Tory management vote delayed after GCHQ hacking alert
“Voting for the following prime minister has been delayed after GCHQ warned that cyber hackers might change individuals’s ballots, The Telegraph can reveal. The Conservative Get together has been pressured to desert plans to permit members to alter their vote for the following chief later within the contest due to the considerations.The sudden alteration means postal ballots have nonetheless but to be issued to the round 160,000 Tory members who will decide Boris Johnson’s successor. The ballots had been as a consequence of be despatched out from Monday, however members have now been warned they might arrive as late as Aug 11…The Telegraph understands fears have been raised that nefarious actors might change the votes of scores of occasion members, inflicting chaos to the democratic course of.” – The Every day Telegraph
Truss 1) 60 p.c of Tory members would now vote for Truss, in line with newest ballot…
“Liz Truss has prolonged her lead over Rishi Sunak within the Conservative management race to 34 factors, with 60 per cent of occasion members now saying they may vote for the overseas secretary to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister. A YouGov ballot for The Instances and Instances Radio discovered that nearly 9 in ten Tory members had made up their minds. Twenty-six per cent stated they’d assist Sunak. The remaining have been undecided or stated they’d not vote. Poll papers began going out this week. The ballot, carried out over the previous 5 days, suggests a major widening of Truss’s lead. The final YouGov survey, carried out after Penny Mordaunt’s elimination from the race on July 20, had assist for Truss on 49 per cent in contrast with 31 per cent for Sunak, with 15 per cent undecided.” – The Instances
- Hedge fund boss who gave £3 million to the Conservatives offers the International Secretary his backing – The Instances
- Truss has the boldness, imaginative and prescient, and energy of conviction to construct on what Boris started – Editorial, The Every day Mail
- The International Secretary is true to suppose driving development is the correct precedence for Britain – Editorial, Every day Specific
- Interesting to the correct of her occasion would be the ley to Truss’s victory – John Curtice, The Instances
- It’s not throughout but for Sunak. The management race could possibly be a lot nearer than many suppose – John Curtice, The Every day Telegraph
Truss 2)…as her U-turn on wages raises ‘questions on judgement’…
“Rishi Sunak accused Liz Truss of a “critical” lack of judgment after the overseas secretary was pressured to backtrack on plans to chop the pay of greater than 5 million academics, nurses and different public sector employees. Truss outlined proposals on Monday to introduce regional pay awards and cease civil servants’ salaries being set at a nationwide degree, which her marketing campaign stated would save taxpayers £8.8 billion a yr. However critics, together with a Whitehall suppose tank and public sector unions, identified the financial savings have been doable provided that all public sector employees have been included, probably reducing the pay of 5.7 million public sector employees within the poorest components of the nation by £1,500 a yr. Minutes after the Sunak marketing campaign launched an announcement criticising the proposal, Truss’s crew introduced she was abandoning it…” – The Instances
- In saying a half-baked coverage after which blaming others when it falls aside, Truss has proven she is the continuity candidate – Editorial, The Instances
- Liz Truss’s regional pay plan was price pursuing – Editorial, The Every day Telegraph
- Truss needs to slash wages within the north – how is that levelling up? – Ed Davey, Every day Specific
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Truss 3)…and as she pledges to overview whether or not non-payment of the licence price must be a legal offence
“Watching tv or the BBC iPlayer with no £159-a-year licence can at the moment result in a court docket look and a £1,000 tremendous – and even jail if the tremendous goes unpaid. However ministers have argued that prosecutions take up an excessive amount of court docket time and the penalties are disproportionate. In an interview with The Mail+, the Tory management favorite raised considerations in regards to the variety of ladies being punished. Round three-quarters (74 per cent) of the 114,000 individuals convicted for licence price dodging in 2019 have been feminine. The International Secretary stated she’s going to ‘take a look at all of the choices’ to overtake the licence price system if she turns into prime minister, together with decriminalisation.” – The Every day Mail
