Lefty lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie, who co-conspirators may remember as Sky’s “expert human rights solicitor“, has been out on the airwaves to call out the Tories for compiling a briefing document on her lefty record and Labour links. On LBC yesterday morning, Jacqui attacked the “dossier”, calling it a “shoddy hit job”. After being asked to clarify her own connections to each major party, she said:

“The only thing I’ve ever done for Labour is this one thing where I was invited as a volunteer to be on a working group… They [the Tories] know nothing about my politics”

Unfortunately for Jacqui, this doesn’t seem to be the case…

In addition to Guido’s prior coverage – which pointed out her work stopping deportations and as a Labour adviser – Jacqui is a proud party member. She’s spoken at Party conference and local Labour CLP events and has even attended Labour fundraisers. Jacqui has also even spoken of her admiration for one Chris Williamson – who was kicked out of the party for being beyond the pale.

Tells you all you need to know about her politics.

As the Court of Appeal ruled that the Rwanda plan is unlawful, Kay Burley brought on an “expert human rights solicitor”, Jacqueline McKenzie to discuss the potential outcomes of the ruling. Jacqueline made it clear that she did not think that the government was doing enough to cater for the international migration crisis, and reaffirmed that nobody was “likely to be sent to Rwanda very soon”. Smiling as she said it…

What Sky News failed to mention was that she was not only a partner at Leigh Day, but was in fact a member of and adviser to the Labour Party’s Race Equalities Task Force. Alongside this, she has also led the fight against the Rwanda deportation flights, and represented some slightly questionable clients including a Jamaican national that served 8 years for kidnapping. Guido’s not questioning her legal expertise, it would have been more honest of Sky News with the viewers to have mentioned this slight conflict before they brought her on…

Of course McKenzie is perfectly entitled to hold these views, and Sky News entitled to broadcast them. Broadcasters need to fully inform their viewers if their “experts” have an axe to grind…

UPDATE: Fuming Tories say of this “Utterly shameless bias from Sky News -no wonder their viewing figures are through the floor.”