Quote Originally Posted by wendun View Post
Both Laura Kuennesberg (BBC) and Robert Peston (ITV) have apologised for tweeting that a Labour activist had punched a Matt Hancock advisor outside Leeds Hospital. Both are hopping mad as they were apparently briefed by senior Tories who claimed they had confirmed the story and it was 100% true. In fact it was a complete fabrication.
None of the parties are beyond criticism but I find the willingness of BJ and senior Tories to trot out lie after lie is debasing our politics and imo makes them unfit for government.
Unfortunately both Labour and the LibDems have chosen idiots as leaders and saddle themselves with policies almost designed to alienate large swathes of voters. Madness.
Laura Kuenssberg has apologised for wrongly tweeting that a Labour activist punched a Tory advisor outside a hospital in Leeds.

The BBC News political editor deleted an initial tweet in which she claimed one of health minister Matt Hancock's staff was punched by a protester.

But video footage soon emerged which showed nothing more than the advisor brushing into the man's arm.

ITV's political editor, Robert Peston, also apologised, tweeting that he was briefed by senior Tories that one of their staff had been punched.

Ms Kuenssberg tweeted: "Happy to apologise for earlier confusion about the punch that wasn't a punch outside Leeds General - 2 sources suggested it had happened but clear from video that was wrong."


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