Amid claims it is acting in bad faith, party argues that the best response to hostile coverage is to call it out
Jeremy Corbyn’s social media team could have recorded a video on any topic to mark the start of the
Labour party conference:
Brexit, the proposal to scrap Ofsted, or the plan to abolish prescription charges in England. Instead, they decided to show the Labour leader criticising The Andrew Marr Show for giving the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, an easy ride.
In a clip that attracted half a million views on
Twitter, Corbyn explained his frustration that Raab had not been asked about the nature of Boris Johnson’s relationship with an
American technology entrepreneur who accompanied him on trade trips.