Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is at Chatham House today to discuss trade policy. Though his one-on-one was quickly derailed when a pro-Palestine protester stormed the stage, unfurling a Palestine flag behind him and chanting, “Stop arming Israel, free Palestine, end the genocide,” before being swiftly escorted out. Easier to bat off than tough questions over a potential free-trade deal with Trump and his tariff war…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”