McDonnell on Red alert

JOHN McDONNELL hit the panic button during a routine speech in Central London. The Shadow Chancellor left the venue by the back door after realising that he was next door to the Chinese Embassy. Why? McDonnell – who once chucked a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book across the Commons’ Despatch Box – has suddenly become shy about being pictured with a Red Flag fluttering in the background.