May kicked off with the local elections during which Reform paced ahead, taking 30% of the vote share and winning 677 seats along with new mayors. Sarah Pochin was elected MP for Runcorn and Helsby after Mike Amesbury was turfed out for punching a constituent. The highlight of the aftermath was new mayor Andrea Jenkyns’ on-air row with Sky News…
A few days later Commons Leader Lucy Powell lit up everyone’s post-elections weekend by suggesting that discussion of rape gangs was a “dog-whistle.” The most blatant example of Powell’s inherent thickness and one for which she eventually said she was “extremely sorry“…
The UK signed a trade deal with India as a huge row broke out over Labour’s new ‘reset deal’ with the EU which saw British fishing rights sold down the river for 12 years. Also agreed was rejoining Erasmus – now enacted – and scrapping the successful Turing Scheme. Off the back of that the government was accused of pretending new “e-gate” deals across Europe were thanks to its deal. E-gate arrangements are agreed with countries and airports and have been ongoing since before Labour’s ‘reset’ arrangements were even on the horizon. Ongoing EU digitisation of its borders also renders them pointless…
Starmer held a press conference to publicly address the now-signed Chagos Surrender deal which was teeming with factual errors and downright misrepresentations like “Iran, Russia, and China are opposed to this deal.” As Guido revealed China in fact praised Mauritius for securing the deal…
Signs of tension between an extremely stubborn Treasury and panicky No10 came to the fore when Starmer’s team briefed that a U-turn on the disastrous Winter Fuel cut was on the way, a month before it actually happened. Not that it did Labour any good…
Miliband said he worries about losing his seat to Reform. David Lammy sued a French taxi driver for driving off with his and his wife’s luggage. As the government made more noises about cutting migration Emily Maitlis declared on the News Agents: ‘At least it’s Labour doing it.’ A collective groan ensued…
Honourable Mentions
Streeting Boyfriend’s Labour Comms Chief Role Downgraded Wes Streeting
Miliband Spends £33,000 on Business-Class Flights and Five-Star Beijing Hotel
Now Ofcom Launches Draconian Attempt to Ban Politicians From TV Programmes
Headline of the Month
Labour No Longer Concerned That Spending Will Cause ‘Run on the Pound’ in Raft of U-Turns
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