Johnson’s Downing Street. Like an unstable Middle Eastern autocracy – with jihadis, family militias, and outside actors exchanging fire.
Downing Street, like some unstable Middle Eastern autocracy, is in danger of disintegrating into warring factions Few outside the Westminster Village know who Oliver Lewis is, and fewer care about his resignation as a special adviser to Boris Johnson. Some believe...
Sarah Ingham: Corbyn and his gang could scarcely have handled coronavirus worse than the Government
Dr Sarah Ingham is a member of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservative Association. Might it have been better if Jeremy Corbyn and his band of merry Trots won the December 2019 General Election? Had Corbyn and the comrades somehow got their hands on the levers of...
Vote Leave & Brexit Negotiations Veteran Oliver “Sonic” Lewis Quits Downing Street
Vote Leave & Brexit Negotiations Veteran Oliver “Sonic” Lewis Quits Downing Street Times’ Steve Swinford reporting that Oliver Lewis has quit Number 10 as head of the Union Unit. He, it is reported, felt his position was being made ‘untenable’ by others in No...
WATCH: Starmer’s Brave Attack on Government Photo Ops
WATCH: Starmer’s Brave Attack on Government Photo Ops During yesterday’s policy-less policy speech, Keir Starmer attacked the government for focussing on sound bites and photo ops instead of reform. A bold attack levelled from Sir Keir, given not only did he...
Ben Howlett: Hancock must seize this opportunity for health and social care reform
Before becoming MD of Public Policy Projects, Ben was Member of Parliament for Bath from 2015 to 2017 and Chair of the first Parliamentary Group for Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions. He also Chaired the Stroke Group and supported the personalised medicines and...
Left-Wing MPs Slammed by Judge for Using Court Cases as Personal Publicity
Left-Wing MPs Slammed by Judge for Using Court Cases as Personal Publicity This afternoon saw a rare court victory for Jolyon Maugham as his Good Law Project won a case in the High Court against Matt Hancock, with the ruling: “The Secretary of State acted unlawfully...
David Thomas: Ministers must extend the free schools revolution to the alternative provision sector
David Thomas is the headteacher of a secondary school in Norwich, and was awarded an OBE in 2020 for founding Oak National Academy – an online school to support children during the Covid-19 pandemic. Free schools have been a huge part of the improvement in English...
LibDems Delete Anti-Free Speech Tweet
LibDems Delete Anti-Free Speech Tweet Seemingly blind to irony, the Liberal Democrats have just deleted their own tweet which dismissed the importance of free speech on university campuses. Fortunately, Guido kept the receipts… As shown below, the tweet contained a...
Public sector debt surges rapidly by more than £300 billion since the start of April 2020
Advertisements It has emerged that the public sector debt has risen rapidly by more than £300billion since the start of April 2020. This news comes as reports emerge that Rishi Sunak could be set to extend the furlough scheme past the end of March deadline possibly...
Guardian Retrospectively Altered Bild Editor’s Quotes to Water Down Merkel Criticism
Guardian Retrospectively Altered Bild Editor’s Quotes to Water Down Merkel Criticism Back in July the Guardian published a deep dive piece about German tabloid Bild and its attitude to Angela Merkel and the culture wars. It prominently featured an interview with...