{"id":4589,"date":"2026-03-31T14:24:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4589"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:24:46","slug":"labour-mp-suspended-by-party-over-recent-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4589","title":{"rendered":"Labour MP \u2018suspended by party\u2019 over recent conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>He&#8217;s been a critic of Keir Starmer.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Labour MP Karl Turner has had the party whip suspended following his recent conduct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The\u00a0Mirror\u00a0reports that the Kingston upon Hull East MP has been informed by the Chief Whip this afternoon that he was being suspended from Labour over his recent conduct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The publication says this is understood to be in relation to Turner\u2019s pattern of behaviour towards Labour colleagues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In recent weeks, Turner has been outspoken in his criticism of Keir Starmer\u2019s government on a number of issues, particularly plans to scrap jury trials for sentences of less than three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In a post on X on Tuesday afternoon, Turner claimed he had not been told that he was losing the whip before the news broke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He wrote: \u201cI am being told that I have had the whip suspended but I have not had any notification from the whips about this. It seems journalists have been told but I have not.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Last week, Turner\u00a0said\u00a0he did not believe that Starmer\u2019s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney had his phone stolen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The phone is believed to contain messages from Peter Mandelson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>However, Turner later wrote in a post: \u201cI got the memo now. Morgan McSweeney was mugged, reported that to the police, followed all the processes. Any questions around this is just conspiracy theory territory, really. Let\u2019s move along now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He has made no secret of his disdain for McSweeney in the past though, labelling him a \u201clying b*****d\u201d\u00a0in an interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Turner has also\u00a0been critical of Starmer\u00a0for not allowing Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Labour #suspended #party #conduct<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s been a critic of Keir Starmer. Labour MP Karl Turner has had the party whip suspended following his recent conduct. The\u00a0Mirror\u00a0reports that the Kingston upon Hull East MP has been informed by the Chief Whip this afternoon that he was being suspended from Labour over his recent conduct. 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