Wednesday
The Prime Minister is on the defensive, saying “any attack on any member of my Cabinet is completely unacceptable” as Wes Streeting MP (Ilford North/Labour) is mooted as being a leader in waiting. The Leader of the Opposition, however, says it’s “toxic” inside Number 10. She says he’s “lost control” if the secretive briefing’s about it aren’t authorised by him at all. She says it’s a “civil war” climate among his office staff.
Nigel Farage MP (Clacton/Reform UK) said the Prime Minister should close hotels used for the Dover Crossings sooner rather than later. The Prime Minister, saying “we will grip the mess we inherited and close every hotel,” claims half have now already been shut.
*A change was made to correct a mistake.