David Cameron said Boris Johnson‘s rumoured plan to cut Britain’s foreign aid spending by £5billion would be a ‘moral, strategic and political’ error – while Tony Blair has slammed the proposals as ‘a profound strategic mistake’. Intervention from the two former Prime Ministers follows reports that Boris Johnson is planning on slashing the £15billion international development budget to … Read more
David Cameron said Boris Johnson‘s rumoured plan to cut Britain’s foreign aid spending by £5billion would be a ‘moral, strategic and political’ error – while Tony Blair slammed the proposals as ‘a profound strategic mistake’. Intervention from the two former Prime Ministers follows reports that Boris Johnson was planning on slashing the £15 billion international development budget … Read more
Whether educating prime ministers or royalty, Eton has long had a reputation as a training ground for the powerful. And a new study quantifying the school’s impact on British society has confirmed its influence in all spheres of public life. Eton College, whose alumni include Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Prince William, is officially the … Read more
Tory leaders and baseball caps don’t mix, David Cameron! Former PM appears to have taken some ill-advised style tips from his predecessor William Hague as he dresses down for a walk in Kensington David Cameron emerged from a Ford Transit van with security detail in London Former PM looked very different from the sharp-suited politician … Read more
The shock departure of Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain from the upper echelons of Downing Street cap a remarkable turnaround for a gang used to doing the hiring and firing. Mr Cummings and his cadre of Vote Leavers oversaw what became known as a ‘Bonfire of the Spads’ after Boris Johnson took over from Theresa … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a Downing Street meltdown amid claims fiancee Carrie Symonds is fighting plans to make a former Vote Leave aide his chief of staff. Lee Cain, currently Downing Street‘s director of communications, is said to be in ‘advanced discussions’ about the new post. But leaks about the talks happening have sparked a backlash from … Read more
No10 head of press and former Vote Leave official Lee Cain is in talks to become Boris Johnson’s chief of staff Lee Cain is said to be in ‘advanced discussions’ about the potential new post Promotion would be big rise for former Daily Mirror election chicken journalist Chief of staff will operate as the Prime … Read more
Boris Johnson was urged to make a fully functioning test and trace system his Government‘s ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in the summer in an extra-ordinary intervention by his predecessors in Number 10. Former chancellor George Osborne has revealed that Conservatives David Cameron and Sir John Major and the Labour former prime ministers Gordon Brown and … Read more
Ex-PMs Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, John Major and David Cameron joined together MONTHS ago to tell Boris Johnson to make test and trace his ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in order to beat coronavirus Former chancellor George Osborne revealed the letter was sent to PM in July It was signed by David Cameron, John Major, Tony … Read more
Scottish voters’ ‘loathing’ for Boris Johnson is behind surge in support for independence: PM is disliked even more than Theresa May or David Cameron, pollsters reveal Poll by JL Partners found 56 per cent would now vote in favour of independence Results are almost a mirror opposite of the Scottish referendum results in 2014 79 … Read more