Nicolette Boele on climate, business and making a difference
Nicolette Boele was declared the winner in the Sydney seat of Bradfield this week, after a month of counting and recounting in her race against Liberal Gisele Kapterian. She is preparing to take her seat in parliament after a wafer-thin victory of just 26 votes. Boele speaks to chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy about why Labor needs to stop 'walking both sides of the fence' on climate and energy and where she thinks the government could improve productivity.
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Daily Mail
39 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Reform Civil War: Now Richard Tice says chairman who quit was WRONG to oppose burka ban
Nigel Farage 's deputy has said he is 'enormously sad' that Reform's chairman resigned – but insisted he was wrong to oppose a burka ban. Richard Tice said Zia Yusuf, who plunged Reform into chaos after resigning on Thursday, had worked 'incredibly hard' and helped the party win hundreds of council seats in last month's local elections. But he insisted that banning the burka was right because the Islamic veil is 'a repressive item of clothing'. However, Downing Street said Sir Keir Starmer did not support a ban, with a spokesman saying: 'This Government does not believe in mandating what people should or shouldn't wear in public.' Mr Yusuf's departure came just hours after he hit out at one of Reform's own MPs for a 'dumb' question in the House of Commons about banning the burka. He publicly questioned why Sarah Pochin, Reform's recently elected MP for Runcorn and Helsby, had challenged Sir Keir about the issue in the Commons on Wednesday when a ban is not official party policy. In a post on X/Twitter on Thursday morning, he said: 'I do think it's dumb for a party to ask the PM if they would do something the party itself wouldn't do.' By the evening he had resigned, saying he no longer felt that working with Mr Farage to try to win the next election was 'a good use of my time'. Asked about his departure yesterday, Mr Tice, Reform's deputy leader, said: 'I'm enormously sad that Zia has resigned. He's worked incredibly hard. I've sent him a message of thanks.' Asked if he agreed with Mr Yusuf that the party should not pledge to ban the burka, he added: 'No, I don't. 'The reality is that I think it is right that we should have a debate about whether or not the burka is appropriate in a nation that's founded in Christianity, where women are equal citizens and should not be viewed as second-class citizens. 'If we're a great democracy that believes in free speech, let's have a calm and respectful debate.' Asked by the BBC Radio 4's Today programme if he supported a ban, he added: 'Yeah, I'm pretty concerned about whether or not the burka is essentially a sort of repressive item of clothing, whether women have the choice.' Wearing face-covering clothes is currently banned in seven European countries – France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Bulgaria – while other countries have enacted partial bans. His resignation comes after Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe was kicked out of Reform in March for criticising Mr Farage's leadership. Mr Yusuf also clashed with Mr Lowe and said he made verbal threats of violence against him. Mr Lowe always denied the allegations and was later cleared by Scotland Yard after Mr Yusuf reported the incident. Labour and SNP 'terrified' after Reform's poll surge By David Churchill, Chief Political Correspondent Reform claimed Labour and the SNP were in a 'coalition of the terrified' after the party notched up a staggering 26 per cent of the vote in a Scottish by-election. Reform deputy leader, Richard Tice made the jibe yesterday after coming third in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Holyrood by-election. While Labour's candidate Davy Russell won the contest with 8,559 votes (31.6 per cent), the SNP came second with 7,957 (29.4 per cent). This was followed by Reform with 7,088 (26.2 per cent), meaning they came within 1,500 votes of winning. The leading pollster professor Sir John Curtice said the result showed Reform also posed a serious threat to Labour north of the border. Last week, SNP Scottish First Minister John Swinney accused Reform leader Nigel Farage of being 'fundamentally racist'.
