Resham Kotecha is a strategy consultant. She contested Coventry North West in last year’s General Election. She currently serves as the Head of Engagement for Women2Win, and is a Policy Ambassador for the Conservative Policy Forum, reaching out to BAME communities....
Jo Gideon: Civic pride can help level up post-Covid Britain, but it needs Government support
Jo Gideon is the Member of Parliament for Stoke on Trent Central. Community spirit has been integral to our fight against the virus. Looking beyond the pandemic, local areas must be empowered to harness civic pride to create the opportunities needed to level up the...
High Court rules Sadiq Khan and TFL acted ‘unlawfully’ with their Streetspace scheme
Advertisements The High Court has ruled that the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Transport for London acted “unlawfully” by introducing a Streetspace scheme at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The scheme, introduced in London last May, restricted licensed taxis...
Henry Hill: Welsh Conservative leader under pressure to quit over Senedd drinking session
Davies reportedly mulling resignation as leadership rival is deselected Paul Davies, the leader of the Conservatives in the Welsh Parliament, is apparently considering his position after being caught breaking public health rules at a ‘secret boozy party’...
Nine Met Police officers fined £200 each for breaking lockdown restrictions
Advertisements Nine Met Police officers have been fined for breaching lockdown rules to meet at a cafe while on duty. Pictures emerged showing officers from the South East Basic Command Unit eating at The Chef House Kitchen Cafe Greenwich, on 9 January.Advertisements...
ANTIFA go on rampage across US Cities slamming Joe Biden as a ‘puppet’
Advertisements Antifa extremists have caused extensive criminal damage in America overnight as they ran riot in a variety of liberal cities against the new Biden administration. As ever a cursory glance of the mainstream media in the UK and the world shows next to no...
Man convicted of modern slavery after coercing a teenage boy to deal Class A drugs
Advertisements A man has been convicted of modern slavery and drugs offences after a teenage boy was coerced to deal drugs on his behalf. Abdur Rakib – 21 (13.10.99) of Sclater Street, E1 pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and modern...
Newslinks for Thursday 21st January 2021
US 1) Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump’s policies “Joe Biden on Wednesday began dismantling the legacy of his predecessor faster than any other incoming president in the modern era. He signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations...
May – beached not only by frustration and defeat, but by the sheer pace and scale of change
What does Theresa May speak to the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night, when all her life seems shrinking, and the walls of her bower closing in about her (to filch some Tolkien lines from The Lord of the Rings)? She lost a Conservative majority in the...
Emily Carver: The struggle against lockdowns seems to be lost. But we must never give up on our civil liberties.
Emily Carver is Media Manager at the Institute of Economic Affairs. At the start of the pandemic, the Coronavirus Act passed through Parliament with little scrutiny. In less than a week, it had received royal assent, having passed through the House of Commons without...
