So why didn't they include David Blunkett in the programme as well ?PorFavor wrote:Ken Livingstone unfortunately doing a good impression of someone who doesn't follow what's going on in the general political and Westminster world. Hence, as I've mentioned before, his ignorance of Kevan Jones's disclosure of his past mental health problems. John Mann not covered in glory, either, but I feel that he came off better.TobyLatimer wrote:If anybody didn't hear it, John Mann & Ken Livingstone had quite a heated debate earlier on LBC.
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Not only did the media, apart from the Huff Post, ignore reporting or getting outraged at his request for 'sane' people to join the Labour party, the Guardian disappeared it from their tweet and headline.
The lack of consistency is fascinating, and frustrating.
If Blunkett had been a Corbyn-ite the cries of 'disgusting' about his use/misuse of a reference to mental health would still be echoing.