Labour sitting on ‘whitewash’ review

Labour TDs fear a “whitewash” review of the party’s patchy general election performance is being “sat on” by the leadership.

Despite the campaign being a year ago, the review was not presented to the party’s 12-person executive board until November — and the leadership is refusing to distribute it further.

“How long does it take to write the sentence: ‘We fucked up?’” one Labour TD asked.