David Vance Podcast

It wouldn't surprise me if Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner tried to introduce legislation that RETROSPECTIVELY tried to remove Reform's £72m donations. We are governed by tyrants!

 

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From “no excuses” to “slim chance” — Angela Rayner’s housing promise is collapsing before our eyes.

Rayner once insisted Labour WOULD build 1.5 million homes and declared there were “no excuses” for failure. Now she admits there is only a “slim chance” of hitting the target.

The promise was absolute. The delivery is anything but.

 

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Three separatist leaders, one grand declaration — and zero constitutional substance.

Swinney, ap Iorwerth and O’Neill gather in Cardiff to pose as a united Celtic front against the UK. But minority governments and Sinn Féin aspirations do not constitute a mandate to break up Britain.

Lots of flags. Lots of theatre. No actual power to deliver it.

 

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George Osborne lost the Brexit argument ten years ago. Now he wants to reverse the result by stealth.

The former Chancellor says Brexit has been a “mess”, claims Britain has economically “fallen off a cliff”, and argues that the answer is to rejoin the EU Customs Union.

I argue that this is the old Remain establishment trying to reverse Brexit by instalments. Rejoining the Customs Union would constrain Britain's ability to pursue an independent trade policy and move us back towards Brussels without restoring the influence we had as an EU member. Osborne presents this as a simple economic fix, but it raises a much bigger question about sovereignty.

 

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Reform’s extraordinary £72 million fundraising boost has suddenly convinced Labour that Britain needs tougher rules on political donations. I examine why Labour’s newfound concern looks rather more like panic at Reform’s growing financial firepower than a principled defence of democracy.

 

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Let's start the day by discussing President Trump's incendiary remarks concerning his wish for Irish Unity! These have shocked me and many others, and I feel betrayed by him.

 

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Is Andy Burnham’s Government delaying a crucial North Sea oil and gas decision until after the Holborn by-election? I examine the extraordinary possibility that Labour’s electoral interests are being put ahead of Britain’s energy security.

 

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Green leader Zack Polanski is now actively targeting Keir Starmer’s former Holborn and St Pancras seat. I examine the numbers, Labour’s vulnerability and whether the Greens could pull off a political earthquake.

 

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Another alarming warning about the dangers of AI, but how much is evidence and how much is hype? I argue for sensible safeguards while questioning the increasingly apocalyptic narrative surrounding artificial intelligence.

 

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Mayors could be handed powers to impose an uncapped tourist levy. I look at the madness of adding another charge to already VAT-heavy hotel bills and the potential consequences for Britain’s struggling hospitality sector.

 

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MPs have rejected the latest Assisted Dying Bill. I explain why I welcome the result, why safeguards can never eliminate subtle coercion, and ask whether this finally kills the legislation.

 

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Reform has received a record £36 million donation from billionaire Ben Delo. I look at how that money could transform Reform from an insurgent movement into a professional electoral machine — and why there are now no excuses for Farage.

 

 

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