LibDem MP Rachel Gilmour hit the headlines earlier this month for her rather colourful vocabulary. The Express reported she launched into an “astonishing” foul-mouthed tirade during a visit to Hinkley Point nuclear plant after a security guard pointed out that her driving licence was out of date. Gilmour, clearly unimpressed, allegedly exploded – branding the guard a “c**”* and an “obnoxious t**”* before speculating, “I bet he votes f***** Tory.”* Charming…
Gilmour has denied making the remarks, though her constituents seem to have taken the words to heart. Signs have popped up along the roads of Tiverton and Minehead reading: “Rachel Gilmour: Swearing Here!” Not the sort of publicity stunt hobby-horsing Ed Davey may have hoped for ahead of the locals…
Guido will leave it to co-conspirators to imagine Gilmour’s response to these…
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.”
