John Downing: Michael Lowry is the opposition’s panto villain, but his biggest controversies are behind him

Michael Lowry has made himself an ideal pantomime villain for the opposition – but the booing must end today. Donald Trump is set to announce his European tariffs tomorrow to garnish an already very unstable world, including wars in Europe and the Middle East. We need grown-up politics right now – and we could start by “getting over” Lowry, many of whose controversies date back almost 30 years.

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