Past his Prime
WATCHING the Prime Minister grovel for his job in a televised speech and press conference was not edifying.
Repeatedly, told us how sorry he was that he’d appointed to be US ambassador, despite his long friendship with paedophile financier
Despite his grovelling apologies, Starmer is pretty much finished as PM
Mandelson lied, lied, lied, the PM said.
This may be true. But why, when Mandelson portrayed Epstein as “someone he barely knew”, did
Had he missed all the pictures of Mandelson and Epstein hanging out together that have been printed over the years?
Did the PM forget Mandelson had been fired TWICE for dodgy dealings with wealthy men, and been dogged by scandal for decades?
Ought this not have made him a tiny bit more inquisitive?
The brutal reality is that — no matter how many times he apologises — .
His colleagues seemingly don’t think he’s up to the job. Likewise a wider at rock-bottom in the polls.
Yet this doesn’t mean he will be ousted today, tomorrow or any time soon.
Labour MPs cannot agree on a successor and the main contenders all face obstacles, for now.
Bookies’ favourite , for example, is yet to
As for longer shots like — if Labour tries to impose on us a man whose socialist prospectus was put to the country in 2015, and emphatically rejected — it should be ready for a tidal wave of electoral rage.
So, in all likelihood, Starmer will limp on for a while. Unable to govern in any useful sense, and a prisoner of his party.
Meanwhile, our borders will remain broken, the cost of living crisis will continue to rage and the welfare bill will balloon.
That really is a sorry state of affairs.
Gloom loop
MORTGAGE holders hoping for a rate cut yesterday were left disappointed.
But it was the miserable update from the that will leave millions worried for the future.
Revealing there will be no meaningful growth for the rest of the decade, it squarely dumped the blame on tax raids.
Unemployment will be up for the next three years — with jobs growth at zero in 2025 thanks mainly to
As a result, the Bank cut its growth forecasts for this year to just 0.9 per cent and 1.5 per cent for next year — although backdated tax rises announced in the Budget put even that at risk.
Into this toxic mix, Labour are tipping their work reforms.
The Institute for Economic Affairs think tank says giving workers the right to flexible working will kill productivity.
The reckless economic damage is now there in black and white for all to see.
Starmer and his Chancellor have crashed the economy.
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