Sobering moment on @LBC as a single mum calls into Rishi Sunak to tell him rising prices means her boiler is currently off, the lights are always off, and it's sometimes so cold that she can see her own breath
Jack Elsom
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Jack Elsom
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- If the price of beer had risen at the same rate as gas, a pint would now be £25… sobering stat from Octopus CEO Greg Jackson on Today
- Wes Streeting: “I have just spoken over the phone with the BMA junior doctors committee, and I can announce that talks to end their industrial action will begin next week.”
- Robert Jenrick calls for everyone on the Sentencing Council to be sacked: "The individuals on the Sentencing Council behind this two-tier guidance must be removed and replaced with people who believe in equality under the law."BREAKING: Sentencing Council hits back at Justice Secretary's demands to abandon "two-tier" guidelines. Lord Justice William Davis warns her threats of ministerial oversight risks the independence of the judiciary. thesun.co.uk/news/politics/…
- After I shouted “did you break lockdown rules Prime Minister?”, Starmer said from the podium “of course not.” He then said on the way out the door “all rules were followed”
- Defence Secretary John Healey says quitting the ECHR would make Britain "the only nation in NATO not to be signed up to the Convention". Think he's forgetting quite a big NATO nation not signed up... 🇺🇸
- Kemi Badenoch: “While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors.”
- It's kicking off in Tory WhatsApp groups... Several MPs are fuming after CCHQ bungled their campaign literature - even getting their constituencies wrong! Wrexham's Sarah Atherton says she's a "laughing stock" after all of her content focused on Gloucester...
- 🚨EXCL: Mega row in the ERG Tory WhatsApp as Mark Francois tells MPs to support Liz Truss - but others would rather back Kemi Badenoch
- Ouch... source on Truss campaign: "I sincerely hope no young women hoping to go into politics are watching this tonight - the only message Rishi is delivering is that he thinks shouting down and patronising women is acceptable"
- Kemi Badenoch interview with the Sunday Tel is absolutely bursting with red meat - Obviously cut taxes - Whitehall far too woke - Keep a closer eye on Bank of England - Online Harms Bill = "legislating for hurt feelings" - Blasts 2050 Net Zero target
- Oof - Labour hits back where it hurts: Source: "The only person who's clocked off early in this campaign is Rishi Sunak at the D-Day commemorations.”It’s after 6pm so of course Angela Rayner is back in charge.
- BREAKING: Keir Starmer has just been bundled into a police car outside Parliament after a mob of protesters swarmed him.
- All giggles on the Labour frontbench over cops breaking up the National Conservatism conference
00:00Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThe Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander de Croo intervened stating the actions of Mayor Emir Kir were illegal and unconstitutional - violating both free speech and the principle of Municipal Authority. The Conseil d’État also ruled the conference should happen uninterrupted twitter.com/alexanderdecro… adfinternational.org/news/free-spee…
