In his capacity as ‘Banter Bouncer’ Guido popped by The Speaker pub in Victoria last night where Lord Young’s Free Speech Union held an event rallying liberty fans against Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill. Otherwise known as the Banter Ban…
Guido was forced to evict Lord Young, Reform’s Lee Anderson, and Tory MP Greg Smith but was able in the process to get their views on the legislation. Co-conspirators can follow the ongoing battle against the ban in the Lords on these pixels…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”