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Shaun Bailey said Carol Vorderman “can’t be both” a serious political commentator and have “pictures of her bums and her boobs” on her Instagram during an appearance on GB News on Thursday, 28 December.”I would have some sympathy for that if she conducted herself like a grown-up… On one hand… she’s a serious political commentator, and then if you look at her Instagram it’s all pictures of her bums and her boobs… She can’t be both,” Lord Bailey said.Ms Vorderman called the Conservative peer a “misogynist” as she reposted a clip of the comments on X/Twitter. Lord Bailey said:  “I used a clumsy form of words to describe Carol Vorderman’s Instagram posts. The point I was trying to make is Carol lives in a world of glitz and celebrity, as her Instagram portrays, but simultaneously demonises and bullies those who hold different political views to her own.” More

Liz Truss’s long-awaited resignation honours list has been branded “rewards for failure” by Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth.The Electoral Reform Society has also called for urgent reform to the “rotten and out of control” peerage system and criticised the list which proposes a new peer for every day-and-a-half Ms Truss was in office.The list which includes Tory donors and special advisers was fraught with controversy before being published, with calls for Rishi Sunak to block the handout of honours given the short-lived nature of Ms Truss’s premiership.The former prime minister resigned last October after the fallout from her disastrous mini-budget, becoming the country’s shortest-serving prime minister after just 49 days in office. More

Tory MP Dame Caroline Dinenage has suggested it is time to “move on” from James Cleverly’s spiking joke.The home secretary has faced calls to quit after last week joking about putting a date rape drug in his wife’s drink – hours after the Home Office announced plans to crack down on spiking.However, no action will be taken against him as prime minister Rishi Sunak “considers the matter closed”.“It was a very ill-judged comment, but James has owned that comment and apologised,” Dame Caroline told Sky News on Friday 29 December.“So let’s move on,” she added, calling it a “silly remark”. More

The UK is “desperate for an election”, Emily Thornberry has claimed.Speaking to Sky News on Thursday 28 December, the shadow attorney general added that Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget date of 6 March “seems to confirm” that voters will be heading to the polls in May.“It is the worst kept secret in parliament isn’t it, that we are likely to be heading for a May election,” Ms Thornberry said.“The country is desperate for an election, we really have to get rid of this lot and we want to have an opportunity to do so, that’s what people tell me.” More

James Cleverly should be “thoroughly ashamed of himself” over his date rape joke, Emily Thornberry has said.No action will be taken against the home secretary, as prime minister Rishi Sunak “considers the matter closed”.Mr Cleverly has faced calls to quit after last week joking about putting a date rape drug in his wife’s drink – hours after the Home Office announced plans to crack down on spiking.“That is not funny. It is a really nasty and frightening joke and he should be thoroughly ashamed of himself,” Ms Thornberry told Good Morning Britain on Thursday 28 December. More

An MP whose north London office was targeted by a suspected arson attack on Christmas Eve says he wears a stab vest when going to public events.Mike Freer, Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green, said the use of vests by his colleagues is “sadly par for the course these days”.“I, personally, like some of my other colleagues, wear stab vests if I do public events,” Mr Freer told Sky News.Police on Tuesday (26 December) continued to investigate a fire started on Christmas Eve in a shed at the MP’s office.No one was in the office at the time of the blaze. More

Sixty-three claims for pothole-related damage were made by motorists every day last year, the Liberal Democrats have said.The party has called for road maintenance budgets to be fully restored by the government, accusing the Conservatives of overseeing a “pothole pandemic” on English roads.Data from 85 local authorities in England, obtained by freedom of information requests, shows that compensation paid to motorists reached £1.77 million in 2022/23 – a slight rise on the previous year.The Lib Dems said that the number of pothole claims has grown significantly in the last year, with 23,042 in 2022/23 compared with the 13,579 recorded the previous year. More

Rishi Sunak shared a Home Alone-inspired video message filmed in No 10 for Christmas Day.In the short clip, the prime minister asks “am I the only one here?” in an empty office before parking his work and having some festive fun.He is seen bowling a ball against stacked cans of Coca-Cola, trimming the Christmas tree and pouring syrup on spaghetti while watching Elf.Larry the cat also makes an appearance.“Merry Christmas from Downing Street,” Mr Sunak wrote, sharing the video on social media website X. More