View image in fullscreenGood morning. It’s manifesto week, and this morning Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, will be publishing the Liberal Democrats’ policies for government. The Conservatives, the Green party of England and Wales and Labour are all due to follow later this week.
We believe that that plan is going to require an additional £9bn per year and we’re going to get that money by taxing the big banks and billionaires.make it impossible for any sane Tory to believe for a moment they have any chance of staying in power after 4 July, the debate is focused on where they go in opposition, and, the former home secretary, has kicked off a row by suggesting the party should work with Nigel Farage and his Reform UK.
We are a broad church, we should be a welcoming party and an inclusive party and if someone is supportive of the party, that’s a precondition and they want Conservatives to get elected then they should be welcomed.Nigel Farage wants to see the destruction of the Conservative party. He has said that very often. He’s not a Conservative.
In fact, he’s a very European-style of politician. He’s not a very British politician at all. It’s a one-man band, this Reform outfit, and he fits much more, I think, the populist mould of politicians in other countries not too far away. He’s much more of aKeir Starmer and Bridget Phillispon, the shadow education secretary, are on a visit in the West Midlands as Labour say they plan to createThe BBC broadcasts an interview with Rishi Sunak conducted by Nick Robinson.
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