John McDonnell seems as surprised as anyone by his recent romance. Can it final?No speaker could have asked for better warm-up acts. Both Liam Fox and Rebecca Long-Bailey had been greeted in near silence as they opened the annual conference of the British Chambers of Commerce. Long-Bailey because no one – not even herself – really seemed to know who she was and Fox because everyone knew precisely who he was.
After a much-needed coffee wreck,the chief executive of an energy company then put everyone into a coma by talking repeatedly of “prosumers”. No one had a clue what he was talking about. Or cared, for that matter. A woman in front of me turned to her colleague and said: “Much more of this bloke and I’ll celebrate International Women’s Day by going shopping.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk