Rayner slammed over 'disingenuous' shoot-to-kill vote ploy 'Labour don't know what to do!'

Angela Rayner has been called out after arguing that police should shoot terrorists first and ask questions later. Working-class academic Dr Lisa McKenzie reacted angrily to the Deputy Labour Leader's comments, telling GB News that a shoot-to-kill policy from Labour was "disingenuous."

Ms McKenzie told GB News: "I think this is sort of a political move.

"It's about a Labour Party that doesn't quite know what to do about the red wall seats.

"So I think this is quite disingenuous.

"I mean, do they think, does Angela Rayner think that everybody in the red wall seats believes this or wants this? Because, you know, I'm from the East Midlands, I'm from that red wall, I really wouldn't agree with police walking around with a shoot kill attitude at all."

She continued: "I think what she's kind of alluding to as well, which we've not talked about, is the sort of hardline law and order.

"You know what to do with criminals in the community and she's sort of going down that direction as well, because I know in a lot of working-class communities, there is a lot of antisocial behaviour.

"They do sort of blind communities people get sick of it.

"So I think she's sort of go for that as well that sort of hardliner Law and Order beating down the door down if there's criminals somewhere."

Ms McKenzie added: "I think I just think it's disingenuous, it doesn't come across as Angela Rayner being tough on crime. 

"It comes across as sort of we're a bit desperate and we don't know what to do about the Red Wall.

Ms Rayber made the remarks last month on The Political Party podcast with comedian Matt Forde.

“Most people recognise ‘soft left’ so I would describe myself as soft left," said the Deputy Labour leader.

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“But you know what, on certain things I’m not though. Because on things like law and order I am, like, quite hardline.

“I am like, you know, shoot your terrorists and ask questions second, if I’m honest.'

The off-the-cuff comment sparked anger from Ms Rayner's critics who raised the case of Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent, unarmed man who was shot dead by police in the wake of the London bombings.

Sonali Bhattacharyya from Momentum's National Coordinating Group said: "These remarks are deeply concerning. It was this approach that led to the assassination of Jean Charles de Menezes. You can't kneel for racial justice one day, then praise shoot-to-kill powers for the police the next."