Don't bow to bosses blackmail, left MP urges

THREATS of an investment strike by big business must not be allowed to hold the government hostage, a leading left MP warned yesterday.
Jon Trickett was responding to reports that global finance is not buying British government debt because of the parlous state of the economy.
He said: “Labour should not be a prisoner of fiscal orthodoxy.

By Andrew Murray
Political reporter

As Keir Starmer alienates his party’s core voters and plummets in the polls, ANDREW MURRAY argues the shifting political landscape exposes Labour’s vulnerability to both right-wing populism — and a resurgent left