Starmer was seen having a furious exchange with Lindsay Hoyle just after PMQs ended. Minutes earlier the Speaker had chided the PM for not answering questions properly…
The PM angrily tapped Hoyle’s arm rest while talking. An MP witness tells Guido: “Lindsay stood his ground and was trying to say something back but the PM just walked off.” Thin skinned…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”