Oh, hello - what have we here?

Seven days before Brits go to the polls is what was widely expected to be a Labour rout, easily winning the largest majority for decades, things are suddenly not looking so sanguine for their uber-progressive, climate cult-embracing side.

And of all things, a formerly supine British press, which has spent a fair amount of time slobbering over Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer as opposed to crawling up the party's ludicrous - and demonstrably dangerous for Britain's future energy security - 2030 renewable transition plans (among other ruinous and bonkers platforms) has suddenly found its starch, so to speak. There are really alarming articles being published about the true cost of Labour's plan, not just from "sources" but from the mouths of Labour officials themselves.

Yesterday I told you about the "leaked" phone call which affirmed the fact that the cost for citizens and residents of Labour's renewable transition to a Green economy wasn't the benign tens of billions of pounds - £28B to be precise - but more like a baseline £500B and up.

All this straight out of the mouth of one of Starmer's henchmen. An impeccable source.

There’s no ‘could’ about it. Having researched hard on this with the aid of brilliant Sceptics on X, #NetZero is due to cost untold. Now we’re about to get a Labour Govt I hopefully won’t be accused of right wing/ #Brexit bias. #Labour are going to be destroyed on this policy! https://t.co/Bke6Zwqpz9

— UxbEconomist 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇱 (@UxbEconomist07) June 26, 2024

Starmer hasn't had time to stammer through any explanations or excuses for that because along came a "BOMBSHELL" report today toting up just what a Labour party government is going to cost UK residents and taxpayers if they become the majority party on July 4 with unfettered regulatory power.

HOLY HOSING

Labour policies will cost businesses and consumers billions of pounds and create mountains of red tape, a new report warns.

Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to introduce 62 new regulations will have “far-reaching economic consequences”, according to the Institute of Economic Affairs.

This is more than double the amount contained in the Conservative Party manifesto and 48 more than proposed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

...Labour has proposed five tax-raising measures, which are expected to increase revenues by £8.6 billion.

...Just one Labour policy, requiring privately rented homes to meet minimum energy standards, would cost £12.2 billion according to the government’s impact assessment.

...The Centre for Economics and Business Research has estimated that the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars - a Labour, Green Party, Liberal Democrats policy - will cost an extra £1,000 per household per year from 2022 until 2050.

The government’s impact assessment for the Renters (Reform) Bill found a cost to business of £1 billion.

...Mr Lesh said: "The major parties are proposing a tsunami of new regulations that could significantly increase costs for businesses and consumers.

“These policies will have far-reaching economic consequences, from banning petrol cars to mandating higher energy efficiency standards.

And does that ever sound familiar! Remember to US ears, "Oh, a billion, big deal." But the UK has a fifth of our population and a GDP of a shade over $3T USD. Our GDP is north of $25T, so,  yeah - an additional impact in costs to British businesses alone of £1B is a BFD, as a certain president once said.

But it does make one curious what the impetus is for this sudden flurry of "Labour kinda sucks bigly" stories, when the truth and the numbers and their insane plans have been out there all along.

Could it have something to do with the meteoric rise of a backwater party's fortunes thanks to their Johnny-come-lately leader?

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Come and be a part of history!

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— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) June 27, 2024

Perhaps the British press has found itself in the enviable position of not having to play nice with Labour because the election outcome is not as cast in stone as it was three weeks ago.

Even Bloomberg noted the shift in sentiment this morning.

Figures. The Labour Party's always been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, but this latest dip is a real kick in the teeth. Meanwhile, Farage's lot seems to be on a hot streak.

— Benjamin Lockheart (@BlockHeartBen) June 21, 2024

And, in an alarming development for progressive hearts everywhere, British media types are starting to notice an attitude shift in young British teens and twenty-somethings they talk to - a right shift that shoots right past the Tories to Reform UK.

This is interesting. The young woman Aaron Bastani interviewed said that a lot of 15 to 16 year olds in Chichester are talking about Reform UK than Labour.

I think Labour may u-turn on votes at 16. 😂 pic.twitter.com/nF5t6SKQr2

— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) June 27, 2024

YOU LOOK AROUND THERE'S A FOREIGNER - NO MORE ENGLAND

Aaron Bastani gets mogged by four zoomers in Chichester who tell him there are too many foreigners in England, they need to be sent back, and Reform UK are the future. pic.twitter.com/7h7dzCCMZs

— Maximus 🇬🇧 🐺 🌲 (@landofangle) June 27, 2024

The British people are also tired of living their lives by the whims of the hurt feelings of foreigners and radical wokesters, who, as this Welsh family found out, will send the police to "investigate" when you have the wrong political party's poster on your home.

🚨 Welsh Reform supporter grilled by police

In an absurd display of overreach, a Welsh Reform supporter was grilled by police in his own home over a @reformparty_uk poster on his property. Why? Because some busybody charity coddling asylum seekers in the area "had a concern".… pic.twitter.com/A5PD71xWgu

— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) June 27, 2024

...Why? Because some busybody charity coddling asylum seekers in the area "had a concern". 

Seriously? This man’s home is not their problem. If these asylum seekers or their virtue-signalling cheerleaders can't handle it, they can bugger off somewhere else. And as for the charity, they can take their meddling and shove it. Mind your own bloody business, this is in no way a police matter.