At DPMQs Claire Coutinho focussed on energy and the North Sea. Aberdeen South by-election is tomorrow…
Coutinho asked Lammy why Ed miliband was still in post seeing as he is refusing to engage with No10 or take Starmer’s calls:
“Last week, the prime minister asked the energy secretary to help fund the defence of our country, and he ghosted him. Let me repeat that. The energy secretary refused to meet the prime minister on a matter of national security. Why hasn’t he been sacked?
Lammy’s response was: “Stop reading the papers.” Is Labour going to ban them too?
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”