the article, Sir Keir said Labour must move away from being a "party of protest" in order to win elections and "hand power to working people". | In the article, Sir Keir said Labour must move away from being a "party of protest" in order to win elections and "hand power to working people". |
| The Labour leader insisted he supported the right to strike, but that his focus was on getting into government. | The Labour leader insisted he supported the right to strike, but that his focus was on getting into government. |
| Over the weekend Ms Nandy appeared to back Sir Keir's position on strikes in a tweet, writing her boss "couldn't be clearer" on the issue. | Over the weekend Ms Nandy appeared to back Sir Keir's position on strikes in a tweet, writing her boss "couldn't be clearer" on the issue. |
| "People have every right to go out on strike for better wages and conditions," she wrote. "Now they need a Labour government to hand power to working people again." | "People have every right to go out on strike for better wages and conditions," she wrote. "Now they need a Labour government to hand power to working people again." |