Sir Keir Starmer can breathe a sigh of relief this afternoon. The Speaker has selected his party’s amendment on a Gaza ceasefire, after an hour of frenzied lobbying from the Labour Whips’ Office. Lindsay Hoyle told MPs that he has selected both the Labour and government amendments as this is an issue where they will
Oh dear. Every time Labour looks just about electable, up pops one of Keir Starmer’s MPs to remind us that they’re not. Today it is the turn of Kate Osamor, one of the hard-of-thinking Corbynites who populate the opposition backbenches. She shot to fame back in 2018 when she threatened a Times reporter with a
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Parliament, like any other workplace, must be free from bullying and that expectation applies to everyone, including MPs.