Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry has defended a widely-criticised Labour party ad which claims Rishi Sunak doesn’t think child sex abusers should go to prison. Figures on Labour’s left have joined with Tory unease over the message.
The ad, first published on Thursday, depicts a grinning picture of the Prime Minister alongside the caption: ‘Do you think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn’t.’
Figures on Labour’s left have joined with Tory unease over the message, and shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell has refused to endorse it.Ms Thornberry told BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions: ‘I heard a lot of people criticising it, and a lot of people who I like and respect criticising it and saying they felt very uncomfortable about it. Some people said that they thought it was racist.
‘I have to say, I think they’re wrong. I just disagree with that. I think the truth is we do need to have a debate in this country, and Rishi Sunak is the prime minister and he is responsible for a broken justice system.’ Asked if she genuinely thinks Mr Sunak held these views, Ms Thornberry responded: ‘If he believes that everyone responsible for child abuse should get a custodial sentence, why are so many not getting a custodial sentence?Labour is the party of law and order.
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