Tory MPs divided over social media attack on Labour using pic of BBC presenter

Party's X account uses picture of presenter raising middle finger to deride Labour, winning both condemnation and praise

Conservative divisions over immigration have deepened further after the party posted an attack on Labour using an image of a BBC presenter with her middle finger raised, prompting jubilation from some Tory MPs and anger from others.

The official Conservative account on X, formerly Twitter, posted an image on Thursday night of the presenter getting caught on camera jokingly raising her middle finger, accompanied by the caption: Labour when you ask for their plans to tackle illegal migration."