It’s been a very weird few days. The Labour Party conference usually has more drama than the EastEnders Christmas special. People get booed. Fights break out in the bars. And that’s us on our best behaviour. But not this year. Spare a thought for the poor political reporters struggling to find anything spicy to scribe in a climate of “boring unity.” There was no beef. It was like Jeremy Clarkson turning up to a vegan buffet.
Even Ealing Central and Acton MP Rupa Huq’s idiotic comments about Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng being “superficially black” were condemned and action taken swiftly. She was suspended from the party within hours of the story breaking. There is a new ruthlessness to the party on discipline.
