Labour is ‘sneering at voters’

LABOUR’S Emily Thornberry was accused of “sneering” at the public after claiming voters are more interested in Theresa May’s hair than her policies.

The shadow foreign secretary criticised the “presidential” nature of the Tory election manifesto and urged people to pay more attention to the manifesto promises of rival parties than the physical appearances of their leaders.

Speaking on ITV’s Peston On Sunday, Ms Thornberry said: “It is not good enough for people to simply say ‘I like Theresa May’s hair’ or ‘I like that shade of blue’. Politics is not about that, politics is about how you change people’s lives.”

But a Tory MP last night said that Ms Thornberry was patronising the electorate.

Trudy Harrison, who is seeking re-election in Copeland, Cumbria, said: “Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow foreign secretary is sneering at voters again. The election offers a clear choice, chaos from Corbyn and his patronising top team, or strong and stable leadership from Theresa May.”

Ms Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury, has faced criticism in the past for sneering at voters.

She was forced to quit the Labour front bench two years ago after mocking a home festooned with England flags with a white van parked outside.

YESTERDAY there was yet further evidence (as if we needed it) that Labour is not fit to run the country. The Labour MP Emily Thornberry, was talking to ITV’s Robert Peston. “It’s not good enough for people to be saying, ‘I like Theresa May’s hair,’ ” she declared.

This woman has a gift for patronising voters that defies belief. Remember her snobby tweet in 2014 when she commented sneeringly about a house adorned with a couple of St George’s flags?

Who are these mythic members of the public who think only of Mrs May’s hair and adjust their voting preferences accordingly? What Ms Thornberry is essentially saying is, the voters are stupid. Such arrogant condescension will not go unnoticed on June 8.

Meanwhile Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has added to Labour’s woes by saying in one breath that he is not a Marxist and then (sounding like some posturing teenager) saying that we all have a lot to learn from Das Kapital.

Meanwhile he proposes tax rises for anyone earning more than £80,000 per year, an increase which stands to hit 1.2 million people.

There is no doubt that as the election approaches Labour is busily occupied with digging its own political grave.