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Labor has doubled down on a controversial offensive ad campaign that claims Rishi Sunak doesn’t think child molesters and gunmen should go to jail.
Senior party sources rejected suggestions that the campaign was “dirty” after drawing criticism from across the political spectrum, suggesting Labor is adopting tactics similar to those of Home Secretary Suella Braverman. suggested that… child grooming gangs.
Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell did not say she endorsed the social media message on Friday, but was part of a “cut and thrust” political debate that seeks to highlight the Tory’s record on law and order. claimed to be.
I Sir Keir Sturmer supports the campaign, which was launched in the local elections a month later, and understands that it has gone through the normal approval process.
In response to criticism and calls to remove the campaign’s first post on child sexual abuse, a senior Labor Party source said:
“One of the reasons people react is because they don’t expect it from us, but was Braverman’s dog whistle last week accepted as standard for the course?”
The first ad, posted by the Labor Party in a tweet touting itself as the “Party of Law and Order”, contained a picture of the Prime Minister and the words: Rishi snacks are not.
A post focused on labor analysis of Justice Department data said that under the Conservative Party, 4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16 did not serve prison time. Lord Kea’s party “detains dangerous child abusers,” he added.
Labor later posted a second attack ad on Friday. The ad also included a picture of Mr. Sunak and read: Rishi snacks are not.
Based on a similar analysis, the ad stated that under the Tories, 937 adults convicted of possessing a firearm with intent to will detain dangerous shooters,” he added.
After posting an ad on Twitter, Labor was accused of a “vile and desperate” election strategy by Tory Vice-President Lee Anderson and “cheap and vile” politics by SNP MP John Nicholson.
Former Shadow Prime Minister John McDonnell urged the party to resign, stating:
“To those who decided to publish this ad, please back down. We Labor are better than this.”
Powell did not endorse the tweet, suggesting it was a “skit” based on Sunak’s own promotional material, on the BBC’s breakfast show.
She said, “What I stand for is what this diagram is trying to show. It is that our Prime Minister is responsible for our criminal justice system, and that criminal justice system is currently functioning. It means that we are not.”
Asked again if she endorsed the message, she said, “I stand by what this tweet and this campaign are trying to highlight.”
She adds:
In response to McDonnell’s criticism, she added:
“Obviously, John McDonnell is one of them.
“But that’s the cut-and-thrust nature of politics.
“I didn’t design the graphic. It’s not my graphic.”
A Tory source said:
“During Sir Kea’s controversial tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions, less than 30% of child pornographers had seen the inside of a prison cell.
“Only 12% of his staff think he’s a good guy, so it’s no wonder criminals want a Labor government.”