Labour suspends MP Karl Turner for criticising plan to limit trial by jury
A prominent Labour critic of Government plans for a major restriction on the right to trial by jury was suspended by the party today.
Karl Turner, 54, was leading internal opposition to David Lammy's proposal to allow juries to hear only the most serious criminal cases in a bid to cut a major backlog.
The Hull East MP vowed he would 'not stand back from speaking truth to power when it matters' after his suspension, saying his only concern was improving the court service.
Apparently Karl Turner is not a Starmer fan, Lammy fan or McSweeney fan -
He questioned the circumstances around the theft of a phone belonging to the Prime Minister's former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, which may have contained messages relating to Lord Peter Mandelson's time as ambassador to the US.
He had branded the former aide to Sir Keir Starmer 'McSwindle' and in an LBC interview recorded just before his suspension accused the PM of 'treating the electorate as fools'.
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