Labour infighting burst into public view last night after a senior left-wing MP accused a group of his colleagues of backing ‘sh***y’ companies.
Clive Lewis, the Norwich South MP, hit out at 54 of his fellow Labour backbenchers over their formation of a ‘Labour Growth Group’.
The former shadow minister, a one-time ally of ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, was scathing about the unequivocal pro-building stance adopted by the caucus.
He expressed his anger after the 54 MPs sent a letter to Sir Keir Starmer urging him to ‘back the builders and not the blockers’.
Mr Lewis suggested ‘every sh***y corporation’ would now have 54 constituencies at ‘the top of their s**t-list’.
He warned growth had to ‘be sustainable’ and benefit ‘not just the wealthy’.
Clive Lewis, the Norwich South MP, hit out at 54 of his fellow Labour backbenchers over their formation of a ‘Labour Growth Group’.
Mr Lewis expressed his anger after the 54 MPs sent a letter to Sir Keir Starmer urging him to ‘back the builders and not the blockers’
In their letter to Sir Keir, the Labour Growth Group challenged the PM to defy NIMBYs by pursuing ‘sweeping’ reforms to the planning system to help meet the party’s vow to deliver 1.5million new homes.
They also called on the Government to make ‘tough choices’ and warned a ‘failure to act will not be forgiven by the public’.
But Mr Lewis blasted back at the Labour Growth Group’s message.
He wrote on X: ‘Every sh***y corporation or two-bit developer looking to build some extractive, horror development or vanity project… now has 54 constituencies that just went to the top of their s**t-list.
‘Growth has to be sustainable, take into account ecological implications and ensure it benefits the broadest range of constituents. Not just the wealthy.
‘If in decarbonising the economy we destroy our already depleted ecosystems, we’ve failed.’
Mr Lewis was last week branded ‘disrespectful’ after he was spotted putting his feet up on the green benches in the House of Commons.
He previously stirred up a row by staging a republican protest while swearing-in as a re-elected MP following the general election on 4 July.
Mr Lewis was told to take the oath of allegiance to the monarchy a second time, having failed to confirm he would support the King’s heirs as well as the monarch himself.
