Elephant addressed
There was no escape from the topic of Brexit for Jonathan Reynolds
at the British Chambers of Commerce’s annual conference, where the
issue of the UK’s trading relationship with the EU was front and
centre. Addressing hundreds of suited business leaders, he insisted
that Labour “will and can do better” on UK-EU relations. Well it would
be hard to do much worse than the current lot! His speech followed BBC
chief Shevaun Haviland who urged politicians to “stop walking on
eggshells and start saying it how it is” on Brexit.
Tetchy Rishi returns
Sunak was grilled on the details of the betting scandal and it all
got a bit prickly. Sky’s Sam Coates asked Sunak multiple times if he
had told his aide Craig Williams - who has admitted to placing a bet
on the timing of the election - the date of the election before he put
a wager down. Sunak tried to avoid the question claiming that he can’t
compromise ongoing investigations into the issue. Coates was quick to
point out that unlike a trial, you can’t prejudice an
investigation.
Sun scoop confirmed
Still on the topic of Gamblegate,
the Met Police confirmed the Sun’s scoop that the force will take a
bigger role in the election betting investigation. It’s going to look
into potential misconduct in public office offences, while the
Gambling Commission focuses on cheating.
Economist endorses
The Economist has come out in
favour of Keir Starmer. The paper has not backed Labour since Tony
Blair ran for a third term at the 2005 election.
11th time lucky
Junior docs in England began a five day strike over pay amid
concerns that a stoppage so close to the General Election is an ‘own
goal’. This is the 11th walkout in their long-running pay dispute.
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