Science Secretary Liz Kendall was shown Labour’s attack video of Reform’s Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Matt Goodwin allegedly sneering about Manchester. Minor snag: Goodwin was actually talking about Tory conference…
When Sky News’ Sophy Ridge challenged Kendall on the “misleading” edit, Kendall squirmed, insisting she hadn’t seen the clip before. If the shoe was on the other foot…
Speaking to Matt Chorley on BBC 5 Live, Shabana Mahmood was asked what the naughtiest thing she has ever done is:
“I think I took a drag on a cigarette when I was a teenager, when I shouldn’t have done, but it did trigger an asthma attack. And so I figured that was God telling me, don’t smoke.”