Tim Montgomerie says he is going to appeal his Reform membership suspension, after Guido exclusively revealed the party had booted him out yesterday. He says Nigel Farage himself was unaware of the decision. “If they want to kick me out, they’re going to have to kick me out after an argument”…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”