Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy tells LBC: “We are an important power, we’ve got these amazing assets like the Premier League, the BBC, LBC… you!”
Ferrari: “I hear barrels being scraped now, but do go on”
While speaking to LBC this morning, Climate Minister Graham Stuart couldn’t rule out energy rationing. This is despite Liz emphatically doing so in the leadership contest. The change in tune comes as the National Grid warned that 3-hour blackouts could be a possibility from November. Wrap up warm…
During the interview Graham did also proclaim “we’re not a nanny state government” in response to questions about a public information campaign. Liz is sticking to some campaign pledges…
Unfortunately for LBC, given last night’s scandalous developments, their morning interview with Boris is a pre-recorded affair. Some headlines for the, as per usual, good-humoured confrontation with Nick Ferrari include that Putin’s made about 35 nuclear threats since the outbreak of war; telling Sadiq to get a grip on the met; and ruling out any Covid restrictions being reintroduced in future. Guido’s eyes were caught by the PM refusing to rule out an early election…
The interview also saw the PM accuse Ferrari of the disappearance of Lord Lucan during an impromptu breakout of banter
Classic…
Second time lucky for Sir Keir today, as he again attempted to answer Labour’s impossible question: can a woman have a penis? Anneliese Dodds says they can’t, Stella Creasey says they can. The last time Starmer had a go at answering this question, he claimed he doesn’t “like intolerance” and then floundered for three minutes without giving a yes or a no. Today was only slightly better…
“…For the vast majority of women, biology is what matters and it’s very clear that they don’t have a penis. But let’s not leave out of account that there is a small minority of individuals who were born in a gender they don’t now identify with. Some go through a process, others don’t, and that is very traumatic for them. And I for one am going to respect and support them, and I think that’s, actually, when most people step back from this they think, ‘well that’s a fair assessment Keir, 99.9% of women, it’s all biology’… but let’s not pretend, or disparage, or fail to support a small group of people who actually struggle with their gender identity. And I think that we all can resolve this if we approach it in that spirit.”
Biology matters… until it doesn’t.
Simon Hoare isn’t the only one to back Will Smith today in the story that’s quickly dividing SW1. LBC host Nick Ferrari also threw his weight behind the Hollywood actor for his chivalrous slapping today, claiming he’d have done “exactly what Mr. Smith [did]” – only he’d have given Rock “60 seconds to apologise” before giving him a whack across the jaw.
Speaking to a caller this morning, Ferrari laid out exactly how he’d have decked the A-lister in front of the watching millions:
“I would have done exactly what Mr. Smith [did], and I’d have marched up to Mr. Rock and I would have said, ‘you’ve got 60 seconds to apologise, otherwise I’m going to thump you. 60 seconds to apologise. Now.’ 60 seconds to apologise, otherwise he’s going down.”
No doubt a few of these chest-beaters have had their partners whispering in their ears this morning…
Guido’s Twitter followers thought by a 3 to 1 margin Will Smith was in the wrong:
Was Will Smith right to slap Chris Rock for mocking his wife?
— Media Guido (@MediaGuido) March 28, 2022
Mrs Fawkes disagrees…
