When you dig into the hidden detail of the government's carbon capture and storage programme, the sheer scale of fiscal and environmental irresponsibility is hard to comprehend. We could be on the hook for £50 billion, with zero benefit. My column. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The supposedly green project – brainchild of the previous Tory government – will increase emissions, not reduce them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Grant Shapps was chair of Cleverly 's leadership campaign..... We may not have to look much farther for what went wrong..... #ukpolitics
So Conservative members will now have to choose between a candidate who: a) Is funded by an opaque firm which funnelled cash through an untraceable offshore company, or one who b) Thinks maternity pay and the minimum wage are excessive and wants civil servants thrown in jail
Almost a year ago, I interviewed Rory Stewart for The Telegraph An election hadn't even been called at that point, but his prediction for the future of the Conservative Party is looking particularly interesting after today's leadership race results www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
From Nicholas Watt, #BBC#Newsnight’s#former#Tory#minister#death#certificate#ConservativeParty#BBCNewsnight#BBCTwo 10.30pm’
Absolutely incredible given the teething issues Labour have had in government, that the Tories have probably just handed them 10 years in power. Just such an incredibly funny decision.
So - it comes down to this: Are the Tory membership more idiotic than they are racist (Badenoch wins), or more racist than they are idiotic (Jenrick wins)? Either way, UK politics is the loser.