Housing Secretary Steve Reed speaking to Laura Kuenssberg this morning:
“There is no specific assessment that the Iranians are targeting the UK or [that they] even could if they wanted to…”
On why Israel claimed Iran had that capability:
“You would need to speak to the Israelis… Whatever people might say, the UK is not going to be dragged into this war, but we will take appropriate collective defensive action to keep our nationals and our interests safe.”
He refused to admit how close the Iranian bombs came to hitting Diego Garcia. No getting into “operational details”…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”