Spare a thought for energy minister Michael Shanks this morning, who’s had an tricky start to the year. During energy questions in the Commons, he was asked by Tory MP Harriet Cross what the price of oil and gas is today. He couldn’t answer…
After some waffling, Cross eventually put Shanks out of his misery, informing the House that oil is at $62 a barrel and gas at 72p a therm. That’s around a third lower than what the government itself deems “windfall” prices, despite Labour hammering the industry with punitive windfall taxes. Chin up, Shanks. Maybe 2027 will be your year…
Speaking about the Metropolitan Police, Nigel Farage told a press conference in London:
“Giuliani didn’t abolish the NYPD. He changed the leadership. He put those into positions of authority that shared his vision of the broken windows theory of dealing with crime from the bottom up. That’s what you have to do. So, I would suggest that rather than scrapping it, we need to find the right people in the right position.”