Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has slammed government incompetence following the A-level U-turn yesterday – but Gavin Williamson is still expected to stay on. After coming under vast pressure, Mr Williamson decided to allow GCSE and A-level results in England to be based on teachers’ predicted grades. But tens of thousands of pupils still face … Read more
Gavin Williamson was branded a ‘lame duck’ Education Secretary last night as senior Tories urged him to quit over the exams fiasco. MPs believe he will ultimately get the boot when the Prime Minister reshuffles his Cabinet this autumn. But former ministers insisted he should go now, saying his position was ‘completely untenable’. One added: … Read more
A Conservative campaigner who said she had left the party because she was being bullied and was later found dead at the foot of cliffs took her own life, an inquest has ruled. Jade Smith, 21, became well-known after featuring on BBC‘s Mighty Redcar programme, campaigning for the Conservative party and talking about her ‘I … Read more
Tory MP tells Gary Lineker to offer his mansion for migrants to use after blasting Match of the Day host for ‘virtue signalling’ over record Channel crossings Ashfield MP Lee Anderson slammed Match of the Day host as a ‘virtue signaller’ He made comments while discussing illegal Channel crossings on Talk Radio Lineker, 59, lives … Read more
Winston Churchill’s grandson Tory MP Nicholas Soames says Boris Johnson is ‘no Churchill’ and his Cabinet is ‘the worst in 36 years’ Sir Nicholas Soames has delivered damning verdict on Boris Johnson’s Cabinet Tory former MP said many ministers ‘very average’ and government is ‘dismal’ Dismissed comparisons between Mr Johnson and his own grandfather Churchill … Read more
Cabinet minister ‘tried to lobby Boris Johnson to back Charlie Elphicke after he was charged with sexual assault’, source claims He allegedly tried to get members of the Cabinet to raise his case with the PM The PM was said to be ‘initially sympathetic’ but was warned not to intervene Elphicke was convicted of three … Read more
Jo Johnson Boris Johnson approved his brother Jo Johnson, who was a minister of state and MP for Orpington, for a peerage. In 2019, he resigned from Cabinet citing he was ‘torn between family loyalty and the national interest’. Ken Clarke Former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke was picked for a peerage by the Prime Minister after … Read more
Jackson Carlaw today quit as leader of the Scottish Conservatives Party after less than six months in the job. Mr Carlaw said he made the ‘painful decision’ after realising he was not the best person to lead the party in the run-up to next year’s Holyrood election. The politician’s departure, with immediate effect, leaves the Scottish Tories … Read more
The UK Government has today been accused of ‘taking a leaf out of Donald Trump‘s playbook’ after using social media to publicly denounce journalists. Ministers have come under increasing scrutiny from the press during the pandemic for a series of failings which have led to the UK suffering the worst death toll in Europe. The … Read more
Google’s right-wing blacklist: Ex-engineer at tech giant says glitch which blocked some conservative websites from appearing in their search may have exposed a secret internal list which suppresses certain outlets Google on Tuesday morning for several hours did not display conservative news The company says they’re aware of the incident but did not give an … Read more