Iceland boss and Labour peer, Lord Walker of Broxton, has slammed Starmer on his Government’s record welfare splurge. During a debate called by the Tories on the ballooning benefits bill, Walker said he supports “the Labour Party, not the benefits party“. Almost everyone in the Labour Party knows what’s going wrong, just not Starmer…
Southwark Council has evicted the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Bio, who lives in a palace, from her council flat in South London. Whatever will she do…
It follows a year-long investigation. She defended her use of the property recently, saying: “My children are all British citizens… I’m paying for my council house myself. I have not committed any crime.” Didn’t work…
18,000 people are on the Southwark’s waiting list. The council said:
“We can confirm we have taken possession of a property in Walworth following a 12-month investigation by our Housing Investigations Team.
I look forward to bringing this council property back to its original purpose which is to provide a safe and secure home for people with legitimate housing need on the council’s waiting list. This property will be swiftly allocated to a local family in genuine housing need.”
Took their sweet time…
SpaceX has gone public, having raised a record $75 billion through its IPO. Reuters reports it is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange at $171 per share, rocketing far beyond the expected price of $135. Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire…
Ringing the bell (virtually) as the stock market opened today, Musk said:
“It is certainly hard to believe a little company that started in a warehouse in El Segundo is now going public with the largest IPO ever… I gave SpaceX less than a 10% chance of succeeding at all…
We want to be able take anyone who wants to go to the Moon, anyone who wants to go to Mars, or anywhere in the solar system… I am confident at this point that with the incredible team that we have here at SpaceX that we will do that for you.”
It is already more highly valued than Walmart. To the Moon…
The PLP risks being plunged into further open warfare over whether there should be a new attempt to legalise assisted suicide in the UK. The issue and its voluminous legislation tore the PLP apart in an endless battle during the last session…
Now it looks like Labour MPs are set to conclude it’s too much of a headache at the moment. Guido has seen correspondence from Labour PPS Frank McNally who told a constituent two weeks ago: “I will do all I can to discourage colleagues from bringing back another Bill on this matter… my strong opposition to these plans has only strengthened over the last year and I will continue to do all I can to prevent it returning to parliament in the coming months and years.” He wasn’t known to be a strong opponent…
McNally also wrote: “any plans to use the Parliament Act… would be a disgraceful move and you have my assurance that, along with many of my colleagues, I would fight this robustly.” Another Labour MP told constituents: “With increasing numbers of MPs who supported Kim Leadbeater’s Bill declaring their opposition to the use of the Parliament Acts, any new Bill looks doomed anyway. Other MPs who were successful in the ballot would be well-advised to follow in Andrew George’s footsteps and adopt a Bill that focuses on constituents’ core priorities.”
Labour Leader of the House of Commons, Sir Alan Campbell, also provided little encouragement for pro-Bill MPs at a debate on Monday, questioning the suitability of the Private Members’ Bill route. It’s a headache a deeply unpopular and divided Labour Party can’t risk…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”