Times
an hour ago
- Times
Our Week: Donald Trump and Elon Musk*
Monday Elon Musk Hey man. Do you miss me? Donald Trump How's the black eye? Musk Let's not talk about the black eye. Musk She's fine. Trump You're a special man. So special. It's not over. You will always be with us. Helping all the way. Musk Maybe you guys could stop telling everyone I was on drugs? Trump Were you not on drugs? Musk Irrelevant. Trump You'll always have a place here. We haven't even cleared out your office. Musk I had an office? Trump Didn't you? Where did you keep the chainsaw? Musk I just bought a new one each time … They were a really important symbol of cutting waste. Trump Also, your car is still parked outside. Trump The f*** was I thinking? Musk Keep it. Can't really shift them any more. Trump I'm impressed with us. We're being grown-ups about this. Musk You're fat. Tuesday Trump Elon! What's this? You've just called my big, beautiful bill 'a disgusting abomination!' Such a nasty word! … I mean, I assume it is. I've had somebody look it up. Long! Musk It's pork! A gigantic budget deficit!!! Crushingly unsustainable debt!!!!! Trump Maybe you should come and get your stupid car … Or I'll have it towed. I mean, it's never going to drive away by itself. Musk Asshole. Don't rub it in. Wednesday Musk How was Vladimir Putin? Trump He's just a friend. Jealous? Musk Shut up. You're jealous. That guy. I should beat him up. Tell him I know MMA. Trump You got a black eye from a five-year-old … Don't sulk. You're still my favourite billionaire. Musk What's he got that I haven't? Trump Nukes and a country. Maybe you should buy a country? Musk I thought I already had. Thursday Musk Watching your press conference with the German, Merz! D-Day! They lost! So funny! This is great! … WTF? Now you're saying you'd have won the election without me? And Susie Wiles is nodding? Such ingratitude! Trump Friends can disagree. I'm sure you won't overreact. Musk I'm starting a new party. You'll be dead soon. And should be impeached. Also, you're a sex pest who loved Jeffrey Epstein. Trump Oh yeah? Well I'm going to tell people you're CRAZY. And threaten to cancel your government contracts! Save billions! Musk I'm going to sabotage the US space programme. You'll never get to Mars now. Trump Don't care. Don't even know where it is. Sounds French. Musk You really want me as an enemy? I have X! Trump What, is he going to punch me as well? • Timeline of Trump and Elon Musk's 'bromance' — to their break-up Friday Musk We should talk. This has gone too far. Tesla is plunging. Trump Thought it was usually your spaceships that were plunging. Loser. Musk Call me. Trump No. You've lost your mind. You're sick. Look what you've done. Now Russia's Medvedev is offering to broker a peace deal between us. Musk The little guy? I'll fight him. Trump Not little enough. Also, Steve Bannon says we should deport you to South Africa. Musk Don't threaten me. You don't know what I might do. For example, I still have Stephen Miller's wife … Although if you are going to threaten me, please do it on X. Great engagement! Trump Also on Truth Social! Ten whole retweets! Trump Not funny. None of your jokes are.
The Independent
an hour ago
- The Independent
You can now bet on the next steps in the Trump-Musk fallout and when they will have their first meeting
People are betting on what will happen next in the fallout between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, including when they are likely to meet for the first time since their public split. Betting markets are already predicting that Trump will meet with Musk by the end of the year. Polymarket traders say there is a 57 percent chance the pair will have met up by December 31, while 30 percent predict it will be by July 31. More optimistically, 14 percent predicted they would have had their first meeting by June 30. 'Will Trump and Elon publicly reconcile before July?' also has a 34 percent chance on Polymarket at the time of writing. But if they are to reconcile, the world's richest man might have to make the first move, according to Polymarket, which gave Trump apologizing to Musk by Monday a 1 percent chance. During Musk's public meltdown Thursday, he mused about creating a new political party in America 'that actually represents the 80% in the middle.' That has a 24 percent chance of happening by December 31, according to Polymarket traders. The chances of Musk unfollowing Trump before July are 20 percent, traders also predict. On rival site Kalshi, there is a 57 percent chance that Trump and Musk will have a phone call before July. A call was reported to be on the cards Friday, but the president poured cold water on the idea when he spoke with multiple TV networks. He dismissed Musk as 'the man who has lost his mind,' and said he was 'not particularly' interested in reconciliation. 'The poor guy's got a problem,' Trump said. The ice is unlikely to thaw anytime soon, as Trump is considering getting rid of the red Tesla that he bought from Musk earlier this year as the feud between the pair continues, according to a White House official. The president 'had not made a final decision' about the car, according to NBC News. The same official told the outlet that the president 'would want to see Elon be quiet for a while and then Elon reach out to him and say sorry' if there is to be a reconciliation. 'I think the president would then let it go,' the official said. 'I don't think [Trump] is going to try to make the peace.'
