#Happy august 30 victory day full

He claimed Labour's five-point plan for mortgages (see earlier post) would 'shield people from what is going to be even more difficulty'. 'We've got the awful prospect of mortgage holders and families paying the price of Tory failure,' he said. you have to ask the question why the UK is always hit the hardest ,' – in reference to Rishi Sunak's claims earlier today that other G7 countries are suffering the same. 'The government wants to pretend that it's someone else's fault,' he said. He said it was 'inevitable they would go up today' and did not criticise the bank and its governor Andrew Bailey – as some MPs have – warning of the dangers of 'undermining our independent institutions' following Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's un-costed 'kamikaze' mini-budget last year. While there, Sir Keir was asked about today's interest rate decision. They're there supporting Labour's candidate Danny Beales ahead of the by-election to replace Mr Johnson on 20 July. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves are in Boris Johnson's former constituency Uxbridge and Ruislip this afternoon.

#Happy august 30 victory day full

Read our political correspondent Ali Fortescue's full analysis of the fallout from today's interest rate hike here: Mr Sunak may be trying to pitch himself as the economist (he certainly looks comfortable talking about inflation), but his corporate tone risks alienating voters. The trouble for the prime minister is that message seems to be resonating: there is a weariness, certainly in South West Surrey, that people feel worse off than they did a decade ago. Speaking to voters in the street for an hour is not an exact science, but the mood here has undeniably turned away from Rishi Sunak, towards Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Voters here are affluent, home-owning, traditional Conservatives, the sort of people the Tories cannot afford to lose and the subject that comes up again and again: mortgages. This is the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's seat (8,800 majority). 'You just can't ignore the last two years'.

'It's very hard to vote Conservative at the moment', 49-year-old Penny tells us. In leafy South West Surrey, traditional Tory ground, we are taking the public temperature.