SINCE winning power, Labour has been far too eager to pander to its bullying base.
It wasted no time in reverting to its traditional instincts of handing inflation-busting pay rises to its union paymasters.
First the junior doctors got a staggering 22 per cent. Then the train drivers won a “no-strings-attached” deal that means some could pocket up to £100,000 a year.
Ministers are even reportedly considering allowing workers to sue their bosses if they feel they are working too hard.
This sort of measure will only put a brake on economic growth when acceleration is vital.
Now, as Kemi Badenoch points out, Labour’s capitulation to anti- Israel fanatics by curbing arms sales is yet another dangerous surrender to the mob.
Not only will it encourage Hamas and global terrorists, it will also infuriate key allies such as the US and risk our valuable intelligence-sharing with Israel.
Labour’s efforts to shore up its position with the pro-Palestinian hotheads smacks of student politics, as does the party playing footsie with the like of eco-zealots Just Stop Oil.
Sir Keir Starmer should know trying to appease bullies will backfire as they will only demand more.
The PM must govern in the national interest, not that of left-wing mobs.
STRUGGLING pensioners are already reeling from the loss of their winter fuel allowance to help fund Labour’s mad dash for net zero.
But it will infuriate them even more to hear that among the big winners from Ed Miliband’s £1.5billion spree on UK wind farms and solar energy projects are Iberdrola boss Ignacio Sanchez Galan, who has three luxury homes in Spain, one costing nearly £10million alone, and Orsted CEO Mads Nipper, who lives in a £3.4million mansion in Denmark.
Their windfall from Ed Miliband’s back-of-a-fag-packet energy plan only adds insult to injustice for pensioners now condemned to shiver through the UK’s cold winter months.
THE decision by England’s interim football manager Lee Carsley not to sing the national anthem before yesterday’s win over Ireland will not impress fans.
Having himself played for Ireland, despite being born in Birmingham, one can sympathise with his divided loyalties.
But supporters are entitled to feel an England manager must always embody pride in the national side they lead.
