Strange idea of unity!

As Andrew Warden says, Tories, despite many of their number frequently going away from the party line, like Jenrick and Cummings recently, "know that the appearance of unity and discipline is vital" (Star, 26/06/20). One would have thought Labour did, too, especially as Starmer in the leadership campaign frequently not only referred to "unity" of the party as his prime aim, he prioritised it. The trouble is, 

 if his sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey is anything to go by, the Labour leader has a strange way of going about it. With the shadow education secretary`s dismissal, the Labour leader has both reignited the party`s internal troubles over the issue of antisemitism, with any future criticism of Israeli policy likely to frowned upon or worse, and he has betrayed the thousands who supported his leadership bid because of his pledges on uniting left and right.  The shadow cabinet now lacks even a semblance of being "balanced" across the party as he promised, so one can only speculate on the sincerity of the rest of his leadership election`s rhetoric.To rub salt further into the wound, Starmer has now denied himself the services of an extremely able shadow minister, one easily capable of making mincemeat of her opposite number at the dispatch box.

     Perhaps we know now why Starmer has delayed exposing his vision of the fairer, greener country fit for the next generation, again as promised in the election campaign? It may not include the promises of state ownership, tax rises for the wealthy individuals and corporations, pay rises for key workers, clamp-downs on tax avoidance, and controls on capitalism`s excesses that Labour members  hoped for!