Oh dear. Appearing on BBC Two’s Politics Live this afternoon, Labour left winger Nadia Whittome refused to condemn the violent protesters in Bristol last night that left 20 policeman injured including two in a serious condition.
Despite being asked four times by presenter Jo Coburn, Whittome would only say ‘I’m not going to get into condemning protesters when we don’t know what’s happened yet. We need a full investigation into what has happened.’
It is worth noting that all four of Bristol’s Labour MPs and the city’s Labour mayor Marvin Rees have already criticised the actions of the protesters, with Rees claiming it was ‘selfish, self-indulgent, self-centred violence.’
Given that Whittome’s leader Keir Starmer has already said the events in Bristol were ‘inexcusable’ and ‘completely unacceptable’ Mr S wonders how long it will be before the 24-year-old follows her ‘hero’ Jeremy Corbyn in having the whip withdrawn…
Update: Whittome has released the following:
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