Tory power couple MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies managed to secure a sit-down interview with the PM, set to be broadcast in full during their show tomorrow, in which the PM says he cannot rule out another lockdown. Guido reckons the PM can announce whatever he likes, the public has declared the pandemic over and after Partygate may no longer listen to new rules…
“I want to avoid any such thing happening again, and I can’t rule out some, Esther, I can’t say we wouldn’t be forced to do non-pharmaceutical interventions again of the kind we did.
I think it would be irresponsible of any leader in any democracy to say they’re going to rule out something that would save lives… there could be a new variant – more deadly – there could be a variant that affects children badly that we really need to contain, I’m not going to take any options off the table.”
The interview is a real coup for McVey, who both managed to secure an interview with the PM and avoided doxxing his mobile phone number…
Last night, Nigel Farage defended calling the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) a “taxi service for illegal trafficking gangs”, during a passionate monologue on GBNews. Farage is amongst a number of people to criticise the RNLI for helping Border Force pick up migrants in the English Channel amid surging numbers of asylum seekers on lifeboats crossing the channel…
Following Farage’s tweet, the RNLI tweeted “we’re proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it”, accompanied with a harrowing video of a real migrant rescue in action.
We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch: pic.twitter.com/lORd9NRpdP
— RNLI (@RNLI) July 28, 2021
Last night Farage responded to this video by claiming that the RNLI have clearly
“… employed a PR company, and what PR companies try to do is find some victims or find a victim and find somebody who is the baddie (…) The victims are people working on the lifeboats and we’re told they’re having abuse shouted at them by members of the public.”
“I feel sorry for them and their predicament. But the baddie of course is me (…) for daring to say that the lifeboats are being used for a different purpose and have become an arm of the border force.”
Farage also claimed last night that:
“People who give money to the RNLI are asking themselves, do we really want to give money for this.”
The RNLI has experienced a surge in online donations in spite of, or perhaps because of, the criticisms…
MPs led by Paul Bristow have secured victory after parliamentary authorities finally enabled their televisions to receive GB News – two weeks after it launched. In his letter to the House Authorities last week, Bristow explained it was “somewhat disappointing that no provision has yet been made for this important entrant to UK News broadcasting”. While Al Jazeera and Russia Today were…
Bristow’s finally confirmed the good news:
Success! @GBNEWS is now available on the annunciators for MPs and staff, channel 211. pic.twitter.com/kRaZiyYbqP
— Paul Bristow MP #stayalert (@paulbristow79) June 29, 2021
Guido hears some civil servants are facing similar restrictions…
UPDATE: While GB News is now available in Parliament, it’s currently labelled as “China CTV” which is currently scheduled as showing adult nightly bundle
