Listen: Dawn Butler’s car-crash interview – ‘this election is Theresa May trying to rig democracy!’

Oh dear. Today Jeremy Corbyn kicked off Labour’s general election campaign with a speech on his party’s vision for a fairer society — complaining that the current system was rigged. However, confusion over whether Labour would consider holding a second referendum, if elected, distracted from the message.

Now Dawn Butler has dealt the party another blow with a disastrous interview on Radio 4’s PM. The Labour MP appeared to be having a bad day as she blustered through the interview with Eddie Mair — claiming this election was May’s attempt at rigging democracy:

‘Labour will make this country fairer and that’s how they will overturn a rigged system. This election is Theresa May trying to rig democracy.’

Things took a turn for the worse when Butler tried to explain in what way exactly the Conservatives try to ‘rig’ democracy.

EM: If the calling of the election is rigged, why did Labour support it?

DB: They’re trying to rig the system.