The well being minister was sacked over leaked feedback he had posted on a gaggle chat.
He reportedly made antisemitic feedback and “joked” a couple of pensioner constituent, saying he hoped she died earlier than the following election, based on the Mail on Sunday.
Politics newest: Minister says Andrew Gwynne’s feedback ‘unacceptable’
Talking to Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, housing minister Matthew Pennycook described the remarks as “unacceptable”.
“I don’t know, personally, what other people on that WhatsApp conversation have said… I’ve being very clear, there’s an investigation taking place into the whole incident.
“What the general public can take from the best way the Prime Minister has acted decisively on this case to dismiss Andrew Gwynne is that if every other Labour MP or minister falls quick he’ll act to uphold the very best requirements in public workplace.”
When requested concerning the scandal, Conservative Alex Burghart, a shadow Cupboard Workplace minister, advised Phillips: “That basically does counsel that simply beneath the floor, between all of the form of the window dressing that Keir Starmer has accomplished, that with senior Labour politicians, there should still be a really major problem with antisemitism.
“And I hope that the prime minister will get to grips with that immediately.”
He added: “That was a big WhatsApp group with a lot of other Labour members on.
“Did any of them step in on the time? Did any of them name that out?
“That is a very serious remark, and if the prime minister doesn’t take action against everyone in that group very quickly, we know that there is still a problem in the Labour Party.”
On Saturday, a Labour spokesperson confirmed Mr Gwynne had been suspended as a member of the Labour Social gathering.
“I’ve served the Labour Party all my life and it was a huge honour to be appointed a minister by Keir Starmer.
“I completely perceive the selections the PM and the occasion have taken and, whereas very unhappy to have been suspended, will help them in any means I can.”
