• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News Media

Dorries slammed for sharing Mail’s latest Starmer lockdown story

It has been dubbed 'another low-point in British political journalism in a month full of them.'

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-05-03 07:40
in Media, News
Credit;PA

Credit;PA

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

It’s been a grim week of smears and accusations between Labour and the Tories and the Daily Mail’s latest attempt to slam Starmer appears to have backfired.

An article they posted about Starmer eating a curry to suggest wrongdoing was taken years ago.

The picture, which has been cropped, shows Starmer sitting and eating a meal next to Frank Dobson – a Labour politician who sadly died in 2019.

On Twitter, one person spotted this and wrote: “Note that the Daily Mail have cut the person on Starmer’s right out of the photo.

“That’s because it’s Frank Dobson who died in 2019. The photo is from 2015.”

#Brexit #Partygate

Note that the Daily Mail have cut the person on Starmer's right out of the photo.

That's because it's Frank Dobson who died in 2019.

The photo is from 2015.https://t.co/0P8Abk6tK2

— Uilliam Mac G 🐞 (@LiamTheBrewer) May 2, 2022

As ever though Nadine Dorries was more than happy to share the article on Twitter. S

he also wrote: “We are expected to believe that a curry and beers arrived for about 30 people at 10pm, and this was a break for a work meeting? No reasonable person believes Labours story, so why do Durham police and what were they told?”

RelatedPosts

Today’s newspapers dominated by partygate pics – with one glaring exception

Watch: Flashback to PM telling house there was no party on Nov 13th goes viral again

The papers slam PM over lockdown pics but Mail decides to criticise rail unions instead

Ofcom says its wont pursue complaints about Susanna Reid’s interview with PM

We are expected to believe that a curry and beers arrived for about 30 people at 10pm, and this was a break for a work meeting?

No reasonable person believes Labours story, so why do Durham police and what were they told?
https://t.co/XRopCmREzw

— Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorries) May 1, 2022

Reactions

1.

Oh Nadine. You’re basically in charge of stopping fake news online for the UK in your position, and you’ve tweeted a Daily Mail article about Keir Starmer breaking lockdown rules, with a photo showing him having dinner with Frank Dobson who died in 2019. IT’S LITERALLY YOUR JOB. pic.twitter.com/Y6J9Hy8k2D

— Simon Harris – #LovelyBitOfSquirrel (@simonharris_mbd) May 2, 2022

2.

pic.twitter.com/OYK7IYLqEZ

— Jane Marple ♿ 💙 (@Arianrhod11) May 2, 2022

3.

I'll say this: Nadine is sharing a cropped photo of @Keir_Starmer with the late Frank Dobson. If voting Labour means you can bring dead people back I shall be providing Mr Starmer with the people I want reanimated for my vote. Starting with my late grandmother. https://t.co/hZVyQ15j0q

— Robert Woolley 🇬🇧🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@robertwoolley) May 2, 2022

4.

If this – as people are saying is a photo from 2019 @NadineDorries is a disgrace – you are an embarrassment to your home city – if only you were as quick to call out your own corrupt ministers and MP’s https://t.co/3vofOpnuek

— Carolyn Hughes PR (@CarolynPR) May 2, 2022

5.

This photo is from 2015. The man Frank Dobson died in 2019. Nadine Dorries still hasn’t taken it down. This is the level of government minister. She regularly retweets lies https://t.co/2JiHrRrniz

— MimiJ (@MimiJ9) May 2, 2022

6.

The Daily Mail putting that picture of Keir Starmer eating a curry in 2015 – with a deceased Frank Dobson cropped out – within their “currygate” story is another low-point in British political journalism in a month full of them.

— Nick Tyrone (@NicholasTyrone) May 2, 2022

7.

Hello. Former sub-editor here: one who used to work at the Daily Mail. That's not a stock photo. No one on a paper would call that a stock photo. A stock photo is something else. Her grip of editorial process is about as impressive as her knowledge of UK television. https://t.co/YzCTmXQt6w

— William Ham Bevan (@HamBevan) May 2, 2022

8.

The picture on the left is in a Daily Mail article about Keir Starmer breaking lockdown rules. The picture on the right depicts Keir Starmer sitting next to Frank Dobson who died in 2019. pic.twitter.com/Ly8HCTFtv9

— Withnail Jones (@withnailjones) May 2, 2022

9.

They really are desperate, aren’t they? https://t.co/NeVZyoyOx5

— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) May 2, 2022

10.

https://twitter.com/Irritatedllama/status/1521111852364845056

Related: Nadine Dorries drops another howler – this time she’s got Channel 5 all wrong

Tags: headlineNadine Dorries

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Rees-Mogg: It would be honourable for disgraced MP Roberts to stand down

Do the rich not get Covid? Quarantine exemption for foreign business leaders

Gavin Williamson has got ‘a lot wrong’ and should take ‘final accountability’

Why Partner Fitness Makes Perfect Sense

S. Yorks Police chief suspended over Hillsborough

MPs face “Mogg Conga” as they return to the Commons

Spare Change : Film Review

Brexit: ‘I am a European – not a stupid, imperialist English idiot,’ says Elton John

Lucky Numbers and Horoscopes for today, 23 February 2022

Scotland’s monster industry booms again

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.