Labour shadow minister left floundered after tense exchange over attack ads

Emily Thornberry was pressed three times on Sir Keir Starmer’s record in the Crown Prosecution Service

A Labour shadow minister was left floundering after being challenged over Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial attack on Rishi Sunak over child sex abusers.

In tense exchanges on BBC Radio 4 Today shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry was told Mr Starmer had been a member of the body that set the existing rules that say not all such offenders should be locked up.

Pressed three times to say if Mr Starmer had objected when the decision was made she said she didn’t know.