Don’t worry Ben, we’ll give you the Low-down: ANNA MIKHAILOVA brings Lord Lansley’s staffer up to speed on on his boss’s paid directorship By Anna Mikhailova For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:24 BST, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 25 October 2020 Ben Rich, staffer to former Health Secretary Lord Lansley, may be … Read more
Are black men not supposed to be allowed to attend top schools, live in nice villages, or support whatever political party they wish, asks Bim Afolami (pictured) There were some pretty distasteful comments about me on Facebook earlier this year. I found myself described as a ‘black boy’ who, because I went to Oxford (a … Read more
Social media giants are accused of ‘politically motivated censorship’ after they blocked stories alleging corruption involving Donald Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden Twitter and Facebook stopped users from linking to Biden corruption stories The sites claimed the article needed fact checking and violated hacking rules New York Post reported Biden’s son allegedly offered to introduce … Read more
Three MPs launch legal action against the Government after officials allegedly failed to account for £3BILLION in private contracts during coronavirus pandemic Caroline Lucas, Debbie Abrahams and Layla Morgan launched a judicial review The case was launched over Government failure to disclose details of spending The Government has 21 days to respond to the judicial … Read more
More Tories joined the revolt on coronavirus curbs today – despite suggestions Commons rules could save Boris Johnson from an humiliating defeat this week. The PM is struggling to quell growing fury from his own MPs over the restrictions and the lack of parliamentary scrutiny. There are claims that up to 100 are ready to … Read more
Can Tory rebels defeat Boris Johnson in vote on ‘draconian’ coronavirus laws? MPs’ anger grows over use of emergency powers to introduce tough new pandemic restrictions More than 50 MPs have signed an amendment laid down by Sir Graham Brady They are demanding votes before any future curbs on British ‘liberty’ brought in Labour and the … Read more
Springy Matt Hancock clicked his brogues… but Mr Speaker simply squinted: HENRY DEEDES watches the Health Secretary feeling the heat in Parliament By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:28 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 01:47 BST, 16 September 2020 Whenever Matt Hancock now comes to the chamber, there is a contest among … Read more
New Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey admits the party ‘lost touch’ with voters after vowing to reverse Brexit referendum and warns activists it will not be ‘quick or simple’ to turn around after three crushing general elections in a row Sir Ed Davey was today elected as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats … Read more
Right-wing or pro-Brexit academics are ‘censored’ on British university campuses, report warns A survey found fewer than 20 per cent of academics voted for Right-wing parties In comparison 75 per cent voted Labour, Liberal Democrat or Green from 2017 Paper suggest a ‘structural discriminatory effect’ on Right-leaning academics By Daily Mail Reporter For The Daily … Read more
Sir Ed Davey’s face was a picture. A whirling, twirling swirl of yee-haw, whoop-dee-doo delight. Golfers know the one: that pop-eyed look of pleasure that players pull, half shock/half ecstasy, as their ball plops into the hole from long distance. Like the novice hacker who’s just chipped in from a bunker, the acting Lib Dem … Read more