Starmer needs attack ads because Labour can’t count on right-wing press, says Mandelson
New Labour architect says he would have happily signed-off on ad condemned as ‘gutter politics’
New Labour architect Peter Mandelson has backing Labour’s controversial attack ads against Rishi Sunak because the party can’t count on right-wing newspapers to “do it on their behalf”.
The latest invention comes as Wes Streeting defended the anti-Sunak ads to Labour MPs at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) on Monday night.
A major row has engulfed Sir Keir Starmer’s party since it claimed on Twitter that Mr Sunak did not think child sex abusers should be in prison – with senior figures accusing the leadership of sliding into “gutter politics”.
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