David Vick

🚨Keir Starmer LOSES HIS TEMPER at the select committee hearing because he is *rightly* accused of "enormous complacency" for failing to defend Cyprus. He's extremely thin-skinned and lacks the emotional maturity to be prime minister. The man is not fit for office.

I said weeks ago that the PM is sufficiently hard faced not to resign. He appears narcissistic , an inveterate liar , devious and dim, a v dangerous combination.

"Although I had 11 days prior notice of the planned attacks on Iran, I didn't ready any ship or send reinforcements to Cyprus because of the previous Tory government"

This is cynical virtue signalling. You have supported two and a half years of hate marches on London streets chanting for the mass murder of Jews. You have never once called out this incitement, demonisation and lies against Israel and Zionists. The city you run is no longer a safe space for Jews. Own it.

Only the UK would be mad enough to plan a high speed railway, and then slow the trains back down again to save money.

Orbán is Putin‘s man inside the EU - old news. But if @FM_Szijjarto is actively handing over sensitive information to the Russians, the EU has a duty: Suspend Hungary’s vote in the council now! #MoleHunt

Major scandal: Hungary’s foreign minister leaked sensitive EU information to Lavrov Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he is not surprised by information leaks from EU meetings to Moscow. According to him, such suspicions have existed for a long time, which is why he only says the bare minimum during meetings. The trigger was a report by The Washington Post. According to the publication, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó regularly reported to Lavrov and passed on details of internal EU discussions. Sources cited by the WP claim that this effectively allowed Russia to “be present” at the meetings. Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar called Szijjártó a “traitor to Hungary.”

I got criticised for writing this last week. But Keir Starmer's statement to the House that due process was followed in the Mandelson appointment was a straightforward lie. People may not care. People may think Starmer is excused because Boris also used to lie. But it was a lie.

How did he ever win a case?? He can’t do anything without reading from a script. How did he ever get in such a high position? And now he’s our PM. Dear Lord help us🙏

Only after more than four years of war in Europe did the EU stop sharing its secrets with Hungary to prevent them from leaking to Russia. Due to distrust of the Hungarian authorities, discussions on important issues are currently taking place primarily in small groups of several states, to which Hungary does not belong, Politico claims, citing a European official. These concerns are not unfounded: The Washington Post reported the previous day, citing its EU sources, that Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto had passed details of the discussions directly from EU Council meetings to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. So, thanks to Orbán, Putin is always at the table.

Steve Reed has had a bad weekend and Monday morning won’t be any better. Remember he told councils they should not be allowing staff to work a 4 day week for 5 days pay? Oops … it’s reported that 339 civil servants in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are doing just that. All funded by tax payers. Brilliant.

Energy Security? At 06:40 this morning, 30% of our electricity was being made abroad 11% in France, 4% Netherlands, 4% Belgium, 6% Norway, 4% Denmark We are at their mercy. They could turn off the supply anytime they wanted This is not' Energy Security'. But Energy Suicide

This really saddens me.

Jim Hacker: Humphrey, we have to do something about Iran. Sir Humphrey Appleby: Prime Minister, the government is already doing a great deal. Jim Hacker: Such as? Sir Humphrey Appleby: Monitoring developments, coordinating with allies, reviewing contingency plans and expressing concern. Jim Hacker: That all sounds like nothing, Humphrey. Sir Humphrey Appleby: On the contrary, Prime Minister. In diplomacy it is vital to appear active without becoming involved. Jim Hacker: The Americans are bombing things, the Iranians are firing missiles, the Strait of Hormuz is practically closed and we’re… appearing active? Sir Humphrey Appleby: Precisely. Jim Hacker: Innocent people are dying, Humphrey! Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, Prime Minister. That is why the Foreign Office is drafting a very strongly worded statement about it. Jim Hacker: A statement won’t stop a war. Sir Humphrey Appleby: No, Prime Minister, but it will ensure that we are on record as having been extremely concerned while it was happening. Bernard Woolley: If I may, Prime Minister — the Cabinet Office has identified six possible courses of action. Jim Hacker: Good! What are they? Bernard Woolley: We can condemn the escalation, call for restraint, urge negotiations, support our allies, assist defensive operations or participate directly. Jim Hacker: And what do they recommend? Sir Humphrey Appleby: Supporting our allies. Jim Hacker: That sounds suspiciously like participating. Sir Humphrey Appleby: Oh no, Prime Minister. Participating means fighting. Supporting merely means allowing others to fight from places that technically belong to us. Jim Hacker: Humphrey, if Iranian missiles hit one of our bases, we’ll be in the war anyway! Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, Prime Minister, but we shall have entered it with the invaluable diplomatic advantage of being surprised. Bernard Woolley: It’s generally considered the safest way to enter a war, Prime Minister. Jim Hacker: How on earth can that be safe? Sir Humphrey Appleby: Because if the war goes badly, we can say we never meant to join it. And if it goes well, we can say we were there all along.

This is the best and clearest explanation so far on why we must reopen and exploit our North Sea reserves by @KathrynPorter26. Gas is traded regionally not globally. British gas from the North Sea can bring down European prices in the summer. It is significantly cheaper than LNG. We would also benefit from additional tax revenues, improve our balance of payments, and keep oil and gas jobs in Britain, as well as in the wider supply chain like refining. It looks the Energy Secretary is too dug in to change course, and Starmer is too weak to overrule him. telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

Monday’s Cobra economic crisis meeting needs to end the bans on UK oil and gas, cancel the autumn fuel duty increase , cut fuel duty and tax on domestic gas. This can be paid for by welfare reform, stopping the Chagos give away and no extra money for EU re set.

Rosebank and Jackdaw could both be supplying heat and light to millions of homes and British businesses by the end of this year. But they are stuck in limbo because Ed Miliband refuses to act in our national interest. He’s inflicting an act of economic self harm on our country.

Government borrowing hits 4.8% under @trussliz. @RachelReevesMP says Truss was ‘reckless’ and put the economy in danger. Government borrowing hits 5.6% when Reeves is Chancellor, and she says: “I’ve put out economy back on a firm footing” and implies she’s an economic genius 🙄

The Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea could be up and running in just a few months. Enough gas to heat 1.6 million homes. Every single drop will go into our pipes. Ed Miliband is blocking it. Madness.

Labour are clearly guilty of some very serious acts of misconduct in public office. The rules about the conduct of Government business have been routinely and deliberately broken by their most senior officials - ironically, not least, during a highly-sensitive vetting process.