Politics

The by-election was seen as a straight fight between Labour’s Kim Leadbeater and the Tories’ Ryan Stephenson - but then Galloway happened.

“Maybe there is just an error in the system but this is not right, this is just awful," one person told TLE.

According to recent polling seven in 10 Labour members think the Manchester mayor would do a better job than Sir Keir.

Professor Stephen Reicher said infections need to be much lower before lockdown is fully eased.

The assessment criteria for the vacant Health Sec job appears to have been ‘are you very keen on the privatisation of the NHS?’ Sajid Javid answered with a huge ‘hell yeh!’ and he was in Hancock’s defiled office within the hour.

The research also suggested that 69 per cent of Labour members would prefer Andy Burnham as leader.

The Duke of Northumberland’s estate company has sparked fears that seven blocks of flats could replace two thirds of the Isleworth Allotment Gardens, which have been used by locals to grow their own food for over a century.

"Nobody’s been interested in this area, and all of a sudden all these politicians are saying ‘we care, we care!’. And we’re all just like, ‘yeah, of course you do’."

As if Matt Hancock hadn't been humiliated enough...