What we need is ideas not parties in civil war
KEMI BADENOCH warned last week that the British public are tired of political psychodrama.
She was absolutely spot on.
For millions of people struggling in debt, Robert Jenrick’s sacking by the Conservatives and his defection to Reform must have seemed like a storm on the far side of the moon.
With the economy tanking, growth sputtering and the jobs market in crisis, voters want solid solutions.
The danger is that — instead of attacking the failing Government — the parties on the Right are too busy attacking one another.
What has become clear from last week’s Westminster bust-up is that the May 7 local elections are now more vital than ever.
Ms Badenoch has gained credit from her swift actions last week and has done much to steady the Tory ship.
But Mr Jenrick and Reform UK are convinced the Conservatives are turning their back on working people and will pay dearly for it at the ballot box.
The May vote will be the Tory leader’s first serious test and its impact will have a decisive effect on her long-term future.
Meanwhile, the Labour psychodramas never stop.
Cabinet ministers believe that Wes Streeting’s speech at the Guildhall in London on Wednesday was a new pitch for Sir Keir Starmer’s job.
Now they are calling for the PM to sack his Health Secretary for disloyalty.
What a classic piece of Labour bungling.
On the very day that Reform and the Tories were tearing lumps out of each other, the PM’s allies were briefing on their own leadership crisis.
Will they ever learn?
This Government has mired the public in its own mess, from the economy and defence to migration and Net Zero.
Now is the time to deliver ideas, not in-fighting.
Ring the changes
POUNDLAND has come up with a novel solution for skint men planning to propose to their loved one on Valentine’s Day.
A fake diamond engagement ring that costs only one pound.
It has provoked controversy from traditionalists, who insist that an engagement ring should cost at least three months’ wages.
But bear this in mind. The way the economy is going, a pound may soon BE three months’ wages.
