An interesting stunt just unveiled by Labour in south London – seemingly portraying Rishi Sunak as a British Asian corner shop keeper – selling ‘Rishi’s Mega Mortgages’. Guido always loves a good election stunt and it’s all a bit of fun from Labour…
Though some eyebrows are being raised over the choice of depiction – which does seem to have a whiff of the dog whistle about it. Remember the backlash when Keir Starmer said Sunak ‘doesn’t get Britain’…
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.”
