Sir Keir Starmer’s is facing a fresh wave of furore after Labour peer and ex-communications chief Lord Matthew Doyle was suspended from the Labour Party over his past association to a paedophile councillor.
Lord Doyle had the Labour whip removed after he campaigned for former Labour councillor Sean Morton in May 2017. Morton admitted having indecent images of children in November 2017.
In a statement, the peer said Morton’s crimes were “vile “ and that “my only concerns are for his victims”.
It is the latest in a string of departures to rock the Labour Party after Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney and director of communications Tim Allan both quit in a turbulent last 48 hours.
Hours earlier, the prime minister insisted he will “never walk away from the country I love” in a defiant hit back over leadership speculation and Labour infighting following the Mandelson-Epstein scandal.
The prime minister issued fighting words during a community visit in Hertfordshire, saying the “real fight is not in the Labour Party” but with right-wing politics.