Sunak 1) The ex-Chancellor pledges Islamists will face jail isolation…
“Rishi Sunak has pledged to stem the unfold of Islamist ideology in jails by holding terrorists aside from different inmates. Amid considerations prisons have grow to be centres of radicalism, the previous chancellor stated he would reform how Britain handled jihadists if he was elected prime minister. Sunak stated he would make it a legal offence to unfold Islamist ideology in a cell and would make sure the Forestall programme gave precedence to Islamist extremism quite than threats reminiscent of far-right terrorism. He additionally promised laws that might make it simpler to isolate terrorists from different inmates. Earlier this yr a report into how prisons take care of the specter of terrorism claimed extremists had seized management of some wings and arrange sharia courts behind bars.” – The Instances
- A former senior police chief criticises the proposals for “straying into thought crimes” – The Guardian
- Hundreds of companies that obtained Sunak’s Covid loans have ‘gone bust’, leaving taxpayers with a £500 million invoice – The Every day Mail
- I’ll have gone excessive about Rishi’s garments…However I don’t need my occasion to be fooled by appearances the best way lots of the Cupboard have been – Nadine Dorries, The Every day Mail
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Sunak 2)…’doubles down’ on Brexit alternatives…
“Rishi Sunak has made an impassioned enchantment to Tory members promising to “double down on the advantages of Brexit” as a ballot of occasion members revealed they nonetheless consider he’s the management candidate they belief most to ship on the advantages of leaving the EU. Mr Sunak spoke solely to Specific.co.uk, following the revelation {that a} personal survey by polling firm Techne UK revealed he was 9 factors forward of his rival Liz Belief on Brexit belief… In a powerful retort to his critics, Mr Sunak informed Specific.co.uk: “In 2016, I took an enormous threat. I went with my coronary heart and voted for Brexit. I did that as a result of I believed that we might do issues in another way as a sovereign nation – taking again management of our borders and our waters in addition to eradicating pointless regulation to unencumber our economic system.” – Every day Specific
- Document numbers of migrants cross English Channel regardless of new penalties – The Monetary Instances
- Neither Sunak nor Truss should underestimate voters’ fury over unlawful migrants crossing the Channel – Editorial, The Solar
Sunak 3)…and suggests his rival has ‘no plan’ for stopping a second independence referendum, because the SNP accuse her of ‘holding Scotland in contempt’
“Rishi Sunak at this time insisted he wouldn’t ignore Nicola Sturgeon – after Liz Truss stated she would – and accused his management rival of getting no plan to defeat the First Minister and the independence motion who stated the International Secretary was ‘holding Scotland in contempt’. Ms Truss additionally branded Nicola Sturgeon an ‘consideration seeker’ – sparking fury with the SNP who stated they and the Scottish individuals have been ‘insulted’ and ‘completely horrified’. The previous chancellor has now dismissed International Secretary’s controversial feedback made in Exeter final night time and stated it’s ‘not ok to easily ignore the SNP after we want a plan to beat them’. Mr Sunak believes that ‘confronting the nationalists and beating them on the poll field’ is the one solution to defeat Ms Sturgeon and the SNP.” – The Every day Mail
- SNP councillor reported over ‘theft from police station’ – The Instances
- Amen to that! Truss lastly places the boot into Sturgeon – Alan Cochrane, The Every day Telegraph
- SNP Anglophobia isn’t simply petty, it’s sinister – Madeline Grant, The Every day Telegraph
Each candidates ‘promise Lionesses epic Quantity 10 bash’ if made Prime Minister, after the crew have been ‘snubbed’ by Johnson
“Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have promised to placed on a celebration in No10 for the Lionesses after the crew have been snubbed by Boris Johnson this week. Hailing the crew as an “inspiration”, Ms Truss pledged that if made PM the gamers can be invited to a Downing Road bash. A spokesperson for the wannabe PM stated: “The Lionesses have been an inspiration to our nation. “Liz will host a reception in No10 if she is Prime Minister in September and her authorities would make sure the Lionesses are recognised for his or her historic victory in an acceptable approach.” Mr Sunak’s crew confirmed the ex-Chancellor would host a Downing Road do as nicely.The Lionesses introduced satisfaction and pleasure to the nation on Sunday night time once they smashed Germany 2-1 within the Euros closing.” – The Solar
