Health minister Andrew Gwynne sacked by Keir Starmer over WhatsApp messages A Labour MP who was sacked as a minister by Sir Keir Starmer over comments made in a WhatsApp group has said he regrets the “badly misjudged” remarks.
Mr Gwynne posted messages in a WhatsApp group called Trigger Me Timbers, which he shares with more than a dozen Labour councillors, party officials and at least one other MP, the Mail on Sunday reported.
He reportedly posted sexist comments about Angela Rayner, racist remarks about Labour MP Diane Abbott and joked about an elderly woman dying in a closed group chat with Labour figures based around Manchester.
A Labour spokesperson said: “Andrew Gwynne has been administratively suspended as a member of the Labour Party.
Andrew Gwynne, the MP for Gorton and Denton, has been sacked as health minister and suspended from the Labour Party.
