Amol Rajan and minister Jacqui Smith

BBC Radio 4 presenter Amol Rajan put a minister on the spot today by asking if Labour was now the “nasty party” after the recent WhatsApp scandal.

The government sacked health minister Andrew Gwynne over the weekend after the Mail on Sunday found he had posted offensive messages, including one where he said he hoped an elderly voter died.

Gwynne has been suspended from the party while an investigation is carried out.

Backbencher Oliver Ryan has also lost the Labour whip for appearing to mock another MP over his sexuality in the same WhatsApp group.

While interviewing skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Rajan listed a few of the recent scandals to hit Labour – and........

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