Andrew Gwynne, a Labour minister, was sacked after offensive comments he made in a WhatsApp group were exposed. The messages, which included antisemitic remarks and disparaging comments about a fellow MP, have sparked a major controversy for the Labour Party. While the messages date back to before Sir Keir Starmer's leadership, the incident raises serious questions about the party's commitment to tackling antisemitism.
Labour have waited 14 years to get back into government. Now, after just seven months in power, three ministers have already been brought down by scandal. Publishing just one of the outrageous comments Andrew Gwynne posted in the 'Trigger Me Timbers' WhatsApp group is likely to have been enough to bring his ministerial career to an abrupt end.
Alex Burghart MP, speaking for the Conservatives this morning as shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, described the remarks as 'sinister', claiming that 'it really does suggest that just beneath the surface, between all the sort of the window dressing that Sir Keir Starmer has done, that with senior Labour politicians there may still be a very serious problem with antisemitism'.
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