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…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”