Speaking on an LBC phone-in this morning, Ed was able to come up with a clear answer to the vintage Nick Ferrari question. It was, unfortunately, the wrong answer.

Ed claimed that a woman could “quite clearly” have a penis. Guido’s just not sure it will go down well with voters in the Blue Wall…

Speaking from Essex this morning, ahead of his big speech on NHS waiting times, Keir Starmer made the pointed admission that he had previously been done for speeding. On LBC, Starmer said:

“Look Nick, I haven’t… er-er… I… many years ago I had points for speeding, but not for a very long time”.

As Nick Ferrari points out, Sir Keir is in good company. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Suella Braverman, Andy Burnham and Robert Jenrick have all hit headlines for failing to hit the brakes…

Speaking to Nick Ferrari on LBC this morning, Pat McFadden stood up to defend Labour’s latest position of principle – targeting the families of public servants. McFadden thrice repeated Labour’s attacks on the Prime Minister’s wife, before Ferrari asked Pat to say whether politician’s wives and families were all fair game. McFadden did not deny the children could be targets…

Over the weekend, Guido was somewhat surprised to see Sir Keir reversing his position on trans self-ID in the Sunday Times and this morning we’ve got yet more detail of Labour’s line. Speaking to Nick Ferrari on LBC, Starmer reluctantly clarified:

“I was trying to create some common-sense frameworks to the discussion that we inevitably have, by just starting with the common sense proposition that for the vast majority – let’s say 99.9% – biology matters. Women have won many rights, smashed glass ceilings, won on equality and discrimination and we can’t roll any of that back”.

Presumably, Starmer thinks the biological truth is irrelevant for the 0.1%…

Over the weekend, Labour faced questions over when their contact with Sue Gray started – and today it was Sir Keir’s turn to demonstrate his openness, honesty and integrity™. Facing questions from Nick Ferrari on LBC, Sir Keir couldn’t say when he first approached Gray. He was asked six times.

Despite Ferrari’s dogged questioning, the best response Starmer could muster was “there’s nothing improper”. We’ll just have to take his word for it then…

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”