Stop moaning Gary, you knew what to expect from Labour

IN TIMES of strife, we need celebrities to bring glamour, joy and fun into our lives.

- Sam Lister

Step forward Mariah Carey, who, in the most over-the-top fur coat, declares she doesn’t do ageing. Asked how she deals with getting older by Harper’s Bazaar UK, the self-confessed diva replied: “I don’t allow it — it just doesn’t happen. I don’t know time. I don’t know numbers. I do not acknowledge time.”

It seems indelicate to mention it, but the hugely successful singer is 56 years old, though to be fair she really doesn’t look it.

With her glossy mane, wrinkleless skin and eyelashes that resemble an independent life form that could escape at any minute, she is quite unlike many women her age.

But as Carey was being delightfully bonkers, Gary Neville was giving us his latest Big Thoughts about the state of the nation. It turns out the footballer-turned-pundit is a bit miffed that the UK Government has put up taxes on businesses.

Neville is a property developer and entrepreneur who has built a very successful empire, so it’s no surprise Labour’s hated jobs tax is hitting him hard.

What is a surprise is that he appears shocked by this.

After all, Neville and Keir Starmer took a long stroll through the Lake District for a glossy pre-general election video. The Labour Party billed it as an “emotional” encounter and pumped it out to win votes.