The selfish tourist who defied Spain's Covid-19 lockdown to swim in a hotel pool in Tenerife can be revealed as a hard-left union rabble rouser who stood as a Labour Party candidate at the last election. It shows Rust swimming backstroke in the pool as hotel staff and police urge her to get out. The video of Jo Rust being arrested has been viewed on Facebook more than 300,000 timesOne of Jo Rust's campaign leaflets. Managers of the Paradise Park Hotel kicked Rust out because of her behaviour and she was not allowed to return. The Labour Party did not reply to a request for a comment on Rust's arrest and lack of judgement.

Source: Daily Mail March 23, 2020 19:27 UTC