Even Blair was better than Starmer, says leading left-winger John McDonnell

Even Blair was better than Starmer, says leading left-winger John McDonnell

John McDonnell has never been the shy, retiring type.As a strident socialist in Parliament for nearly three decades, he has been a thorn in the side of Labour leaders – apart from when the leader was Jeremy Corbyn, and McDonnell was his right-hand man as shadow Chancellor.But he claims that never before now has the party leadership been so dismissive of dissenting views. Even Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were willing to listen to the left’s i…