Internal divides aren’t just a Tory trait. Whether or not to stick to the £28 billion a year figure on their green spending plan seems to be a topic of heated debate in the Shadow Cabinet – Rachel Reeves refused to even mention the number last week while Keir Starmer yesterday committed to the the figure on Times Radio. On Politics Live today, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott asked Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson whose team she was on, Rachel Reeves’ or Starmer’s. Bridget made a bit of a Freudian slip: “Rache…uh…Laura..uh…honestly”. Whoops…
Carol Vorderman got into a feisty twitter bitch fight with various Tory accounts yesterday afternoon. Carol used her newfound free “voice” to blast Young Conservatives, claiming young people would feel “shame” to be part of the “Corrupt Conservative Party”.
Can you imagine the shame nowadays of any young person saying they belong to the Corrupt Conservative Party?
Polls show only 1% of age 18-24 would even vote for you….and even then they’d probably do it in secret.
Your self-serving govt is a blight on the U, and will be…
— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) November 20, 2023
Young Conservatives kicked back: “Everyone regardless of age or background should be encouraged to get involved in politics, whatever the colour of their rosette without a fear of being targeted by the likes of you.” CCHQ then entered the ring, writing, “Attacking young people? Bit sad.” Vorderman came up with a lame, though statistically accurate response…
Tories are worried.
Recent polls have shown only 1% of voters age 18-24 would vote Tory
When I congratulated the 99% for their fine political sense, Tory HQ tries to turn it into “attacking young people”
REPORT CARD FOR @CCHQPress
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Must do better 😉Note to Tories
Just… https://t.co/N8FJjH2VY6— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) November 20, 2023
Meanwhile, Vorderman was seen running off to find comfort with left-wing allies. Guido spotted Carol last night sporting her infamous leopard print top having drinks in Parliament’s Pugin room with Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. Perhaps her “next very interesting chapter” after the BBC forced her out is to stand as a Labour Party candidate…
Dour moods in the schoolyard this morning as Bridget Phillipson claims that Labour’s levying of VAT on private schools will force them to make cutbacks along with everyone else. A strange thing for the party of aspiration to say…
“I think private schools could really be looking to make some economies, everyone’s had to cut back in recent times and I don’t think private schools can be immune from some of that”.
Meanwhile Phillipson claims that the policy will raise £1.5 billion for investment in the state sector. Ignoring that the government will end up having to shell out £400 million a year to pay for all the newly enrolled state school kids resulting from parents no longer being able to afford private education…
