Donald Trump has shared a few delicate thoughts on Ed Miliband’s net zero deal with California Governor Gavin Newsom. He told POLITICO today:
“The UK’s got enough trouble without getting involved with Gavin Newscum… Gavin is a loser. Everything he’s touched turns to garbage. His state has gone to hell, and his environmental work is a disaster… It is inappropriate for [the UK] to be dealing with him.”
The deal is a memorandum of understanding between the UK and California in which both economies promise to collaborate on green energy technologies like offshore wind. It is also a chance for Newsom to start making powerful new friends ahead of his inevitable 2028 presidential bid, which Miliband was only too happy to oblige. The White House noticed…
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.”