Labour MP Karl Turner's Whip Suspended

0:00From across Europe, powered by AI, this is Europe News Today. I'm Corey with the story. Labour MP Carl Turner, a barrister from Kingston upon whole east, just got his party whips suspended by Chief Whip, Jonathan Reynolds. This comes after he's been blasting the government's courts and tribunals bill, which aims to cut jury trials for less serious cases, think sentences. Under three years handled by a single judge, or up to two years and magistrates courts. Labour led the charge against these changes inside Labour, calling them unworkable and unjust. He even abstained from the bill's first commons vote on March 10th and promised the amendments to gut those restrictions. He's no stranger to pushing back, having threatened to quit Parliament and spark a bi-election over it. The move hits Turner hard. He holds his seat with a solid 3920 majority from last year's election. He's also stirred things up elsewhere, like questioning the theft of Prime Minister's ex-chief of staff Morgan McSweeney's phone and doving him.

1:02McSwindle over possible shady messages. Sources say journalists got the news before Turner did, which has him fuming. His beef with the bill stems from years as a legal pro, worried about eroding trial rights. The suspension's under review for now, so we'll see if Turner bounces back, or if this Labour rift deepens the fight over court reforms.