Anti-gambling shadow minister enjoys a flutter

Shadow playing minister Alex Davies-Jones rose within the Commons this week to talk out concerning the social evils of playing. Responding to the federal government’s new White Paper to reform the betting market, Ms Davies-Jones stated: “I have met many people whose lives, and whose families’ lives, have been devastated by gambling harm.”

One of the apparent methods playing addicts’ lives will be “devastated” is the ruination of private funds, driving many gamblers to resort to utilizing meals banks.

It was peculiar, subsequently, for Beachcomber to see Ms Davies-Jones go to her native meals financial institution this week, boasting of constructing a £500 donation.

How did she make this donation? Why, playing in fact.

She advised Facebook customers how she gained huge on the Grand National, after a £50 charity wager from the Betting and Gaming Council.

“Thanks to the Betting and Gaming Council I was able to place a charity £50 bet on the Grand National. I placed £25 Corach Rambler to win outright and £12.50 each way on Vanillier. Corach Rambler won and Vanillier placed 2nd.”

Perhaps selling playing as a get-rich-quick scheme isn’t one of the best messaging from Labour’s shadow playing messenger…

Welsh secretary’s convention speech flops

It was an enormous day for the Tories yesterday, with each their Scottish and Welsh conferences in at some point. The convention north of Hadrian’s wall was, by all accounts, chaotic - after No 10 risked a media meltdown over perceived makes an attempt to dam unfriendly media from asking the PM questions.

Over in Wales it was an altogether quieter affair. The speech from Welsh Secretary David TC Davies was the one leisure Beachcomber managed to take pleasure in.

Speaking to an un-lively viewers, Mr Davies championed Britain’s Brexit wins as he stated: “The economy’s doing fine, employment is increasing, there’s no shortage of vegetables or fruit or ice creams, or as far as I’m aware there’s no shortage of Viagra either.”

Turns out Boris Johnson did ship a tough Brexit in any case.

CCHQ’s musical chairs

Last month, Beachcomber unique revealed CCHQ’s monetary woes had led them to scrap their day by day cleaner and out-of-hours safety guards in an try to make ends meet.

The modifications haven’t stopped there, nevertheless.

This week staffers face their very own reshuffle with a brand new seating plan, after a higher-up realised that sizzling desking hasn’t labored given everybody simply stays in the identical spot every single day.

Party officers hope the brand new seating plan will make CCHQ extra productive.

‘Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic’ involves thoughts.

Al the nomadic politician

There has been a lot chat on the bar of the Red Lion about the place Al will find yourself on the subsequent election. Al being what shut family and friends name the previous prime minister often called Boris Johnson.

There had been dialogue some time again that he was getting itchy ft in Uxbridge and South Ruislip the place he has been reselected however the boundary modifications have made his seat marginal.

Just a few weeks in the past there have been whispers he was wanting in his previous Oxfordshire haunts close to Henley, probably Bicester.

But late this week a trusted chum stated that "Boris' people have been asking about Solihull and been in touch there.”

Solihull is the seat being vacated by the now former Tory turned independent MP Julian Knight.

Beachcomber texted Al's official man of communications but was given a flat “no".

So in all probability not true then. The thriller of the place he'll stand goes on.