Rebecca Long-Bailey promised a ‘gold star’ to the ‘well-behaved audience’ at Labour’s manifesto launch if they listened quietly. Unfortunately, they failed at the first hurdle. When the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg was called forward to quiz Jeremy Corbyn, she was roundly booed by Labour activists. Here is the clip:
‘No, no, no, sorry. We don’t do that,’ said Jeremy Corbyn in response.
Oh dear. No gold stars then…

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