Janet Law

“At no time was it acknowledged in this discussion that this allegation – that I might have received hacked materials – is entirely false, and I have repeatedly proven it to be false.” Paul Holden, one of the journalists targeted in the Labour Together APCO spying scandal, has publicly criticised the BBC for interviewing former minister Josh Simons without once approaching him for comment - and has threatened to take the matter to Ofcom if the broadcaster does not amend its coverage.

We shouldn’t be surprised that when the editor-in-chief of The Economist was called out on Gaza by a far-Right conspiracist, notorious for flirting with anti-Semites, it was Carlson who emerged as the even-handed liberal while Beddoes was reduced to Israel’s stooge.

Energy security should come before ideology. Imported LNG is expensive, it has to be liquefied, shipped across the world, then converted back into gas. Every step adds cost. Domestic gas from the North Sea goes straight into our system through pipelines. That’s why Norway and the US enjoy cheaper energy and stronger economic growth. Meanwhile the UK has some of the highest energy costs in the world, driven by excessive taxation and an obsession with expensive Net Zero policies that currently provide only around 20% of our energy needs. If we want lower bills and a stronger economy, the answer is simple: use our own resources. Drill sensibly for oil and gas and reduce punitive energy taxes.

Not even apartheid South Africa codified executions for only one ‘race group’. Israel is now the most racist state the world has ever known. Shame on every government, every company, every individual who offer it support.