One of the people in this lineup of world leaders is the odd one out. The 80th commemoration of the start of the D Day invasion has been in the diaries of the leaders of various countries for a while, but Sunak had better things to do.
Realising that they have had a few mis-steps with the election campaign so far, the new advisor is set to steer the Conservatives to election victory. The new advisor is reputed to be as cunning as a fox who’s just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University.
The Tories lost credibility on economics, law and order, education, immigration, taxation and health. They need to come up with something. National Service! Guaranteed to seal electoral oblivion. The second longest suicide note in history.
With so many Tories defecting to Labour his choices were to defect himself or call an election. He has opted to try an election. Sunak is confident that come the 4th July there will be someone continuing the blue policies.
During a visit to a Derbyshire warehouse Sunak was keen to take questions from the staff. To ensure that he knew the answer it was helpful to have a Tory councillor dressed up as a worker asking a question.
Boris Johnson has declared that JK Rowling is a “modern saint” for her Xcretions about trans women. Having an open homophobe and islamphobe supporting her is not quite the endorcement he thinks it is.
He falls back on the old ‘what people secretly think’ evidence base.
Members of Parliament can be very elusive. Reluctant to respond to emails, letters and telephone calls, some have taken to Grindr to reach their MP. We ask if this is right.
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The additional charges on food imports that started on 30th April will bring in additional revenue on imports of food such as fish, salami, sausage, cheese and yoghurt.
This has been targeted at the middle classes as poor people only eat chips and turnips.
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When the issue of the racist comments by a Tory donor came up in Prime Minister’s questions Abbott was saved the effort of having to respond. While the comments were aimed at her, lots of white MPs had their opinions aired on her behalf.