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Thousands of people gathered at the annual Durham Miners' Gala
[Neil Terry]
LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer was not flavour of the month at the Big Meeting in Durham at the weekend.
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary Alan Mardghum said it was an absolute disgrace that the Labour leader had punished MPs for standing on picket lines in support of striking workers.
“I stand in solidarity with every worker in dispute,” Mr Mardghum said — “and not just with workers in dispute — I stand in solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Loach!”
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
Ben Chacko talks to ALAN MARDGHUM of the Durham Miners Association about Reform UK‘s dangerous inroads into Durham’s long-standing Labour county council; why he cancelled his party membership; and the political class’s disconnect from working people