Labour bigwigs deny knowledge of controversial ‘child sex’ attack advert
Keir Starmer: did he really not know about a highly-inflammatory attack advert that went out in the name of his Labour Party?
Do we believe neither Keir Starmer nor Yvette Cooper knew anything about the Labour attack advert accusing Rishi Sunak of opposing prison sentences for sexual assaults against children?
That’s what the Labour leadership wants you to think, it seems:
Asked on Saturday whether Starmer had approved the graphic or knew about it in advance, a Labour source said the leader had not been aware of it and stressed Starmer would not usually be expected to sign off individual campaign materials.
The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, was not informed or consulted… The Observer has been told.
One well-placed party insider said they understood the digital poster was produced as part of a policy push by the shadow justice secretary, Steve Reed, whose team was keen to highlight the way in which too many criminals were receiving community sentences rather than custodial ones.
So it seems if anybody is going to take a fall for this, it’s likely to be Steve Reed. This is reminiscent of all those times Tory leaders have been accused, only to have a subordinate fall on their sword instead – isn’t it?
Bulls**t. He knew. He's too much of a control freak not to, but like the coward he is, he'll blame someone else. https://t.co/maiFd3qTi1
— Damien Willey 🟢 🔴 (@KernowDamo) April 8, 2023
Meanwhile, Labour has released a second advert:
A senior Labour source says: “One of the reasons people react is because they don’t expect it from us, but Braverman’s dog whistle last week was accepted as par for the course?” https://t.co/ocldWO0LNP
— Arj Singh (@singharj) April 7, 2023
And it seems more are likely to follow.
But if large numbers of frontbenchers are denying prior knowledge of this one and disowning it, as the Observer article suggests, then I can only concur with former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell’s question:
“If any of this is true… why hasn’t the ad been taken down?”
Source: Yvette Cooper was ‘not told’ about Labour’s Sunak attack ad in advance | Labour | The Guardian
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