Long-Bailey, who was named as shadow education secretary in April, was asked to step down from the Labour Party front bench this afternoon, a spokesperson for leader Keir Starmer confirmed.
The move comes after Long-Bailey shared an article in which actress Maxine Peake claimed the police officers accused of killing George Floyd in America used tactics “learnt in Israel”.
Long-Bailey shared the interview, which appeared in the Independent, with the comment: “Maxine Peake is an absolute diamond.”
Maxine Peake is an absolute diamond https://t.co/uzxPEm8VkI
Before being sacked, she defended her original tweet, posting: “I retweeted Maxine Peake’s article because of her significant achievements and because the thrust of her argument is to stay in the Labour Party. It wasn’t intended to be an endorsement of all aspects of the article.”
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