Tony Blair’s son is now estimated to be worth £73 million
Advertisements It has emerged that Tony Blair’s son is now estimated to be worth £73 million. Whilst Tony Blair has made millions advising foreign leaders and mighty corporations around the world since stepping down as prime minister, Euan Blair is set to dwarf his...
WATCH: …And in with the new. Biden takes the oath.
Why did the BBC broadcast untrue claims about ConservativeHome?
This morning, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Michael Burleigh – the eminent historian of the Third Reich – was introduced for a discussion of the future of Trumpism after Trump. Out of the blue, he announced he didn’t really want to talk...
It’s vaccine apprehension, not anti-vaxxers, that public information campaigns need to tackle most
In December last year, readers of this site may remember I wrote an article in which I cautioned on condemning everyone who has concerns about the Coronavirus vaccine. It made the point that there’s a huge difference between those who exhibit hesitancy and...
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cakeism in action – Johnson is at once humorous and serious
Just before PMQs, Boris Johnson could be seen in the background, standing alone behind the Speaker’s Chair and staring at a folder of notes, like a schoolboy doing last-minute revision before an exam. That odd camera angle gave way to Johnson at the Despatch...
Chris Skidmore: Thinking, fast and slow. Why we need a long-term Education Recovery Plan.
Chris Skidmore is a former Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Minister between 2018-2020, and is MP for Kingswood. As the first few weeks of 2021 pass in lockdown, looking depressingly like 2020, many parents will be struggling attempting to juggle working...
WATCH: PMQs – Starmer harries the Government on the deleted Home Office records
Andrew Haldenby: Cameron was right to bury Labour’s targets regime. Johnson shouldn’t now seek to resurrect it.
Andrew Haldenby is a director of Haldenby Woodford, a public services consultancy. According to reports, Home Office Ministers want to bring back national crime reduction targets for the police – most likely a 20 per cent reduction in crimes such as burglary, vehicle...
Man wins race discrimination case after being told that as he was English he should go work somewhere else
Advertisements A white Asian food factory worker who was told by his boss that he didn’t understand the recipes he was being asked to make because of his colour of skin and that he should go and work for an English firm has now won his claim of race...
