THIS is the awkward moment Jeremy Corbyn was forced to scribble a note on his pad when grilled about Labours policy on banning PORN.
Mr Corbyn was forced to look straight down to his notes and later dodged answering the question completely.
PORN FOR THE MANY
The Labour boss right-hand man John McDonnell could only manage a panicked look off stage as the question was asked at a Labour campaign event in Lancaster.
Mr McDonnell was later spotted grinning as his leader jotted something down in his notes.
However, the pair were spared any blushes when Corbynite Rebecca Long Bailey lept in and answered the question for them.
The Labour candidate told reporters: Well be rolling out a charter of digital rights to protect users of the internet.
Mr Corbyn was questioned about XXX-rated content online after Labour unveiled plans to o give free broadband to everyone in Britain – bringing the service under the control of the state.
BLOCK DITCHED
The grilling comes after ministers sparked fury by shelving plans for an online porn block promised by the Tories in 2015.
The Government said the age verification scheme would bar under-18s from sites.
It was beset by delays amid claims it would be bureaucratic and trigger legal challenges costing up to 10million in its first year
Ministers vowed it would be “fully in place” by April last year but Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan said last night it was being ditched.
An online harms regulator will instead enforce a legal duty of care on porn sites.
Tony Stower, the NSPCC’s online child safety head, said web porn could harm kids’ perceptions of sex, body image and relationships.
He said axing the scheme was “disappointing”.
Barnardo’s boss Javed Khan was “extremely concerned” at the move to drop “robust age verification measures on pornography sites”.
He said: “We urgently need this change to help keep children safe.”
Mrs Morgan insisted the government’s commitment to protecting kids from online porn was “unwavering”.
She said adult content was “too easily accessed” online and said that technology had a key role to play in keeping all users safe.
