Sacked shadow minister accuses Keir Starmer of ‘complete car crash’

Sam Tarry again joins picket line after being removed from Labour frontbench earlier in week

• Sam Tarry: why I'm proud to be on the picket line with rail workers

Keir Starmer's ban on Labour MPs going on picket lines was a fundamental mistake" that caused a complete car crash" in a week when the party should have been talking about increasing workers' wages, Sam Tarry has said after he was sacked from his role as a shadow minister following media appearances at an RMT picket line.

In a defiant riposte to the Labour leadership as he once again joined a picket line, the MP rejected Starmer's statement that he had been sacked for making up policy on the hoof" as he stood alongside striking workers during rail action. Trade unions were the ones showing true leadership at the moment", he added.