Politics

To Westminster, where Prime Minister’s Questions is in full swing. Sir Keir Starmer has delivered yet another tutorial in how to bat away difficult questions – on everything from his reported Chagos deal to concerns about Labour backing a new North Sea oil field to the rather curious matter of the Labour leader’s vocal coach. It emerged in Get In, a new book about Labour’s rise to power, that Sir Keir’s vocal coach Leonie Mellinger visited the party’s London office on Christmas Eve in 2020. At this time, the city was under tier four regulations while Mellinger’s home city of Brighton was under tier three rules, prompting the Conservatives to suggest

Wes Streeting is offended by NHS staff promoting ‘anti-whiteness’ – as should any taxpayer who has not succumbed to the racist ideology of critical race theory. A social media post from a counselling psychologist with the East London NHS Foundation Trust sought an assistant on a year-long placement, describing herself as someone ‘who integrates anti whiteness/ anti racist praxis into supervision and approaches to clinical work.’ Streeting said, addressing a Macmillan Cancer Support event: ‘There are some really daft things being done in the name of equality, diversity and inclusion which undermine the cause… the ideological hobby horses have to go.’ But he still thinks that DEI jobs should still

Sir Keir Starmer’s party may have only been in power for seven months but in that time the Prime Minister has seen his favourability ratings plummet while trust in his government declines. As the Labour lot fret about their waning popularity, Reform UK is enjoying a surge in support – with two recent polls, by FindOutNow and YouGov, showing Nigel Farage’s party beating Labour among voters. So concerned are the reds by the rapid reversal in their fortunes, a number of Labour MPs have now formed an informal group built to defeat Reform. How very interesting… As reported by the Guardian, Labour politicians from the 89 constituencies where Farage’s party