Sir Keir Starmer is facing claims he is engaged in a “witch-hunt” aimed at closing down dissent or independent voices inside Labour, as the leader tightens his grip on the UK’s main opposition party.
John McDonnell, who was shadow chancellor under the leftwing leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2015-20, criticised “factional behaviour”. He told the Financial Times that some at the top of the party were looking for an excuse to suspend him.
McDonnell will vote on Monday against legislation aiming at banning local councils from imposing boycotts on foreign regimes, such as Israel, defying an edict from Starmer that Labour MPs should abstain on its second reading.
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