Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn has joined Labour’s Runcorn candidate Karen Shore on the campaign trail – the by-election is in two days. Some frostier receptions…
One resident flipped the bird at them and said: “Bye bye. No chance of me giving you my vote now… I can’t stand the man, wouldn’t vote for the man, I’m going green bye-bye.” Crystallising some of Labour’s issues there…
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.”