DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
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“I knew Keir Starmer in the early ’90s when I was a trainee barrister and he was a barrister, and people used to ask what he was like at the time because he was becoming a big name.
“I always said: do not trust this guy at all. I’ve seen his public persona and what he’s like in private and they’re very different.”
Damian McCarthy has just been expelled from Labour — one of thousands of leftists to suffer the same fate since Starmer took over the party three years ago this month, promising to largely continue the progressive agenda of his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn.
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