‘Stella Creasy’s bird-brained parrot alert,’ ran a Steerpike headline yesterday. The Labour MP for Walthamstow had posted a video of herself in a London park. The video showed a parakeet, with the MP explaining it was definitely not a parakeet. ‘Walthamstow has anyone lost a parrot?’ she wrote. ‘There’s one in Lloyd park right now!

You may have thought it nigh-on impossible, but Stella Creasy has outdone herself today. The lefty Labour MP posted a video on X showcasing what she believed to be an escaped pet…

The MP for Walthamstow posted a video with the caption: 'Have you lost a parrot in Walthamstow? Please share!', commenting that the bird was 'too big to be a parakeet'.