Corbyn’s Desert Island Discs
Corbyn’s Desert Island Discs Even in the depths of a second dark, winter lockdown, sitting through an hour and half of Jeremy Corbyn’s Desert Island Discs “Castaway” was a torturous experience for Guido. Much like his leadership in general, it dragged on. Unlike...
Dan Rosenfield is Johnson’s new Chief of Staff. That’s the admin sorted (we hope). But what about the politics?
Dominic Cummings goes out and Dan Rosenfield comes in through Downing Street’s revolving door. They are ships that almost passed in the night. Rosenfield is a former civil servant; Cummings distrusted the civil service. He worked for Alistair Darling and...
UK Home Office under pressure to close Military Barracks used to house Asylum Seekers
Advertisements Army barracks used to house asylum seekers should be opened to proper inspections, processes of transparency and accountability the shadow home secretary has said after it was alleged that the Home Office was attempting to silence volunteers who have...
Boris Disavows Treasury’s Expected OBR ‘Central Scenario’ for Virus
Boris Disavows Treasury’s Expected OBR ‘Central Scenario’ for Virus Far from the more optimistic tone from Boris’s boffins last week that the UK could be back to normal by April, as Guido revealed yesterday, Rishi’s statement relied on OBR numbers expecting a high...
Henry Hill: MSPs scent blood as the Scottish Government fights to thwart the Salmond inquiry
It’s been another week of increasingly bitter fighting between Nicola Sturgeon’s government as MSPs as the Scottish Parliament tries once again to force the publication of its legal advice in the Alex Salmond affair. When last we checked in on this story,...
Police seek man after robbery of pregnant woman results in miscarriage
Advertisements Detectives have released an e-fit of a man they are keen to identify in connection with a robbery of a pregnant woman, who later miscarried, in Wanstead. The incident took place between 14.30hrs and 15:00hrs on Wednesday, 29 July as the woman waited at...
WATCH: Raab – ‘We can’t for the moment meet our target of spending 0.7 per cent’ on aid
Dan Rosenfield Announced as New No. 10 Chief of Staff
Dan Rosenfield Announced as New No. 10 Chief of Staff Statement from Downing Street: “The Prime Minister has today appointed Dan Rosenfield as his chief of staff. Dan will begin work at No10 on December 7.” Rosenfield – George Osborne’s former Principal Private...
The Health Secretary’s statement full text. “Hope is on the horizon” in Covid-19 battle.
“Mr Speaker, with permission I’d like to make a statement on coronavirus. We are approaching the end of a year where we have asked so much of the British people. And in response to this unprecedented threat to lives and to livelihoods, the British people have...
Fast food delivery driver convicted of raping 22-year-old woman
Advertisements A 52-year-old fast-food delivery driver has been convicted of raping a woman in Coventry. Naiem Malik Suleman offered the 22-year-old woman a lift in his car in the early hours of 19 January last year, after she had split up from her friends on a night...
