Many have been left scratching their head as to why Starmer would hand over £9 billion for the privilege of giving up UK sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. Turns out, the government’s much vaunted Office for Value for Money has not actually discussed the value for money of the sell out at all. A blow to Starmer…
No wonder the Treasury Select Committee has already questioned the Office’s actual value for money as MPs warn it’s probably a waste of cash. Free advice from Guido on the value of the surrender deal: there is none..
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”
