A couple of hours ago the internet went crazy for Tory Bear’s story that Nick Brown, the Chief Labour Whip, had Tweeted that an election would be held at some point in the summer.
No such thing!
The page has been swiftly removed from the Twitter site. Could the whole thing be a big stir?
Alex Smith
Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.
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