In a return of the long-running feud between SW1 bruisers Steve Bray and Lee Anderson the two have scrapped again this afternoon on Whitehall. Some highlights:
Anderson: “Have you got a job yet?” Bray: “I’m self-employed.”
Anderson: “You’re a scrounger, you’re a parasite, you’re a drain on the public finances. You’re a man of interest to the DWP.” Bray called him a liar for that last one…
Bray: “Who votes for idiots like this?” Anderson: “Who voted for you?”
Anderson went to tip Bray’s hat over and Bray pushed him back before police intervened. Ding ding ding…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”