Bloc head Keir
DURING times of national and global crisis, voters are entitled to expect the Prime Minister to put country first.
So did Sir Keir Starmer use his address to the nation yesterday to offer tax cuts to help with the cost-of-living surge caused by the war on Iran?
Or to order new drilling in the North Sea to help restore energy security?
Was there perhaps a belated pledge that defence spending would be ramped up after weeks of global humiliation for our stripped-down Royal Navy?
Not a chance.
Instead, what we got was a cynical move by the PM to use the war in Iran as an excuse to rejoin the EU by the back door.
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Starmer spoke cosily of “closer ties” with Brussels but what he really wants is a new customs union.
He’s also prepared to turn Britain once again into a rule-taker, subjugated by a bloc which has suffered years of low or zero economic growth and higher unemployment.
Starmer had nothing to offer for hard-pressed families and businesses who yesterday saw the beginning of another Awful April — with higher council tax, water bills and business rates, and food inflation running at NINE per cent.
Our die-hard Remainer Labour leader is instead concentrating on how he can frame the next General Election as some kind of re-run of the 2016 Brexit Referendum.
It might help him with Europhile voters flirting with the Greens or equally ludicrous Lib Dems.
But it’s bad news for the rest of us.
All bets off
BOOKIE William Hill has announced the closure of 200 shops because of Labour’s “significant tax increases” in Rachel Reeves’ Budget.
That’s hundreds of jobs lost and yet another shattering blow to the health of Britain’s high streets.
Coming down the track are unprecedentedly intrusive so-called affordability checks for punters.
These will simply drive huge numbers to the illegal black market, and imperil even more jobs.
The Chancellor needs to order a rethink by the Gambling Commission or risk making a bad situation even worse.
Debs’ legacy
DAME Deborah James knew how to turn her own pain and heartbreak into helping other cancer patients.
Her family say she would have been amazed at her legacy fund raising a phenomenal £20.5million.
But knowing Our Debs she would now be pushing everyone to keep going — and double it.
