🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage blames "staff incompetence" for a half empty hall at Reform UK's event in London

Simon Heffer’s final pars in his review of Liz Truss’ new book. Of all the best examples of the Westminster unreality machine, where parts of the illiberal metropolitan elite and press build someone up clearly beyond their abilities, she was by far the worst. Zero accountability, of course.

I do challenge the advice about stockpiling Sauvignon blanc. Surely better to stockpile a red - because if the power goes down, the white would be room temperature, which would be simply ghastly.

Why the hell are we going after pensioners who have worked hard, paid their taxes and National Insurance, and contributed to this country their entire lives? Andy Burnham wants to weaken the pension triple lock from 2030, with the Government forecasting savings of £15 BILLION a year by the end of the 2030s. Meanwhile, Britain spent £13 BILLION on foreign aid last year. We're still funding development work in India, a country with its own space programme. Reform UK also estimates that £55 BILLION has been paid in welfare benefits to foreign nationals over four years. That's £13.75 BILLION a year. And yet it's our pensioners who are being asked to make another sacrifice. I grew up in Sunderland. I know what hard work looks like. I know the sacrifices ordinary working people have made, often for decades, in the belief that if they paid their way, this country would look after them in retirement. They've kept our factories running, raised families, paid into the system and done everything this country asked of them. And now Labour wants to change the rules. Before Westminster comes knocking on pensioners' doors looking for another £15 billion, perhaps it should take a long, hard look at where the rest of our money is going. Our pensioners have paid their dues. They've earned their retirement. Keep your hands off their pensions.

What is the oldest political news story you can remember? For me it's Joe Biden being selected as Obama's VP.

Too many on the Right are naive about the nature of the left. The Left is being dragged towards Islamo-communism. They are a threat to our country.