It’s the final hustings before the results of the Tory party leadership election are announced, where fewer than 200,000 people will select the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Reporting suggests there are so many dog whistles that half the canines in the country should have been running towards Wembley Arena where the hustings took place.
- Fining people who miss hospital appointments.
- Criticising the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who is “anti-everything” and they need to get him (who was elected by the inhabitants of London) “out of office.”
- Obligatory references to “woke nonsense” and the culture that will “cancel our history.”
- Decrying self-identity.
- Supporting trans rights, but when asked if a “trans woman is a woman,” the answer was no.
- Would be willing to “look at” abolishing the speed limit.
Meanwhile, City A.M. is reporting that the pound sterling is expected to hit an all-time low against the U.S. dollar. Though it isn’t the first time there have been reports of GBP/USD approaching near-parity, and I take with a pinch of salt reports in a paper that also has a section titled “Crypto A.M.“