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Milifan calls on Labour not to lurch to the right

MILIFANDOM founder Abby Tomlinson spoke out yesterday against any Labour Party shift to the right.

The 17-year-old has become one of Britain’s best-known social media political activists since using Twitter to take on right-wing smears against Ed Miliband during the general election. 

Mr Miliband even credited her with starting the “most unlikely cult of the 21st century” during his resignation speech. 

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