There’s an interesting piece in The Telegraph today titled “Why Keir Starmer’s wife is being kept off the campaign trail”. Despite calls from Labour MPs to bring the “sassy” Lady Vic into the lime-light, requests for interviews, comments, or even “off the record” briefings are strictly forbidden. The paper reports that Labour insiders say Starmer “simply won’t allow the Labour campaign to use Victoria” because of the children…
The reports don’t match with comments from Labour sources who suggest a variety of reasons for her low profile. Three weeks to go so there’s still time…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”