Below is the text of the comments made by Mick Whitley, the Labour MP for Birkenhead, on Twitter on 26 June 2020.
I’m proud to call Rebecca Long-Bailey a friend and colleague.
She was an incredible Education Secretary, working alongside the unions to oppose the Government’s reckless plans for school reopenings.
Her departure from the frontbench is regrettable and I hope to see her reinstated.