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A deluded Rachel Reeves stood at the Dispatch Box last week to deliver her fictional Spring Statement. Listening to it, I could only conclude she was high on hair lacquer and totally oblivious to world events happening around her. Perfectly preened, Reeves talked for over an hour, wearing a fixed grin and surprisingly a Reform-coloured blue jacket, although I'm not sure she was aware of that any more than she was aware her figures were out of date as energy prices had hit a three year high that morning following Trump's attack on Iran - rendering her speech useless and knocking a whacking great hole in her predictions.

But what did that matter to Rachel from Accounts? Off she went like a wind-up music doll. She conveniently ignored the cost of Labour's 15 U-turns, like the £5billion they planned to save from disability benefits, which instead would now be spiralling up by another £70 billion by 2030, or the £500 million that they were hoping to make off the back of farmers in 2029/2030 - now reduced by £230 million in that year. But what's a few billion here and there to a Labour Chancellor?

Question after question, Reeves ignored, and like a stuck record, blamed everything on "14 years of Tory Rule". I asked her if there was a link between Labour's higher costs and taxes for employers and rising unemployment levels, but no answer was forthcoming about that either.

On she went, jabbing her hand for dramatic effect, talking about growth and how she was reducing everyone's energy bills, completely oblivious to the reality Labour's tax hikes have had on the economy.

Even Prof David Miles of the Office of Budget Responsibility pointed out that the country was now in "uncharted territory" when it comes to the tax burden. From WW2 until the pandemic, the tax burden was just under 32% of GDP. Now we are on a trajectory of 38.5% of GDP by 2030/32.

Reeves seems blissfully unaware that her tax rises are negatively affecting growth, which is supposedly this government's mission. Just as Ed Miliband's net zero obsession and accompanying climate taxes are killing off growth and UK industry.

I got sight of a letter the Chemical Industries Association sent to Starmer, Reeves and Miliband last week. It referenced the 60% drop in the UK Chemical industry output from 2021-2025 warning dryly "we are the clearest-cut case for delivering decarbonisation through deindustrialisation". Net zero taxes are destroying British industry and jobs, and pushing them abroad, mainly to China and America, who must be laughing at our stupidity.

The bad news, whilst-ever socialists are in office our economic prospects will only get worse. The good news, this downward spiral can be reversed when we get a government strong enough to reduce the country's tax burden, which includes removing the crippling climate levies on our energy bills, and start drilling for oil in the North Sea. That time can't come soon enough.

This is what our idiotic government considers a deterrent?

What drugs were Home Office Ministers and civil servants consuming to conclude it would be a good idea to give illegal immigrants up to £40,000 to leave the UK? Families in Africa will be rubbing their hands to discover if they make their way illegally to the UK, they will be given a lottery win to leave and head home.

Can this idiotic government not see this won't be a deterrent and stop immigrants from coming to this country, it will be the biggest advertising campaign ever to bring people here. People will be coming who had never thought of doing before.

I despair.

Bookies will be quaking in their boots...

The highlight of the Horseracing calendar - the Cheltenham festival - starts tomorrow and so my husband Phil has disappeared down to the Cotswolds. If you like a bet he fancies Golden Ace each way in today's big race the Champion Hurdle. On Friday in the Gold Cup I will be cheering on The Jukebox Man, owned by football legend Harry Redknapp. I am sure the bookies are quaking in their boots with my £5 each way bets...

Surely it's time for BBC to stand on its own two feet?

The BBC wants Ministers to raise the debt cap on its business wing from £350million to £750million - even though it was only raised to £350million five years ago. BBC Commercial' made £2.2billion last year by making programmes that were sold to channels and streamers across the world.

I'd be reluctant to agree to such a rise. That's a lot of debt the public will be accountable for. I've an idea. If the BBC truly wants to live in the commercial world, how about it does just that, gives up its annual £3.8billion subsidy from the British public, stands on its own two feet, then goes to the bank and asks for a loan on proper commercial rates rather than always using the public as its financial backstop.

Keir Starmer couldn't even do this for our closest ally

I am sceptical of the military action in Iran. After all, how can you ensure any new regime is any better than the previous one?

But the US did not ask Keir Starmer to join in the military attacks on Iran. They merely asked if they could use our bases. Given that we rely on the US for our security, you would have thought that was the least we could do for our closest ally.

"No Idea Keir" is now being held hostage by his left-wing MPs and is petrified of the threat from the Green Party, and so has upset our closest ally over a simple basic request. He is truly in office but not in power.

If you've got it, why not show it off?

Liz Hurley, 61, sizzled in a plunge neck, high split Versace dress she last wore 27 years ago. I'm guessing she didn't drag it out of the wardrobe because she didn't have something else to wear! Rather she wanted to show off her age defying figure and why not?

However, I can tell her if she were eating regularly in the House of Commons canteen she wouldn't be quite so svelte!