Allies of President Trump have considered acquiring and investing in conservative television network Newmax TV, which has championed the Commander-in-Chief and has yet to call the election for Joe Biden, report says. The Wall Street Journal reported that Hicks Equity Firm, a private-equity firm linked to a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, has expressed interest … Read more
Boris Johnson’s old political ‘frenemy’ Michael Gove is looking increasingly isolated today after the resignation of Dominic Cummings, one of his closest and oldest allies. Mr Cummings and the Cabinet Office Minister have a long history of working together across Government and, perhaps most crucially, as the brains behind the Vote Leave Campaign in 2016. … Read more
Allies of the Prime Minister say he will u-turn and provide more funding to feed poor children amid a backlash of Tory MPs threatening to join forces with Labour. Boris Johnson has been battling with the prospect of a major revolt over the refusal to extend free school meals over the holidays – as a petition … Read more
Boris Johnson is now a man with ‘misery etched on his face’ as Covid and money troubles wear down the formally ‘ebullient’ and ‘cajoling’ figure of old. A deeply unflattering portrait published yesterday suggested that the combination of his own brush with death, dealing with the pandemic and personal financial concerns had taken a terrible … Read more
Two allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navanly won local parliament seats Monday in the Siberian city of Tomsk where he was allegedly poisoned last month, according to early poll results. Andrei Fateev and Ksenia Fadeeva came out on top in two constituencies, while the ruling United Russia party topped the polls overall in Tomsk … Read more
HISTORY SICILY ’43 by James Holland (Bantam £25, 640 pp) Sicily was a tough nut to crack for the Allied forces from Britain, Canada and the U.S., who landed on the enemy-occupied Mediterranean island in the blistering summer of 1943. They came from fighting Rommel’s tanks on the wide open deserts of North Africa to … Read more
Allies of Theresa May have rejected explosive claims that Donald Trump ‘humiliated and bullied’ her during official phone calls. Sources close to the former prime minister said a report Mrs May had been left ‘flustered’ during conversations with the US President were ‘utter nonsense’. However, they conceded that the calls were ‘not always easy, because … Read more
Priti Patel allies mount fightback after slew of bullying allegations saying Home Secretary has ‘never crossed a line’ on treatment of colleagues Home Secretary Priti Patel has been facing a slew of bullying allegations Allies of the minister insist she has ‘never crossed a line’ despite pressure Ms Patel denies all the claims against her, … Read more
BIOGRAPHY An Englishman Abroad by Gianluca Barneschi (Osprey £16.99, 336 pp) On the night of August 14, 1943, a British secret agent fell from the sky into Lake Como in northern Italy. Dick Mallaby hit the water carrying codes hidden inside a toothpaste tube, radio equipment in his shaving brush, an antenna disguised as a … Read more
Allies of Priti Patel (pictured in London this week) have angrily denied that she has been snubbing Home Office mandarin Sir Philip Rutnam Priti Patel’s allies today angrily denied that she has been snubbing Home Office mandarin Sir Philip Rutnam – saying he failed to turn up for a meeting with the Cabinet minister yesterday. … Read more