Michelle Dewberry launched an attack at Keir Starmer. (Image: GB News)
presenter launched an attack at Sir Keir Starmer after he was defended over accusations he by meeting with a vocal coach.
winner said that she spent a month “scared and alone” in hospital during lockdown when her baby son was in intensive care.
She wrote in a heartbreaking post on : “In lockdown I spent a month scared and alone in hospital and wasn’t allowed a single visitor.
“My baby was very premature and was in intensive care for weeks. Terrifying time but me and his daddy weren’t even allowed at his bedside together.
“If only one of us had been a voice coach! (And yes, I know-some of you will say I could do with one).”
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Sir Keir Starmer has denied breaking lockdown rules. (Image: Getty)
The post struck a chord with hundreds of users and many took to the comments to share their own stories. One wrote: “I didn’t see my youngest grandson born in May 2020 for months because of lockdown. He was almost one when I met him and he didn’t know who I was. He cried for his mummy whenever I tried to talk to him or cuddle him. It was heartbreaking. One rule for us, one rule for them.”
Another said: “My dad passed away in 2020, he’d been in hospital 10 weeks. We weren’t allowed to see him, allowed to say our goodbyes at the end, not allowed to touch his coffin at his funeral. I know we weren’t the only ones going through this.”
It comes after Health Secretary Karin Smyth defended the Prime Minister, saying he was working when he met a voice coach during the winter of 2020, and suggestions that he broke lockdown rules are “mudslinging”.
restrictions by working with communication skills specialist Leonie Mellinger on a response to ‘s deal.
‘Once again we’re seeing more mud-slinging by the Tories.’Minister of State for Health, Karin Smith MP, defends Keir Starmer over accusations the PM broke lockdown rules in 2020 by meeting with a voice coach.
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In excerpts of Get In, a book on Sir Keir’s leadership being serialised by The Sunday Times, Ms Mellinger is described as having qualified for “key worker” status.
She also wore a face mask during the meeting at Labour Party headquarters on Christmas Eve in 2020, according to the book by political journalists Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund.
Ms Smyth told GB News: “I think what we’re seeing again is more mudslinging by the on this issue at a time when they were partying – and we’ve got all the evidence of that, and the sorry tale of that.
“Keir was working. Working was allowed in tier four in London at that time.”
Conservative MP and former minister Richard Holden has penned a letter to the Prime Minister, questioning whether he violated restrictions and stating that he has “serious questions” that require answers.