Somerset Councillors wasted an hour of a full council meeting yesterday on a motion from Labour and the Greens to evict international military technology company Elbit Systems from a council property because it supposedly supplies arms to the IDF. All prompted by protests from crazed activists… Today they’ve had to apologise after Elbit got in touch to clarify that it does no such thing.[…] Read the rest ..read more

It is Chris Stark’s last day on the job as Chief Executive of the net zero crusading organisation the Climate Change Committee – a publicly funded body which spent £4,541,779 in taxpayer money in the year 2021-2022. It seems his mission to fight climate change has extended outside the realms of just being the chief climate adviser to the government.[…] Read the rest ..read more

Politicians are nothing if not optimists. Andy Street has been firing out donation requests this week to Tory mailshot recipients, along with accompanying letter: “By contributing to my campaign, you can make a real difference to the outcome“. Not quite – six days before the election is a little too late… Street has branded his campaign green and kept prominent Tories away.[…] Read the rest ..read more

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Welsh Labour Health Secretary Eluned Morgan has released a statement today on neonatal services, including this celebratory nugget: “The final report following an unannounced HIW inspection at Prince Charles Hospital is being published today. It concludes that staff at all levels in the service work hard to provide a good experience and that sufficient arrangements are in place to provide safe and effective care to women and birthing people. […] Read the rest ..read more

Earlier this month Guido revealed the government’s draconian plans to ban the sale of mobile phones to under 16-year-olds. Now Guido understands it’s been kicked into the long grass… A consultation paper was meant to be published this week, though supporters of the ban have been told that this has been delayed – without a future date set for its release.[…] Read the rest ..read more

The SNP’s favourite rag The National is clearly having trouble processing the collapse of Humza Useless’ government. The First Minister has pulled out of a keynote independence speech this morning as insider sources predict he’ll jump before pushed… The National’s Lucy Jackson has penned the piece “What Covering the End of the Green SNP Deal Was Like as a National Journalist“, which just complains that journalists “fixated on finding the next headline” were asking Yousaf about the imminent collapse of his government rather than what the death of the Green-SNP deal “actually means for ..read more

Home Office minister Chris Philp had a cringeworthy moment on Question Time last night. When an audience member asked him whether people coming from Congo – a country that’s at war with Rwanda – would be sent on flights to Rwanda, Philp floundered.[…] Read the rest ..read more

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Sunak went for a run with the Africa-conquering ‘Hardest Geezer’ (A.K.A. Russ Cook) today. Guido has helpfully plotted out the route they took from the video. They started out of the back of Downing Street (running from office) and got all the way to Apsley Gate before heading past Buckingham Palace and then back home.[…] Read the rest ..read more