While Kemi Badenoch missed the opportunity to hammer Starmer over VoiceCoachGate, Tory MP Gagan Mohindra stepped up and pressed the PM on whether he could confirm to the House that he, and his voice coach Leonie Mellinger, followed all the rules during their in-person lockdown meeting when London was under strict Tier 4 restrictions. Starmer refused to say that all the rules were followed…
Starmer’s sanctimonious line that the Tories were far worse during Partygate and that he’d been working “at speed” on a Brexit statement won’t cut it. His refusal to confirm that he followed the rules during his meeting with his long-time family friend — who wasn’t even officially working for Labour at the time — while he was pushing for harsher restrictions, will be sending Number 10 into full panic mode. Mr Rules’ credibility is hanging by a thread…
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.”