Up in Stockton leafletting drama has taken another turn. A warning has just been posted on the Facebook community notice board “Hartburn Matters” which discusses local news and the usual “bloody ne’er-do-well youths” fare. Locals are today told to “remain vigilant” after items were stolen from doorsteps…

The warnings stem from an incident back in March in which a woman in Fairfield appeared to film someone delivering Labour leaflets (employed by an outsourced delivery company) stealing a Pepsi that she had left by her door. A report was made to the Police at the time. These kinds of campaign shenanigans aren’t rare: Hertfordshire Police have just arrested a 29-year-old man for defacing numerous Grant Shapps election posters. Up in Stockton it’s: “Beware: here be Labour leafletters”…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”