Starmer Sacks, Minister of Health on offensive messages

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Sir Kerr Starmer Andrew Join, Minister of Health, dismissed after offensive comments on a group of WhatsApp.

A spokesman for Starmer said that the Prime Minister sacked Joe, the ally of the former left -wing Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, on Saturday night, as soon as he realized the comments.

Joe, the Minister of Public Health and the deputy of Gorton and Denton, said he regretted open By mail on Sunday, he apologized for any crime it caused.

The paper reported many of the messages sent by Gwynne, including one who said he hoped that the retired who did not vote the Labor Party before the upcoming elections.

It also revealed the anti -Semitic layers, the humiliating comments about the Labor Party colleagues and the “jokes” about being a “lasting” component by a truck. Join did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.

A government spokesman said: “The Prime Minister is determined to support high behavior standards in public positions and a government leadership in the service of workers. He will not hesitate to take action against any minister who failed to meet these standards, as he did in this case.”

“We are investigating the comments made in this WhatsApp group in line with the rules and procedures of the Labor Party. Quick measures will be taken if it turns out that individuals have violated the high standards expected of them as members of the Labor Party,” said a Labor Party spokesman.

Join also lost the party whip in the House of Commons.

For Starmer, who is struggling to mobilize his government, it was an unwanted political blow. Goen’s comments were seized by the conservatives as evidence that the Labor Party was having to retirees.

In 2018, GWYNNE was revealed in the Facebook group where anti -Semitic messages were shared.

While he answered, “I was added to this Facebook group without my knowledge or permission. I do not support the publications and I like the anti -Semitism.”

Nigel Hodliston, co -chair, suggested that Joe’s comments confirmed that his Labor Party was “contempt for retirees.”

Last year, the Starmer government withdrew winter fuel payments from 10 million retirees.