On Tuesday the BBC published a report that around £1.5 billion worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) remains unused. We were told in scandalous tones that it was rotting in warehouses. Opposition parties were invited to comment. Labor primarily described the surplus as “staggering waste”. The Liberal Democrats agreed and promised that “steps will be… Read More »
The blame game has already begun within the Conservative Party, as the party prepares to face the most catastrophic defeat in its history in just one week. With seven days to go, polls show the Conservative Party is on the verge of extinction and is likely to have fewer than 100 MPs elected. While different… Read More »
It is undoubtedly a turning point in British politics that the reforms have outpaced the Conservatives, according to a poll. However, Nigel Farage’s suggestion that “A vote for the Conservatives is now a vote for the Labor Party” is not quite correct. Because Reform does not have the numbers to replace the Conservative Party; just… Read More »
“Behind every man there is a great woman,” or so the saying goes. But when it comes to modern politics, the “great woman” is increasingly at the centre—and never more so than in an election year, when the most savvy male politicians realize that those who win the most votes may not actually make it.… Read More »
I narrowly escaped winning a plastic lizard. That’s good, because otherwise I might have been attacked for it by a seething mob of septuagenarians. At 49, I’m the youngest person in the bingo hall in the last 10 to 20 years, and the other patrons look at me with veiled suspicion. It turns out Skegness… Read More »
There are 32 ministers at Sunak’s cabinet table; 23 are full members and nine were allowed to attend. Prime Minister Starmer, by contrast, may have a close-knit gang of four… (Aaron Chown/PA Wire) The history books will no doubt record that after the lies and chaos under Boris Johnson and the economic disaster under Liz… Read More »
( ) Ophelia Lovibond was very happy when she took the stage at the opening night of The Hills of California last week. “It was happiness, it was a wonderful feeling,” She told me the next day. “My manager said he saw me smiling like a cat getting the cream.” Returning to the West End… Read More »
Sajid Javid, Ben Wallace and Dominic Raab among those to resign More Conservative MPs are running at the next general election since Labour’s landslide in 1997. Fifty-seven Tories have said they plan to leave Parliament rather than seek re-election, with the poll expected to be held in 2024. There are fears that the Conservatives are… Read More »
Boris Johnson has attacked Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the DUP, warning it could bind the UK to EU trade rules in the future. Mr Sunak’s government has announced new regulations that will remove routine checks on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in a bid to restore power-sharing at Stormont. The… Read More »