Labour is causing havoc for the massive annual defence conference DSEI in London. No surprise…
John Healey is giving a speech to close the event. The Defence Secretary is only taking questions from a virtual chatbox so they can be vetted first. This comes after Downing Street’s decision to take all military chiefs off record at all public events, which is still ongoing. Farcical…
To rub salt in the wound the Tube strikes have made it extremely difficult to get to the Excel centre in E16. Sources on the ground tell Guido the traffic from the City westwards has been so bad during rush hour that the centre’s own staff failed to get in on time and there were therefore difficulties getting delegates in. Khan didn’t get his wish to cancel the event altogether – he’s trying his best…