Alok Sharma will stand down at the next General Election.
Net Zero will destroy this country!
Unsurprisingly HS2, or rather the Manchester section of it, is under threat; as Sunak and Hunt weigh up the disgraceful cost overruns (£16BN or more) and consider pulling the plug.
Unfortunately for the PM, various ex PMs, an ex chancellor and Heseltine have rallied to the cause of HS2. All of this means that the rumoured announcement this week about pulling the plug may well be delayed, thus leaving it hanging over the party conference like the Sword of Damocles.
Aside from the obvious questions arising from this mess, the one question screaming out that needs to be addressed is this:
Why the hell can't governments build large infrastructure projects on time and on budget?
In the wake of the leak (which Number 10 needs to investigate) about Rishi's plans to ease off the accelerator pedal on Net Zero bollocks, there have been the all too predictable howls of out rage from the green.
Amongst the blob, Ford issued a very tetchy statement which confirms that the EV industry is not economically viable without taxpayers bailing them out.
Angry statement from car company Ford UK pic.twitter.com/N1HqQrtfi5
— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) September 20, 2023
EVs will go the same way as the economically unviable wind industry.
Almost a year on, I still believe in my vision for Britain. We must be bold if we want to make Britain grow again. #IfGTruss pic.twitter.com/FpW366IbJN
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) September 18, 2023
“Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to seek a new migrants return deal with the EU have been dismissed as “delusional” by European diplomats as a row broke out over how to tackle the small boats crisis.”
Penny Mordaunt compares Keir Starmer to Ken from the Barbie movie and says he has 'zero balls'
— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) September 14, 2023
'Beach Ken stands for nothing on shifting sands, in his flip-flops staring out of sea...
'When we examine his weak record... wed discover that like beach Ken he has Zero balls'
If Starmer's Ken, then I assume Rayner is Barbie?
Taxing inflation is like fucking for virginity, it simply doesn't work!
Hunt and his henchmen need to be fired!
"Does anyone ever say: You know what, you've done a f****** good job because everyone else is sat on their arse and done nothing."
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) September 4, 2023
At the end of an ITN interview, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan expresses frustration at being blamed for the RAAC concrete schools row. pic.twitter.com/l654HK9nA2
As every politician knows, and Sir Humphrey found to his cost many years ago, all microphones and cameras should be treated as live!
Angela Rayner appointed Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. https://t.co/q9IwbLUVgY pic.twitter.com/OGZ9bqpgpO
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) September 4, 2023
I wonder what she has got on him?