Shabana Mahmood and Wes Streeting joke about letting prisoners out early | Politics | News

Wes Streeting and Shabana Mahmood were caught on a hot mic joking about the early release of prisoners under Labor. On Monday, after the first meeting of the new Cabinet on Tuesday, Defense Minister Mr Streeting said to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, upon seeing the new Justice Minister Alex Norris, appointed by the new prime minister, Andy Burnham: “You know he’s the enemy now, Judge Shabana?”

Ms Mahmood replied: “No it is not!” Mr Streeting said: “He wants to let them all out.” Ms Mahmood said: “You know who the boss is!” Ms Mahmood then asked Mr Norris: “When are you taking your vows?” He replied: “A few weeks, I guess.” “Tell me when, I’ll come. I want to come,” said Mrs. Mahmood. The images were recorded by Metro’s social media team. It has been revealed that murderers caged following the death of PC Andrew Harper will be released early as part of a policy to clear prison places.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp MP said the joke was “despicable”.

He said: “Shabana Mahmood and Wes Streeting are laughing at criminals being released from prison early, including rapists. This is despicable It’s not funny letting rapists out of prison early They should both apologize and cancel early release plans for rapists.”

Mr Streeting apologized to

Ms Mahmood shared: “I think everyone can see that there is no ill will behind this rebuke of the new Chancellor – a post I once filled and which comes with great difficulty thanks to the vandalism inflicted on our justice system by the last Conservative government. But I appreciate that this is an extremely serious matter and I do not want anyone to mistake this moment of levity for a serious lack of intent.”

Express also contacted the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They did not want to comment.