Labour's Richard Burgon Blasts BBC For Being 'Put On Trial' Over Manifesto

A Labour MP close to Jeremy Corbyn has accused BBC’s Newsnight of putting the party “on trial” after being asked questions about the party’s election manifesto launched just hours earlier.
Richard Burgon took umbrage at presenter Kirsty Wark for asking if he could remember figures on tax and tuition fees, two central aspects of the party’s pitch to the electorate.
The MP accused the broadcaster of ignoring the “bigger picture” at the expense of specifics