Should MPs join picket lines?
01.09.2022 - 08:59
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
With multiple strikes taking place across different unions over the past couple of months, the issue has been a topic of hot debate.
This has been stirred further after Labour leader Keir Starmer sacked frontbencher Sam Tarry after he gave a TV interview on a picket line during the rail strike.
And with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham saying he would join a picket line, we want to know whether you think MPs should get involved with them.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
Mr Burnham earlier this week said that he would join a picket line and encouraged politicians to 'get round the table' to help find a solution to the cost of living crisis.
Wigan MP and shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy also showed support for striking workers, visiting a picket line at the start of August shortly after Tarry had been sacked from the frontbench.
Starmer said on the sacking that Tarry had made up policy "on the hoof", and that the form junior shadow transport minister had booked himself for a media appearance "without permission".
Do you think MPs should be free to join picket lines? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
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