07/05/2025 10:49
The Guardian
Prime minister expected to answer questions on Labour’s poor performance in last week’s local elections At one point when he was opposition leader, Keir Starmer criticised the then Conservative government for being more interested in protecting statues than women.Labour is prioritising protecting women, and Starmer has pledged to halve violence against women and girls. But he is not ignoring statues either. According to a report by Jack Elsom in the Sun, the government is going to reclassify Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square as war memorial so that anyone who climbs on it is committing an offence punishable by up to three months in jail under measures in the crime and policing bill.Sir Winston Churchill stands at the summit of our country’s greatest heroes, and has been an inspiration to every prime minister that has followed him.The justifiable fury that is provoked when people use his statue as a platform for their protests speaks to the deep and enduring love that all decent British people have for Sir Winston.A youth mobility scheme is not part of our plans. We have always said that we will listen to sensible EU proposals, but we will not go back to freedom of movement. Continue reading...
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