Felicity Campbell

Over the last week, millions of people read my posts exposing how the British entertainment industry covered for Russell Brand and David Walliams. Today, the sheer hypocrisy just shifted from the television studios straight into Downing Street. Andy Burnham and Lisa Nandy have proudly announced they are hauling senior media executives into a government summit to put a stop to abuses of power. They want you to believe the political class is finally stepping in to clean up a rotten industry. So, look at the exact historical record Labour is desperately trying to rewrite right now. The very politicians staging this moral intervention are the same people who spent a decade aggressively courting these exact predators for political clout. Ed Miliband literally went to Russell Brand’s flat in 2015 to beg for his endorsement on camera. Andy Burnham was posting public support for him online. David Walliams was a celebrated Labour insider until the party quietly suspended him five minutes ago to save face. Downing Street is now sending out spokespeople to claim it was a long time ago and nobody in politics knew what was happening behind closed doors. It is a complete insult to the public's intelligence. Westminster and the media establishment shared the exact same VIP green rooms, the same lavish charity galas, and the same open secrets. The political class happily turned these men into untouchable cultural idols because it generated cheap youth votes and favorable headlines. Burnham hauling TV executives into a government meeting today is not an act of moral leadership. It is a panicked political cartel coordinating their alibis. I'm sorry but they are not convening these summits to protect young women. They are doing it to protect themselves before the public realizes the politicians enabled the exact same monsters.