Alastair Campbell has admitted that he would let his partner Fiona Millar ‘take blame’ for his mental health issues at the height of his battle with depression, because it was easier than facing up to his illness. The former political aide, 63, who has struggled with bouts of depression, appeared with his long-term partner Fiona, … Read more
Priti Patel’s allies have laid a flurry of embarrassing leaks disclosing brainstorming on asylum policy firmly at the door of the Foreign Office. The past week has seen several reports emerge describing extraordinary measures being mooted by the Home Office to get to grips with migration. One claimed that Ms Patel had instructed her department … Read more
Friends of Priti Patel reacted with fury today over leaks that suggested she was behind a range of madcap ideas including processing asylum seekers thousands of miles from Britain. Reports have suggested the Home Secretary was looking at ‘offshoring’ refugees arriving in Britain in places including Ascension island and St Helena in the south Atlantic, … Read more
A rapist who tried to blame an imaginary identical twin for the attack has been jailed for 22 years. Khaled Argoub, 21, followed a woman off a tube and dragged her into a dark park where he choked her until she blacked out and sexually assaulted her. He was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on … Read more
Angela Rayner last night accused Boris Johnson of ‘abandoning’ care homes to their fate as she blamed his ‘failure and incompetence’ for the thousands who had died. In a stinging attack on the PM, Labour’s deputy leader – who was a care worker herself before she entered politics – lambasted him for reneging on his … Read more
Fury after Pakistan police chief ‘victim blames’ mother who was gang-raped in front of her two children because she was out with a male guardian French mother to blame for her rape Pakistani police chief Umar Sheikh appears to say Victim allegedly attacked by several men in front of her two children Police chief’s comments criticised … Read more
A defiant couple who banned fat people weighing over 100kg from staying at their cottage on Airbnb blamed ‘easily offended snowflakes’ and fat people for the property advert being removed from the website. Marcus Farkas, 52, and his partner Zsuzanna, 34, had imposed a 100kg weight limit on guests staying at their luxury, medieval cottage in Sandwich, … Read more
Humans are to blame for 96 per cent of all mammal extinctions over the past 126,000 years, study claims More than 500 mammal species could be gone forever by the end of the century Scientists claim humans are to blame for 96 per cent of all mammal extinctions Study says human-caused climate change posed a … Read more
Line of Duty writer Jed Mercurio sparked debate on Twitter after suggesting flight attendants not forcing people to wear face coverings on a British Airways plane were ‘to blame’ if production of seris 6 of the hit show gets shut down. Taking to social media yesterday afternoon, the Mercurio, 54, expressed his outrage that cabin … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Coronavirus, the new go-to excuse for why businesses can’t possibly provide customers with basic customer service By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 25 August 2020 With so many people still working from home, I often receive phone calls from numbers I don’t … Read more