Rees-Mogg bars Bain from UK state contracts over ‘grave misconduct’ in South Africa
“Bain & Co, the Boston-based international administration guide, has been hit with a three-year ban from tendering for British authorities contracts due to its “grave skilled misconduct” in a serious corruption scandal in South Africa. Jacob Rees-Mogg, Cupboard Workplace minister, informed Bain that the affair had rendered the corporate’s integrity “questionable” and that he was not satisfied that it had taken its function within the scandal “sufficiently significantly”. Britain is the primary western nation to impose such penalties on Bain for its function within the “state seize” scandal in South Africa and there’s already strain on the US to comply with go well with.” – The Monetary Instances
Chinese language ambassador warns British MPs towards visiting Taiwan
“China’s UK ambassador has urged British politicians to not “dance to the tune of america” and vowed “extreme penalties” ought to MPs set foot in Taiwan. Talking at a press convention in London, the Chinese language ambassador, Zheng Zeguang, who has been on parliament’s sanctions record since final summer time, additionally reminded the British authorities of the joint communique the 2 nations signed in 1972, once they started to alternate ambassadors. Zheng’s remark got here because the US Home speaker, Nancy Pelosi, started her controversial go to to Taiwan, over which Beijing claims sovereignty. Pelosi stated her go to was to point out solidarity to the colourful Asian democracy, however in response, Beijing issued numerous warnings and threats.” – The Guardian
- Chinese language army workouts have entered Taiwanese territory in a direct response to Pelosi’s go to – Every day Specific
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Starmer urged to make clear picket line ban as MPs are pressed to again strikers…
“Keir Starmer is being urged to make clear his method to Labour frontbenchers attending commerce union picket traces, as leftwing campaigners press the occasion’s MPs to assist placing employees. Starmer’s allies say he’ll determine whether or not to elevate the picket line ban when he returns from his vacation on 15 August, after an embarrassing standoff with Lisa Nandy, the shadow levelling up secretary, who was pictured chatting with placing CWU employees in her Wigan constituency on Monday. Three shadow cupboard members informed the Guardian that after the conflict with Nandy, Starmer ought to let the difficulty drop. “She’s speaking to her constituents, who’re on a picket line, to learn how they really feel,” stated one. “There’s a world of distinction between that and standing on a picket line with a placard.”” – The Guardian
- Labour MP discovered to have unfairly sacked senior adviser who known as him a ‘top notch fool’ – The Every day Telegraph
- Labour heading for sure victory? This feels extra like 1992 than 1997 – Philip Johnston, The Every day Telegraph
…as Corbyn urges the West to cease arming Ukraine
“Jeremy Corbyn was branded a ‘shame’ final night time after attacking Britain for ‘pouring arms into Ukraine’ as a substitute of in search of peaceable negotiations with Vladimir Putin. The previous Labour chief stated offering army support would solely ‘delay and exaggerate’ the battle. He made the remarks throughout an interview with Al Mayadeen, a Lebanon-based TV channel accused of getting sympathies with terrorist organisation Hezbollah and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Mr Corbyn at the moment sits as an unbiased MP after having the Labour whip eliminated in 2020, and final night time occasion sources urged his feedback would solely make his readmission much less seemingly.” – The Every day Mail
Information in Transient:
- Sturgeon isn’t an consideration seeker – Stephen Daisley, The Spectator
- Why Labour ought to concern Liz Truss – John McTernan, UnHerd
- Corbyn’s newest interview is a robust reminder of the bullet we dodged – Stephen Pollard, CapX
- Liberalism is in Liz Truss’s blood – Ed West, Improper Facet of Historical past
- Can the Biden Presidency be saved? – Andrew Sullivan, The Weekly Dish
