
Is it political brilliance in the rough and tumble on the road to a general election? Or a worrying sign that Labour has discovered its inner Donald Trump? A viral “attack” campaign with a vicious personal overtone has led to a row on election tactics, with it laying out a shouty argument more familiar on the Right-wing of the Tory party than the “centrist dad” milieu of Starmerite Labour.
The Prime Minister is accused of letting child sex offenders off the hook: “Do you think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn’t”.