Boris Johnson adviser says newspaper attacks on Labour have been ‘full on from the off this time’

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The paper led with an article declaring Mr Corbyn was “condemned by his own candidates”, unearthing historic remarks made by prospective Labour MPs criticising their party leader. While Mr Montgomerie observed that during the snap election called by Theresa May, attacks on Labour increased “at the eleventh hour”, research suggests hostility existed to a “problematic” extent during Mr Corbyn’s first days as Labour’s premier. “Denying such an important political actor a voice or distorting his views and ideas through the exercise of mediated power is highly problematic.” Analysis by researchers at Loughborough University of print coverage in the run-up to the 2017 general election also found that, while no party achieved net positive coverage without weighting the papers by circulation, Labour received the most negative overall coverage by a considerable margin. Things have to change.” Jeremy Corbyn shouts at media at Labour party conference In October, government officials ruled a £100,000 grant awarded to a cyber firm owned by Mr Johnson’s friend Jennifer Arcuri was “appropriate”.