A period of calm was expected to follow Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings’ dramatic departure from Downing Street last month. But now Whitehall is awash with rumours that Simon Case, the youngest ever Cabinet Secretary at only 41, may also be one of the shortest-lived. The Cambridge-educated Case has previously worked for David Cameron … Read more
As the Government jumps from one Covid mishap to another, Labour is frothing at the mouth at the Tories’ use of private companies to solve its logistical problems. In particular, Serco has been singled out by Rachel Reeves, the Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, for being one of the biggest private provider of Government services. Certainly … Read more
Producers of The Crown are under pressure to include disclaimers about accuracy, and there is now a backlash over the way Margaret Thatcher is portrayed in the series. Gillian Anderson plays Britain’s first woman PM with an exaggerated stoop, a face etched with fatigue and a tired basso profundo voice. She also looks 20 years … Read more
As class warriors go, you’d struggle to find one more devout than Tony Woodley, the former leader of the UK’s Left-wing trade union Unite. He’s repeatedly claimed to have nothing but contempt for the Lords, where 92 hereditary peers still have the power to pass laws. And so it came as no surprise in 2018 … Read more
Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan set to star in new romcom telling the story behind the famed 1914 West End production of Pygmalion By Nick Ferris For Mailonline Published: 19:58 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 19:58 GMT, 2 November 2020 British screen legends Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter are joining forces for … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Harry Potter and the curse of the woke fan By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 00:22 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 00:22 GMT, 2 November 2020 The BBC has invited a fan of author J.K. Rowling to present a 30-minute Radio 4 documentary called: ‘Can I still read Harry Potter?’ … Read more
Who dismissed a ground-breaking report on a new initiative to extend free school meals to Britain’s neediest children, saying it was greeted with ‘at best eye-rolling and at worst exasperation’? Some hard-hearted member of the Tory Party for whom those living in poverty have only themselves to blame? A diehard critic of the welfare state … Read more
Elected MP for Leicester East, Claudia Webbe, a hard-Left Corbynite, is staying close to her former leader in more ways than one. Figures from the MPs’ Register of Interests show she is working 15 hours a month as a councillor in Islington — where Corbyn is an MP and which is 100 miles from Leicester … Read more
As one of the leading figures in British motor racing, I was intrigued to know what car David Jenkins would send to pick me up to take me to his Idle Rocks hotel on Cornwall’s glorious Roseland Peninsula. He did not disappoint. I had my first ride in an electric Tesla car, which glided through … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Can Nick Candy get the Tories to cough up the sweets? By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:55 BST, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 02:03 BST, 12 October 2020 Property developer Nick Candy is the more flamboyant half of the infamous Candy brothers duo Property developer Nick Candy is the more … Read more