Luke Akehurst tries and fails to defend Labour’s spy scandal

Luke Akehurst isn’t very well liked here at the Canary. Conversely, seeing Akehurst make a fool of himself is super popular, hence this:

Spy hard

Akehurst and Hodges are discussing Labour Together’s spying scandal. As Ed Sykes wrote on 6 February:

Labour Together is part of the shady right-wing infrastructure that, along with Peter Mandelson, helped to undermine the left and boost Keir Starmer into power. And a new report reveals how Labour Together spent tens of thousands of pounds getting a dodgy company to investigate journalists looking into all this. This behaviour shows it’s not just Mandelson that should never be near government again. It’s the whole sinister machinery that put Starmer where he is today, including his right-hand man and Mandelson protege Morgan McSweeney.

Is it good for political parties to spy on journalists?

No.

Is it creepy?

Yes.

Does the terminally unaware Akehurst realise any of this?

Not according to the conversation he had with Hodges:

Akehurst didn’t respond to the above, suggesting someone with more than one brain cell advised him to cut his losses. No doubt the same genius advised him to delete all his pro-Mandelson tweets:

If only it was possible to pre-delete tweets (or to simply not tweet them):

Laughable Luke Akehurst

Here’s some more of Akehurst looking ridiculous from the same day:

He’s obviously the biggest laughing stock in British politics, and in this day and age that’s really saying something.

Featured image via Parliament