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…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”