Nigel Farage has welcomed Carol Vorderman’s intention (or threat) to “enter the political fight” this year. And thrown down the gauntlet for her to stand against him in his Clacton constituency…
Asked by Guido’s News Editor Max Young for his response to Vorderman’s attack in the Telegraph yesterday, the Reform leader said:
“I’m looking forward to it, marvellous. Do you know, people can abuse me all they like. I never, ever bother to return the compliment. I might’ve teased people over the years for being ‘damp rags’, but I’ve never actually realy verbally assaulted or abused anybody. I’m not going to start now. It’s sad. But hey, bring it on. Come and stand in Clacton. We will look forward to seeing you.”
Carol for Clacton? The countdown is on…
Shadow national security minister Alicia Kearns told Times Radio she would have put a precondition on a China trip if she were PM:
“I would have put a precondition that I was not going to go if I was prime minister, unless Jimmy Lai was coming home with me. I would also put a precondition in the six months leading up to the visit that I wanted a reduction in hostile acts against our country. But that’s not what we saw. And actually, in contrast, what we saw was clearly the Chinese Communist Party did put a precondition, which was that the new embassy in London had to be signed off. So why is it okay for China to set preconditions and to make very clear red lines about what they require for a visit, but we go without having put any ourselves?”