Labour’s Gorton & Denton dinner tape has triggered a police complaint - watch the clip, then judge what it says for yourself. Right, so Labour’s Gorton and Denton dinner tape is leaving a bit of a legal aftertaste, and I’m not asking you to take my word for anything because the proof is the tape itself. So here’s the deal, I’m going to play you the clip, I’m going to tell you what we can say with certainty just from what’s visible and audible, and then I’m going to walk you through the only thing that matters after that, which is the legal and political mechanics that make this so toxic for Labour in Gorton and Denton. Because “treating” is a real word in election law, “ordinary hospitality” is the excuse everyone reaches for, and intent is the hinge that decides whether this is just grim optics or something that drags a campaign into a polic ...