Outspoken Labour MP Austin Mitchell has been told off by the party ’ s high command for poking fun at Ed Miliband ’ s two kitchens . Mr Mitchell , 80 , who is standing down as an MP in May , last week mischievously tweeted a picture of his own kitchen – complete with an unpacked bag of shopping and half-full glass of wine on the table – under the heading ‘ this is what a real Labour kitchen looks like ’ . Yesterday he was sent a rebuke by Karl Turner , the shadow solicitor general , for the ‘ attack ’ on the party leader , warning him ‘ if you can ’ t say anything supportive , keep your opinion to yourself ’ . Austin Mitchell tweeted this photograph with the caption : 'This is what a real Labour kitchen looks like ' It is just the latest twist in the drama about Mr Miliband ’ s domestic set-up after he and wife Justine were filmed for a BBC interview having tea in a very small , empty kitchen with no seating area . In response to criticism , a family friend tweeted that the kitchen in the Milibands ’ £2million North London townhouse was ‘ lovely ’ and that this was a ‘ functional kitchenette ’ for making ‘ tea and snacks ’ . While most Labour MPs have resisted comment on the issue , Mr Mitchell fuelled the fire this weekend by tweeting : ‘ Labour ’ s new pledge card promises two kitchens for all by 2030 , two toilets by 2035. ’ Last week , in a jibe at the Conservatives ’ so-called bedroom tax , the veteran MP for Great Grimsby , had said : ‘ Tories to introduce spare kitchen tax ’ . Mr Turner wrote him a letter , which Mr Mitchell duly published on his website yesterday , which read : ‘ You ’ re a joke Austin . It ’ s very sad to see it but it ’ s becoming increasingly apparent . You think it clever to attack us . 'It ’ s not clever and you ’ ve had plenty out of the Party . Stop attacking us . ‘ I am reluctant to pull you up publicly because you love the attention so very much . If you can ’ t say anything supportive just keep your opinion to yourself . 'We need to retain Grimsby . You ’ ve done little to help with that . And I doubt you ’ ve ever had a kitchen in Grimsby. ’ It is just the latest twist in the drama about Mr Miliband ’ s domestic set-up after he and wife Justine were filmed for a BBC interview having tea in a very small , empty kitchen with no seating area . Mr Turner , the MP for Hull East , added that Mr Miliband ‘ has one in Donny [ his constituency in Doncaster ] and mine ’ s massive in East Hull. ’ It is a reference to Labour MPs ’ thinking that Mr Mitchell has done little to help them campaign to keep the seat . It is the only Labour seat in the country which pollsters believe Ukip has a chance of winning . The veteran MP , who is an outspoken Eurosceptic , has also infuriated the leadership by claiming in a recent article that his party was promoting too many young women . He said Labour , which has used all-women shortlists to boost their numbers of female MPs , was ‘ undergoing the biggest process of feminisation and rejuvenation embarked on since fabulous pink Camay soap promised to make us look a little lovelier every day. ’ Mr Mitchell claimed that as a result , Labour was becoming more ‘ family- friendly , gentler ’ but ‘ less prepared for all-night shenanigans of the parliamentary kind ’ . He also claimed that ‘ ageism is rampant ’ in the party , and that while he was standing down because ‘ I ’ d rather not die in public ’ other Labour MPs over 60 , were being ‘ carried out kicking and screaming ’ .
Austin Mitchell mischievously tweeted a picture of his kitchen yesterday . He accompanied image with : 'This is what a real Labour kitchen looks like ' The MP has been scolded by the party 's high command for poking fun .