At a crucial time for our country, Boris Johnson’s conference speech was a moment for the Prime Minister to show some statesmanship.
Instead he delivered his customary knock-about routine that was insulting in its hollowness and insincerity.
We needed a grown-up and we got a kindergarten class fool. On the domestic agenda he had nothing of substance to say.
He barely mentioned housing and failed to touch upon welfare – and there was not a single new policy announcement.
The extra money for schools, hospitals and the police are clearly an election bribe that do not compensate for cuts imposed since 2010.
He has driven moderate Tories from his party and deepened divisions with his incendiary and ill-tempered language.
His priorities are tax cuts for the rich and the rolling back of workers’ rights.
We want the country to come together but it will not happen under his leadership.
Future’s Rosie
There were two powerful speeches in Parliament yesterday.
The first was from former PM Theresa May and the second was a brave and passionate intervention by Labour MP Rosie Duffield.
Both women were speaking about the importance of the Domestic Abuse Bill that will offer greater protection to victims of violence and coercion. The legislation is not perfect but it is vital step forward.
At a time when MPs are being vilified and public discourse is so acrimonious this is a reminder that our politicians can work together for the greater good.
Fright House
Donald Trump had to be talked out of a plan to dig a moat stocked with alligators to prevent illegal migration at the Mexican border with the US.
The really frightening thing is how many other crazy ideas he must have.
