@Winstamike by FAR the best performer on @bbcquestiontime tonight. Reform’s candidate all over the place and rightly called out for sexism. Andy not hiding his ulterior motive for standing.
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Keir Starmer’s speech was sad to watch. With so many resets, even his reset button needs a reset.
But I do not take pleasure in watching the Prime Minister flounder. The country needs leadership, not another speech from a man who clearly knows something has gone badly wrong, but still can't explain why.
This is Labour’s real problem. It is not just Starmer - all the pretenders jostling for his job do not have the answers either, because they all believe the same things: more welfare, more state control, more borrowing, more regulation. They are busy arguing over who should drive the car, but the truth is they are all heading in the wrong direction. They have no vision for the future.
What we need is to get Britain working again. That is why I have proposed an alternative King’s Speech with a a clear plan to reward effort, cut the cost of government, secure our borders, rebuild industry and back families who do the right thing.
If Labour are serious about fixing the country they could do all of this tomorrow. Whether they have the bravery or the common sense to do that is a different matter.
Tory defectors, Alan Mendoza and the former Conservative MP Damien Moore have lost their seats in Westminster City Council.
A chipper source in the party brands them "failed Tories" and says them "losing their seats makes clear Nigel Farage's one man band is not all its cracked up to be."
Ouch!
Still lots of results to come in, but comparing the swing in local election results since 22 & swing implied by the polling average, it looks like the Tories are overperforming by about totally, Reform by 3, Labour on track, Greens underperforming and Lib Dems underperforming.
What impresses me so much about @KemiBadenoch is how effectively she has led the @Conservatives to put sound principles and bold ideas front and center. Reform now looks like the wishy washy party that’s all over the place, while Starmer’s Labour is in chaos.
We’re all in a toxic relationship with government. It creates problems, then sells us solutions.
We’ve stopped asking ‘Can I do this?’ and started asking ‘Why hasn’t government done it?’
➡️Britain isn’t broken. Big Government is killing the dream. And it’s time to break up.
My piece in the Sunday Times below👇
This is a textbook example of turning a party around. She is the most popular party leader in the UK today, @Conservatives are rising, their opponents are falling. It’s great to see. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