We try and make sense of both Cressida Dick’s and Kit Malthouse’s reaction to the conviction in the Sarah Everard case and reflect on the the apparent culture of cover up and tolerance not just in the Metropolitan Police but across all forces.
Sir Keir Starmer made his big set piece speech setting out his vision for Labour at his party conference. The speech itself was,to these Scottish ears,cringe making and at odds with the motions passed by party delegates. Plus,as usual, when added to Andy Burnham’s recent comments, it definitely struck the wrong note in terms of “winning back” Labour’s lost Scottish votes.
A major part of the speech was focused on setting up the comparison between Starmer,serious and organised,versus Johnson,trivial and haphazard. However at FMQs Nicola Surgeon showed that in Scotland she’s the benchmark all other leaders are measured against.Once again proving herself to be the consumate communicator when dealing with both Douglas( get off the phone) Ross ,Jamie Greene ,and Anas Sarwar.
Malcolm Offord a serially unsuccessful Tory politician,and major Tory donor, has been parachuted into the Lords and the Scottish Office.Have we become so innured to this level of anti democratic behaviour that it passes almost unnoticed and unremarked? We,however,certainly noticed and are happy to remark.
Kwasi Kwarteng says the lights will not go out over Christmas but the shambles of privatisation,not just in the energy sector,but right across the board goes on. We Own It has come up with startling figures on just how wasteful this ideology has been but the Labour leadership seems afraid,despite conference decisons,to go down the route of wholesale re nationalisation. In terms of energy provision there are major lessons to be learned across Europe when it comes to both state and locally owned utility companies.
