Responding to the revelation that Labour front benchers have been told by the party leadership that they are banned from picket lines this week amid RMT rail strikes, Barry said:
"Why is someone writing this tosh to our shadow cabinet? Do they not understand that the thing about solidarity is it is reciprocal? If you give it, you get it.
"If we want the people of this country to support us as a potential government then we have to show them that we support them when they stand up against unfair treatment and try to protect their families. After 12 years of falling wages and with inflation running at 9%, perhaps now is the time that a bit of solidarity from Labour MPs would not go amiss.”
