It has taken David Lammy only 3 hours to retract his claim that Farage “flirted with the Hitler youth” while at school. The Deputy PM there…
Lammy made the claims on Politics Live at around 2:15 p.m. and recanted them at 5:17 today. Lammy said he “accepts” that Farage denied the claims, which first appeared in a Channel 4 news article in 2013. Channel 4 said that one of Farage’s young teachers complained about his upcoming prefectship at Dulwich College because he was a “fascist” and sang suspect songs back in the day. Farage has denied the claims…
Lammy, who is supposedly trained as a lawyer, did however refuse to apologise after Reform said his claim was libellous. Ever the statesman…
Douglas Alexander – a friend of Starmer’s – was asked on Sky News if the PM will be in post at the next election. He wasn’t so sure himself:
“I think he will. There are no certainties but of course I think he will lead and I think he should because, frankly, on the biggest call in this parliament he’s exercised the right judgment, which is to keep us out of someone else’s war.”