Some intriguing moves taking place in local politics while Westminster waits for the next developments in the Rickety Coup. The Tories have found a new partner in crime…
Over at Worcestershire County Council the Reform Party’s minority administration has been booted out of power this morning after 12 months because Tory councillors formed a rival coalition with the Greens, LibDems and independents. A rainbow coalition no one was expecting…
Green councillor Matt Jenkins will now lead the council after attempts by Reform’s Alan Amos to stay in control failed. Is this a CCHQ-sanctioned move…
UPDATE: Tories say: “The Conservative Group Leader did not make our opposition clear to his fellow Worcestershire councillors and has been suspended pending investigation.”
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”