Tulip Siddiq Attacks Arrest Warrant as ‘Politically-Motivated Smear Campaign’ – Guido Fawkes

WATCH: Tulip Siddiq Attacks Arrest Warrant as ‘Politically-Motivated Smear Campaign’

Tulip Siddiq has spoken on camera for the first time since a Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant for the MP. She says she is facing a “trial by media.”

“No one from the Bangladeshi authorities has contacted me the entire time, they’ve done trial by media. My lawyers proactively wrote to the Bangladeshi authorities – they never responded. I’m sure you’d understand I can’t dignify this politically motivated smear campaign with any context or any comments, it’s a completely politically motivated smear campaign trying to harass me. There is no evidence that I’ve done anything wrong.”

Asked at today’s Lobby briefing to journalists Starmer’s spokesman said the “government doesn’t comment on individual legal cases” and said that in any case it doesn’t “get into extradition issues at all.” Previously the line was that No 10 “wouldn’t get into hypotheticals.” Not hypothetical any more…