Labour’s new health minister Ashley Dalton has earned herself a newspaper splash 24 hours into the job. Starmer’s newest frontbencher said people can identify as llamas, among other things…
Her left-wing views go beyond identity politics. When Labour first proposed using the private sector to cut NHS waiting lists in 2023, Dalton was among the fiercest critics, blaming Tory “privatisation” for soaring profits and patients being “left behind.” Not ideal timing, given Wes Streeting has just struck a deal with the private sector to “get patients seen faster.” Unhelpful for Streeting…
Dalton also took aim at the Tory government’s plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, casting doubt on how the figure will be reached through civil service cuts. One more potential headache for Starmer…
Tory turncoat and Iceland boss Richard Walker has been given a cool reward for defecting to Labour after repeatedly failing to get selected as a Tory candidate, even going so far as to beg Sunak for a safe seat. Only to be frozen out…
Now it’s been briefed that criminals facing short jail time could be sentenced with an alternative punishment: a job at Iceland Foods. Walker and Paul Cowley, Iceland’s first director of rehabilitation, have written a letter to prisons minister Lord Timpson to thaw out the idea as part of efforts to tackle the overcrowded prison crisis. Cowley was crystal-clear that “We won’t consider anyone on the sex offenders register,” whilst also issuing a cold warning: “If people mess up and they don’t turn up for work, then they do go inside.” A frosty welcome…
Labour MP John McDonnell isn’t doing Starmer any favours in his attempts to make the party look serious about tackling rape gangs. Guido’s seen an email McDonnell circulated to all Labour MPs last night from a left-wing lawyer downplaying the scandal, describing the rape gangs as “alleged.” The email begins:
“I thought I would just drop you a quick note to assist with the debate today and the ongoing furore (Elon Musk, Mr Farage, and Ms Badenoch), regarding alleged grooming of girls by groups of men of Pakistani heritage.”
It then shifts the blame to the Tories:
“In simple terms, this is a problem caused by the Conservatives, who commissioned the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and received its many reports, including the Organised Networks report and final report.”
A Tory source tells Guido:
“That a former Shadow Chancellor and one-time Labour leadership candidate is promoting loony lawyers who claim the grooming is “alleged” tells you all you need to know about Labour’s approach to this issue. Keir Starmer wants to sweep the rape gangs scandal under the carpet because the truth is too hard for Labour to confront. It is total and utter moral cowardice from a weak and spineless Prime Minister.”
McDonnell introduces the email with a note to say he “hopes” this “helpful” email will assist MPs “in responding to the appalling behaviour of the Conservatives and Reform.” Starmer will be praying his colleagues ignore the Corbynite’s advice…
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Starmer splashed £80,000 of taxpayers’ cash to scrub out Tory blue from the press briefing room, branding it a “politically neutral setting.” Fittingly, the PM chose the blandest option: grey…
Guido recalls the sanctimonious outrage from Labour when Boris Johnson’s government converted the space into a TV briefing room costing £2.6 million. At the time, Labour said it reflected “Boris Johnson’s warped priorities” including it in its 2023 “money wasted” by the Tories dossier. A Labour source lamented to The Guardian – which, surprise, surprise, is remaining silent on the latest refurb now – that they “feel the Conservatives have wasted [taxpayer] money yet again at a time when there’s apparently no money for a pay rise for nurses”. Angela Rayner bemoaned “[Boris] can find millions for vanity projects, while picking the pockets of NHS workers.” Labour whitewashing the walls as well as the news…
Unbelievably Labour MPs burst into boos and chants of “shame” at Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp in the Commons yesterday during a debate on a national public inquiry into the rape gangs scandal. Philp called out Keir Starmer, referring to his remarks at the Prime Minister’s press conference yesterday, saying that “it is not far right to stand up for victims of mass rape”. The Labour lot weren’t impressed…
Philp doubled down on his remarks this morning, telling Guido:
“These out of touch Labour MPs seem to think backing Keir Starmer’s attempt to shut down debate and investigation into rape gangs is more important than getting to the truth. Wanting to stand up for rape victims is obviously not ’far right.’”
Meanwhile, Musk continues to attack Starmer over his record as DPP at the CPS, and the heat isn’t dying down. Whilst he was DPP, the CPS refused to prosecute two members of the Rochdale rape gang in 2009, despite damning evidence of abuse. Even worse, they treated a victim as a criminal, arresting her as a “co-conspirator.” It took 2 years for the CPS to admit their mistake, while GMP’s Chief Constable only issued a public apology years later in 2022…
Starmer himself has admitted to the CPS’s disgraceful failings. In 2012, he confessed to a “lack of understanding” about grooming gangs, saying “In a number of cases presented to us, particularly in cases involving groups, there’s clearly an issue of ethnicity that has to be understood and addressed. As prosecutors, we shouldn’t shy away from that.” By 2015, he admitted there was a “cultural inhibition” against prosecuting rape gangs while he was in charge. Decades of failure…
Meanwhile, the Tories say they will use parliamentary time tomorrow to force a vote on a new inquiry into rape gangs. Is His Majesty’s Official Opposition shaking off its slumber thanks to Elon Musk?
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.”