It looks like Defence Secretary Shapps wanted to digest the results of the MRP poll and Farage’s announcement with Sam Coates from Sky News. Little did he know, he gave Coates a bell while the Deputy Political Editor was live on air discussing the fact that Shapps is predicted by YouGov to lose his seat by a wide margin. He didn’t stay on the line long enough to give a comment…
Sky’s Sam Coates on the state of Downing Street’s truth-telling:
“There are some suggestions we could get some kind of statement later today. As ever Downing St is saying that’s not true. But what they’ve said is not true has turned out to be not true so many times in the past that we can’t take that totally at face value.”
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”