No mother-in-law jokes, Boris Johnson! Carrie Symonds’ mother moves into Number 10 to help look after her eight-month-old baby grandson Josephine McAffee reportedly formed a ‘household bubble’ with Carrie and PM She is said to be helping to look after the couple’s eight-month-old baby, Wilfred Pair were first unmarried couple to occupy No10 when they … Read more
Dominic Cummings got a PAY RISE from £95k to £140k: Boris Johnson’s lockdown-flouting adviser had his pay boosted by at least £40k before he left No10 – as documents reveal PM’s army of SpAds cost taxpayer almost £10m The Cabinet Office today published its annual report on special adviser pay Data shows Dominic Cummings saw … Read more
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Traditional tree felled in York is put up outside Number 10 as Boris Johnson says it is a ‘first step to bringing us some festive cheer in a very challenging year’ Traditional Downing Street Christmas tree was put up outside Number 10 today Tree came from a … Read more
More evidence of changing of the guard at No10 as Dominic Cummings’ ally Cleo Watson quits after he was ousted in brutal power struggle Dominic Cummings’ ally Cleo Watson is latest Vote Leave veteran to leave No10 Was known as ‘Cummings whisperer’ but not seen as involved in power struggle Boris Johnson struggling to ‘reset’ … Read more
Boris Johnson drafts in former Treasury aide Dan Rosenfield who worked for George Osborne as new No10 chief of staff after Dominic Cummings ousting Boris Johnson has appointed Dan Rosenfield as his new Downing St chief of staff The move comes after power struggle that saw Dominic Cummings ousted Mr Rosenfield worked in the Treasury … Read more
The Government has been accused of following an ‘institutionally racist’ lockdown policy in England which has sacrificed Diwali in favour of Christmas. Oxford University medicine professor Dr Soham Bandyopadhyay argued it was unfair that people who celebrate Diwali are now not allowed to see family. The five-day Festival of Lights, which began on November 14, … Read more
The Cummings clearout: No10 ‘will hand back control of special advisers to ministers’ as maverick aide’s legacy is dramatically torched Special advisers had to report directly to Dominic Cummings under old regime But new regime led by acting chief of staff Edward Lister is tearing up old rules Means special advisers will once again report … Read more
The vicious Downing Street civil war escalated again today amid claims allies of Dominic Cummings have accused the PM’s fiancee of wanting to be the ‘new Princess Diana’. The wave of negative briefing is threatening to tear the government apart, with jibes from the Vote Leave faction that Carrie Symonds is trying to ‘run the … Read more
New No10 press chief Allegra Stratton breaks cover to slam ‘unpleasant’ Vote Leave aides amid claims she was ‘left in tears’ by vicious briefing – insisting she IS a Tory and voted for Brexit By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 11:55 GMT, 15 November 2020 | Updated: 11:58 GMT, 15 November 2020 New … Read more
‘She sums up the mood of a nation’: BBC accidentally cuts to Look East regional news presenter looking VERY unimpressed during its lunchtime bulletin on ‘tensions at No10’ Louise Priest, BBC Look East presenter, sighing heavily after screen cut to her Newsreader Jane Hill was suppose to be cutting to a political correspondent Users took … Read more