Andrew Gwynne, Labour MP for Denton and Reddish, has been sacked from his position as Public Health Minister following the revelation of offensive messages he sent. This is not the first controversy surrounding Gwynne, who previously faced criticism for his involvement in a Labour supporters' Facebook group that shared anti-Semitic posts. Despite his political career spanning nearly three decades, Gwynne's tenure has been marked by several controversies.
Calling Boris Johnson 'a pillock' on live television during the 2017 general election campaign was surely the first most voters had heard of Andrew Gwynne .
A year after his infamous televised tussle with Mr Johnson, the MP, then a member of Jeremy Corbyn's front bench, was revealed to be a member of a controversial Labour supporters' Facebook group on which anti-Semitic posts were shared.At one point, fellow Labour MP John Mann, now a peer and the independent government adviser on anti-Semitism, declared that any MP on that Facebook site should 'get off straight away'.
It was as Labour's campaign chairman that he famously gate-crashed Mr Johnson's Sky News interview, claiming the Tory big beast had refused a head-on showdownRead MoreEXCLUSIVE Labour minister is SACKED after vile jibe about pensioners: MAIL ON SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE Nine years later, he graduated to the Commons as MP for Denton and Reddish in Greater Manchester – an area he still represents today, boundary changes aside.
Despite his tough-guy performance then, the father-of-three – who contracted Long Covid during the pandemic – has revealed his battle against depression. As public health minister, he said: 'Having lost both my parents to cancer, I am so grateful to the Prime Minister for giving me this job. He has given me the chance of a lifetime to do my parents proud by creating the kind of compassionate and humane healthcare that all our constituents deserve.'
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