earlier Labor shadow minister fired after giving broadcast interviews from a picket line has said he “absolutely” still thinks Sir Keir Starmer is the best person to be prime minister.
Sam Tarry was fired from the front seat on Wednesday after joining the striker at one point RMT picket line at Euston Station.
Joining another picket line on Paddington Station The former shadow transport minister said in London on Saturday it was “very important” for Labor MPs to show their solidarity with striking workers.
It came when Aslef members walked out on seven train companies for 24 hours, paralyzing services in many parts of the country.
Tarry told the PA news agency: “I believe Keir Starmer is absolutely still the best person to be Prime Minister and I will campaign for a Labor government every day.”
He added that the Labor Party needed a “fundamental reassessment” of its relationship with the union movement and show that it was on their side.
Sir Keir, who previously banned front benchers from joining picket lines, said Mr Tarry was fired for putting himself on media programs without permission and making up “on the hoof” policies.
Mr Tarry also appeared with former party leader Jeremy Corbyn at a meeting for striking BT workers on Friday.
The Labor MP for Ilford South said: “We should never have been in a situation where we issued an edict that you cannot join a picket line.
“This is the PvdA, the clue is in the name.
“We are the party founded by the unions.”
He said the link between the union movement and the Labor Party is “indivisible” and “part of the same fabric”.
Tarry added: “To me my presence here means to show that the Labor Party and a vast majority of Labor Party members and MPs support the striking workers.”
He said he had spoken to several MPs across the country who supported the workers.