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Labour MP’s ‘spitting blood’ after being ordered not to support striking rail workers on picket lines
An RMT Union Steward at Nottingham Station

LABOUR Party frontbenchers risk losing their jobs if they support striking rail workers on picket lines in defiance of orders from party leader Sir Keir Starmer, it was revealed yesterday.

The party’s response to the strikes threatens to cause a split in the shadow cabinet.  

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer emailed his team before Tuesday’s strike, ordering them not to join picket lines during the biggest rail strike in 30 years.

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