Keir Starmer has been accused of a 'spectacular own goal' over Labour's latest Rishi Sunak attack ad
It cites statistics showing that 4,500 offenders who sexually abused children had served no prison time since 2010 - five years before Mr Sunak even became an MP.
Labour was accused of stooping to “gutter politics” and the ad was criticised by many of its own MPs, but opposition leaderAmong those criticising was former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who tweeted: “This is not the sort of politics a Labour Party, confident of its own values and preparing to govern, should be engaged in.
“I say to the people who have taken the decision to publish this ad, please withdraw it. We, the Labour Party, are better than this.”Croydon Council was given special permission to raise its tax by 15% after years of mismanagement.Describing the ad as “appalling”, Tory MP Tobias Ellwood said: “We should be better than this. I’ve called it out on my own side for stooping low and do so again now.”
The party has published another advert, again in the same format, this time saying: “Do you think an adult convicted of possessing a gun with intent to harm should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn’t.” It includes the statistic: “Under the Tories 937 adults convicted of possession of a firearm with intent to harm served no prison time. Labour will lock up dangerous gunmen.”
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