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Rishi Sunak's scary speech |
"The next few years will be some of the most dangerous yet the most transformational our country has ever known." The prime minister tried to scare people into voting Conservative in a speech this morning. It didn't make much sense, as Joe Murphy writes. The first and second world wars were dangerous. The Cuban missile crisis was dangerous. "An axis of authoritarian states like Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China ... working together to undermine us and our values"? Call me complacent, but it is not the same. And if people are frightened, would they rather have Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps promise to spend 2.5 per cent of national income on defence or Keir Starmer and John Healey? Much of a muchness for most, I suspect. As for the terrors of "transformational" years, if that means artificial intelligence, it is not going to shift a single vote. There are many reasons to worry about a Labour government, but these are not they. |
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| Andrew Grice on new polling showing most people don't know the Labour leader's dad was a toolmaker |
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| Labour's shadow foreign secretary has received surprising praise |
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| Lanyards 'should be a standard design', says minister without portfolio |
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What else you need to know today |
- The high court in Belfast has ruled that parts of the Illegal Migration Act must be disapplied in Northern Ireland because they conflict with human rights guaranteed by the Good Friday Agreement and the Windsor Framework; a spokesperson for the prime minister says the government will appeal: "This judgment changes nothing about our operational plans to send illegal migrants to Rwanda this July or the lawfulness of our Safety of Rwanda Act"
- David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, yesterday shifted Labour's position to argue that UK arms sales to Israel should be paused because of the Israeli offensive in Rafah, Gaza
- I wrote at the weekend about the possibility that the economy may come good just in time to ease the early choices of a Labour government
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| Will the government ban Just Stop Oil and 'extreme protest groups'? |
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Rishi Sunak has to strike a balance between protecting people from intimidation by "extremists" and the right to protest... Read more |
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Tomorrow inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for |
Labour day. The monthly employment and earnings figures will be published at 7am. The Migration Advisory Committee will publish a report on graduate visas for foreign students as the government considers further curbs. Keir Starmer will meet trade union leaders to discuss how a Labour government would reform employment laws, with unions worried the party is diluting its plans for workers' rights.
The Commons will meet at 11.30am for justice questions. Lord Ahmad, the Foreign Office minister, will be questioned about relations with Iran, the wider Middle East and North Africa by the Foreign Affairs Committee at 9am.
Grant Shapps, the defence secretary, will continue the government's focus on security with a speech to the Council on Geostrategy at 11.30am.
Lucy Powell, the shadow Commons leader, will address the Institute for Government at 12.30pm.
Michelle O'Neill, Northern Ireland's first minister, will appear at the Covid inquiry in Belfast at 10am.
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