After congratulating the BBC on adequately implementing guest transparency standards, Guido sees ITV is yet to follow suit. Reporting on an anti-Tory campaign, ITV News wrote an article about claims made by a GP and army veteran Simon Taylor, in which he slammed the government’s handling of the health service and claimed “It was easier to get patients seen in Afghanistan.” They described him as “a GP in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire”…
Simon is no mere GP, however. He has a long track record of Labour Party activism. In the 2017 election he made a campaign video for former Labour MP John Mann; alongside a long track record of local campaigning.
This shouldn’t have been too hard for ITV to pick up. Though Labour MP Karl Turner also seemed blithely unaware of the GP’s mutual comradeship in the fight for socialism…
Just a GP protesting outside the constituency office of Bassetlaw Tory MP @Bren4Bassetlaw. @itvnews https://t.co/0IrKhJYhma
— Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) January 10, 2023
As always, Simon has a right to air his views, however broadcasters should contextualise them.
Responding to Corbyn’s statement that the US should have arrested ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi, John Mann bluntly tweeted:
“Baghdadi blew himself up with a suicide belt. An arrest might have been slightly difficult in these circumstances.”
John Mann has been appointed as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds and is therefore no longer an MP. One less vote for any Brexit deal…
Soubry replied to the hilarious heckle by saying she doesn’t mind losing her job – for once, the country and she are in agreement…
Guido understands that the newly selected Mansfield Mayoral candidate has now been suspended this afternoon pending investigation by the Labour Party, following Guido’s article exposing his Facebook rants defending Ken Livingstone, Naz Shah’s comments, and calling Zionism as as “foul” as Nazism.
Labour MP John Mann tells Guido he has personally referred the case to Jenny Formby for immediate action. Mann says “It is one of the worst examples I have seen”…
John Mann didn’t hold back on All Out Politics this morning with his reaction to Labour backing a second referendum.
“Let’s recall what happened to Nick Clegg when he reneged on his pledge on tuition fees, well he got decimated by the electorate, and that’s the risk Labour’s taking.”
“This is the metropolitan Labour Party, it’s got nothing to do with Labour voters in my area.”
“If Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t give a free vote on this, then what will happen is he will destroy the Labour Party.”
He’s not wrong…
