‘End the bloody boring daily No10 coronavirus briefings’: Tory MPs say they should be scaled back to once a week to ‘normalise’ the country Daily Downing Street briefings have been held on coroanvirus since mid-March Senior Tories say the government is under pressure to make announcements Calls for the press conference to be scaled back … Read more
‘It’s the Dominic Cummings lockdown tour 2020’: No10 tweets reminder that Britons should ‘keep 6ft apart from people you don’t live with’… sparking explosion of memes and ridicule Government facing backlash after PM backed top aide for travelling in lockdown Today No10 reminded people to keep distance following last night’s briefing People responded by suggesting … Read more
Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings was in Downing Street this afternoon, fuelling speculation he is about to quit over apparent breaches of the coronavirus travel lockdown – as nine Tory backbenchers demanded his head. He arrived in Westminster this lunchtime as the first cracks in Tory unity appeared over revelations he twice travelled 270 miles … Read more
And now we go to… ROBBIE SAVAGE? Ex-Leicester and Wales star makes an unexpected appearance at No10 press conference with question on why country is allowed to play golf and tennis but not football Player-turned pundit, 45, highlighted the mental health benefits of football He contrasted the distancing rules for footballers to those like golf … Read more
No10 has disowned Cabinet minister Therese Coffey after she blamed government blunders on coronavirus testing and care homes on ‘wrong’ science advice. Downing Street heaped praise on its experts and insisted ‘ministers decide’ after the comments by the Work and Pensions Secretary caused a storm. As a furious blame game erupted yesterday, Ms Coffey appeared to … Read more
Boris Johnson has accidentally revealed a memo from a senior aide telling him to dodge a coronavirus showdown with the Tory backbench ‘shop steward’. The PM was photographed carrying the private message about 1922 committee chief Sir Graham Brady as he went in to Downing Street yesterday. Apparently written by Mr Johnson’s private secretary Ben … Read more
RICHARD KAY: Did Boris Johnson fall victim to the No10 ‘machismo culture’? By Richard Kay for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 10 April 2020 | Updated: 23:40 BST, 10 April 2020 The hardest part must be accepting the sympathy, those reassuring messages that have flooded in, while having to acknowledge that the exterior he … Read more
Downing Street is under growing pressure to explain the continued absence of Priti Patel from the government’s daily coronavirus press conferences. They have been running since March 16 and have seen numerous senior ministers drafted in to update the nation on the latest in the fight against the deadly disease. But the Home Secretary is … Read more
How ill is Dominic Cummings? Boris Johnson’s chief adviser is ‘not working in Number 10 and hasn’t been seen since running out of Downing Street before developing coronavirus symptoms’ PM’s top aide Dominic Cummings has been in self-isolation since March 30 He had developed coronavirus symptoms and is yet to return to Whitehall Downing Street … Read more
Dominic Raab arrives at Downing Street this morning Fears were raised over a power vacuum at the heart of government today after Boris Johnson was admitted to intensive care battling coronavirus. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been officially ‘deputised’ by the PM to fill in while he tries to recover from the potentially deadly disease. … Read more