As the government’s new social care costing cap squeaked through the Commons last night by just 272 votes to 246, the question of what is Labour’s alternative inevitably came up on this morning’s media round. Unfortunately for Labour’s Sarah Owen MP, the details haven’t exactly been fleshed out yet: other than the ‘tax the rich’, Sky News’ Kay Burley struggled to get much out of her, despite asking nine times. “Tax the rich” – why hasn’t anyone thought of this before?
Yet another MP has jumped on the TikTok bandwagon: this time, it’s Labour MP for Luton North, Sarah Owen. Owen may have a way to go before she catches up to her colleague Zarah Sultana, who’s racked up over 180,000 followers compared to Owen’s 203, although that does allow Sarah to get away with deleting her less successful efforts before anyone really notices. Almost.
A recent video of Owen bopping away in what appears to be her own parliamentary office has mysteriously disappeared from her account page. Which would have been a shame, had Guido not kept the receipts…
Guido can’t imagine why Sarah decide to remove it. After all, the video of her calling Boris “a man with an unwashed ass” is still proudly displayed on her profile…