It’s another setback for Starmer’s Chagos deal as the enabling legislation has been delayed again. Government whips decided this afternoon they will not return the Bill before the February recess…
Meanwhile reports overnight that Trump has changed his mind and now backs the deal have come to nothing so far. Falling apart…
Remember what they said. Remember how gleeful they were.
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The SNP’s ‘business conference’ this year is in London. Tickets are going for £750 per person:
“Following a sold-out Business Day in Edinburgh last year, SNP Business Day 2026 offers senior business leaders and public affairs professionals based in and around London a rare opportunity to engage directly with senior SNP figures at a pivotal moment for Scotland’s economy, investment landscape, and relationship with Westminster.”
On 16 March John Swinney will give a keynote address followed by a panel with Kate Forbes and “networking with SNP Representatives.” Also on the agenda is the SNP’s “influence at Westminster”…
That’s all rounded off with a beer event with Stephen Flynn. The “ticket also includes exclusive access to an invitation-only reception on the evening of Monday 16th March, also in London.” Write your own jokes…
Starmer’s mate and surrender deal architect Philippe Sands was confronted in Parliament by a Chagossian. Save Chagos…
Guido hears Tim Allan, director of communications in Downing Street, has commissioned a redesign of HM Government’s Coat of Arms to make it look more ‘accessible.’ This is the man running the Labour government’s messaging in its worst month yet…
The government’s Coat of Arms is updated at the start of each monarch’s reign and denotes that authority of the government to act on behalf of said monarch. That one was last updated when Charles ascended…
The government for its own communications always uses “a simplified version of this for our Coat of Arms, known as the Lesser Arms. For communication purposes, there is a simpler, silhouette version of this Lesser Arms used.” It looks like this:
Most co-conspirators would agree the baroque imagery is nice. Guido hears Allan disagrees and believes it is too fusty – hence he has commissioned a redesign. Cue a blandification of the government’s own branding. Does this government have the capacity to leave literally anything well enough alone…
Let’s see Tim Allan’s coat of arms…
Speaking at his press conference on the Pride in Place programme which was obviously all about Mandelson, Starmer said:
“Tomorrow’s front pages are unlikely to be about the Pride in Place programme.”
