Undercover reporter recorded Leigh MP saying victory for leftwinger would be catastrophe for Labour partyAndy Burnham’s team said they would refer the Sun newspaper to the regulator Ipso after an undercover reporter from the tabloid posing as a potential donor recorded him saying Jeremy Corbyn would be a catastrophe for the Labour party.
Burnham has been expected to take a senior job in the shadow cabinet whether Corbyn is elected Labour leader this weekend,but he was caught on tape saying of his rival: “Privately, it is a catastrophe for the Labour party. I mean, or publicly,he is a kind man, a kind individual. He believes in the things he campaigns on so he’s not a fraud in any way. But I think the public will think Labour has given up on ever being a government again.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com