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Sir Keir risks risks destroying the Labour Party, Jon Cruddas MP warns
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (far right) visits the Tapa Nato forward operating base in Estonia, close to the Russian border, December 21, 2023

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer risks destroying the party, prominent back-bench MP Jon Cruddas has said this week.

In a book published to mark the centenary of the election of the first Labour government, Mr Cruddas launched a coruscating critique of Sir Keir.

“Little ties Starmer to the ethical and spiritual concerns of Labour’s early founders,” he wrote.

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