WHY LABOUR SPELLS CALAMITY

LABOUR sent out a press release with the names of its new shadow ministers, and three out of four were spelled incorrectly.

shadow Justice Minister Gloria De piero was spelt ‘Di piero’. shadow Transport Minister rachael Maskell was spelled ‘rachel’ and shadow Education Minister Tracy Brabin became ‘Tracey’. perhaps the education spokeswoman should institute some urgent spelling lessons.

But then it’s hardly surprising the press releases are littered with errors. They still have the likes of andy Burnham, steve rotheram and alan Johnson listed as Mps, even though they stood down at the last election. sir Gerald Kaufman is still there, too — and he died in February.