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Labour is blinded by a misguided sense of moral superiority. The Rayner scandal proves it

The Government has proclaimed the former deputy leader a hero. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds 10 October 2025 Daily Telegraph Link The good people of the Labour Party are big fans of high taxes, until the taxman comes knocking on the doors of their grandees. And so, Angela Rayner may have had to leave the Government in disgrace over underpaid stamp duty, but to her colleagues she is a martyr. Angela Rayner has adopted her ‘one rule for them, another rule for us’ refrain she regularly flung at the Tories Last week at the Labour Party conference, MPs and delegates rallied around the former deputy prime minister to pay homage. Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, led the tributes from the main conference, thanking Rayner for her “achievement”. “And we want her back as well”, he declared, to rapturous applause and a standing ovation. “We need her back.” His leader, Sir Keir Starmer, pronounced (albeit with his trademark air of someone perpetually in discomfort), Rayner “will be a major vo...
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Robert Jenrick is right – Britain feels more and more Balkanised

 It is not ‘racist’ to lament the rise of monocultural ethnic enclaves. Spiked Brendan O'Neill chief political writer 8th October 2025 Link Robert Jenrick has only gone and forgotten the golden rule of the woke era. Namely, that you are permitted to bemoan a surplus of white people, but you must never clock an absence of white people. Wailing about the pale, stale males who clog up our institutions is fine. Wondering where the white people are at when you visit certain parts of the Midlands is evil. How did these rules of the new racialism slip his mind? Jenrick – the newly svelte YouTubin’ Tory – is in hot water for comments he made during a dinner at the Aldridge-Brownhills Conservative Association on 14 March. Yes, seven months ago. He mentioned visiting Handsworth in Birmingham. He said that in the hour-and-a-half he was filming – man’s always filming – he ‘didn’t see another white face’. It was ‘one of the worst-integrated places I’ve ever been to’, he said. Someone recorded h...
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'We deserve it!' Lenny Henry demands taxpayers cover slavery reparations for ALL black British people

Britons would be forced to shell out £18trillion to 'dismantle the foundations' of Western society Published: 08/10/2025 - 00:46 GB News Link Sir Lenny Henry has called for all black British people to receive slavery reparations at the taxpayer's expense. In a book co-written by the comedian titled The Big Payback, the UK is urged to pay £18trillion in compensation - not only to Caribbean nations, but also to British citizens. In an excerpt from the book, Sir Lenny wrote that "all black British people... need reparations for slavery", adding: "We personally deserve money for the effects of slavery." The book, co-authored by TV executive and diversity charity boss Marcus Ryder, explains the arguments and historical precedent for the handouts. The majority of Britain's 2.4 million-strong black population is of direct African descent, rather than being descendants of slaves in the Caribbean. Though this is not directly referenced in the book, it is argu...
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The Conservative Party is suffering from the biggest identity crisis in its history

 Alwyn Turner Daily Telegraph  06/10/25 Link In the aftermath of previous great defeats, the Tories had time to regroup. The presence of Reform UK has removed that luxury In the aftermath of the 1997 election, John Major said the Conservative Party will always bounce back from big defeats. What if he was wrong? In the aftermath of the 1997 election, John Major said the Conservative Party will always bounce back from big defeats. What if he was wrong?Credit: David Levenson/Getty Images “We’ve suffered great defeats before,” said the outgoing prime minister. “We have always come back because there is something in the conservative philosophy and the conservative instinct that runs absolutely with the grain of the British instinct.” That was John Major, speaking to party workers on the morning after the general election of May 1 1997, and trying to keep a sense of perspective. He had just led the Tories to a catastrophic collapse – just 165 MPs were elected, fewer than half the ta...
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Reform members weekly update

As I write this, I am reading Kemi Badenoch’s plan to stop illegal immigration with incredulity. The bare-faced cheek of this plan knows no bounds. This is a desperate last-ditch attempt to hoodwink the British public into thinking the Tory party has the will and the plan to stop illegal migration. What I find even more extraordinary is that they have lifted our ’ Operation Restoring Justice ’ policy, launched just a few weeks ago, almost word for word.    This proves the Tories are tired, tremulous and toast.    It’s also worth remembering that the Conservatives were in power for 14 years, and if they were truly serious about leaving the ECHR, they would have done so long ago. Instead, they cling to vague rhetoric designed to win over voters they have betrayed time and time again. Do not forget that it was the Conservatives who got Britain into this mess. By the way, a poll by Merlin this week shows the public have no faith in the Tories when it comes to stopping th...
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Labour is coming for Middle England’s property

A valuable asset that cannot be moved or hidden is extremely enticing to the taxman 05 October 2025 7:00am BST Daily Telegraph  Link Making predictions is a foolish endeavour. But stating that Rachel Reeves will raise our taxes in November’s Budget appears to be a certain bet. Bond markets are already extremely jittery at current levels of government borrowing. And the Treasury’s “black hole” – the extra money that the Chancellor needs to raise to stay within her spending rules – is estimated at up to £50bn. With Labour having had to about-turn on most of its proposed welfare cuts in the face of backbench rebellion, opportunities to reduce government spending appear very limited. Plus, it is looking increasingly likely that the two-child benefit cap will be scrapped, making pressures still greater. Tax rises are surely coming. Labour’s 2024 manifesto pledged that it would not raise the rates of income tax, National Insurance – at least the employee contributions – and VAT. The Gove...
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Kemi Badenoch ‘staying the course’ to fix Tory party despite ‘tough times’ 56 mins ago

Kemi Badenoch has insisted she is “staying the course” to fix the Conservative Party which she cast as the only “credible alternative” to Labour. Harrow Times 03/10/25 Link The Tory leader said she will use her party’s conference starting on Sunday in Manchester to show voters “that we’re the only party that can deliver a stronger economy and stronger borders”. She acknowledged the Tories were having a “tough time” after last year’s landslide general election defeat, dismal poll ratings and a string of defections to Reform UK. But she struck a defiant tone, portraying herself as the right leader to revive what she called the “distressed asset” of a party. Asked whether the comparison might dampen morale among her MPs ahead of the annual gathering, she told the PA news agency: “Not at all. “I use a corporate analogy. When you have a distressed asset, you need a long-term strategy, not a short-term one, to fix it. Right now, we are making sure that people understand what the Conservative...
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