PUBLISHED: 22:29, 28 April 2024
On Gyles Brandreth's Rosebud podcast, Sir Keir Starmer recalls as a lawyer being demanding about the documents supporting a case he was prosecuting.
Starmer insisted on being informed who put them together. When told it was a lawyer called Victoria Alexander, he said: 'Get her on the phone.' 'These files, are they accurate?' he asked. To which she said: 'Yes.'
Then she put down the phone and said to colleagues: 'Who the f*** does he think he is?' It was the start of a beautiful relationship. Victoria is now his wife.
In literature for his bid to be re-elected for a third term as London Mayor, Sadiq Khan mentions party leader Sir Keir Starmer twice. That's two times more than mayor Andy Burnham — seeking a third term in Greater Manchester — whose bumf omits Starmer altogether.
The Green Party complained bitterly about the Rwanda Bill but for the final votes last week only one of its two peers bothered to show up. 'We made a choice to have one representative,' said humourless Green peer Natalie Bennett. So why did her colleague Jenny Jones stay away? Word in the Lords is the two women can't stand the sight of each other.
Despite being savaged by critics of every political hue, Liz Truss's book has entered the bestseller charts at a respectable No 3. So who's buying it? My spies among the Tory grassroots tell me party activists are snapping it up for one reason: 'To wind up Rishi Sunak… they want to give the PM a punch on the nose.'
Not all American voters are enamoured with President Joe Biden or his support for transgender issues. A large sign displayed on the fence of a house in Tennessee states: 'This house identifies as non-Bidenary.'
Not all American voters are enamoured with President Joe Biden (pictured, at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday) or his support for transgender issues
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