More embarrassment for the Tories as the latest leaked audio from a private event hits the newspapers. This time shadow transport secretary Gareth Bacon told Tory activists: “Taking a punt today, am I likely to be recommending that we re-privatise the railway in our next manifesto? I would say probably not, because I don’t think it would have been bedded in enough at that time for the public to think that that was a good idea.“ One way to let policy be announced…
Co-conspirators will spot a trend here of audio leaks coming from little-attended events: Jenrick talking up a deal with Reform, Philp saying the Tories bungled Brexit, and Bacon supporting nationalisation. Some spies doing a good job…
The Tories are busy using their shadow frontbench to fire parliamentary questions at Labour – they are essentially an expedited form of FoI. In the meantime Labour ministers are out and about…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”