Scots voters’ ‘loathing’ for Boris Johnson sees surge in support for independence, reveals polls

Scots voters’ ‘loathing’ for Boris Johnson sees 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 per … Read more

Britain’s biscuits explored in a jam-packed book about our favourite teatime nibble 

Gordon Brown often struck a forlorn figure as Prime Minister. But it was the dithering over what was his favourite biscuit that did the damage and best defined his short-lived premiership, after he was asked no fewer than 12 times by the Mumsnet website to reveal whether he was a Bourbon man, a Lemon Puff … Read more

Danny Dyer lays into Boris Johnson and clique ‘who all went to same school’ in rant on Covid-hit UK

Danny Dyer has hit out at the political elite and slammed privately educated polticians who went to Eton saying they are incapable of running the country.  The actor made the comments in a passionate rant about the state of Covid-hit Britain.      He instead called for working class people to get involved in politics and use … Read more

Bullingdon revisited: Ten black Oxford undergraduates recreate famed photo

Bullingdon revisited: Ten black Oxford undergraduates recreate famed David Cameron and Boris Johnson portrayal of ‘white privilege’ Ten black Oxford freshers have recreated the infamous Bullingdon Club photo  Photo is intended to inspire others from tough backgrounds to strive for success The original photo featured a young Boris Johnson and David Cameron  By David Wilkes … Read more

Camila Batmanghelidjh brushed off warnings about Kids Company charity’s financial woes

Kids Company boss ‘bullied her staff and ignored cash crisis’: Camila Batmanghelidjh brushed off warnings about charity’s financial woes and boasted of ‘special relationship’ with HMRC, court hears Camila Batmanghelidjh said to have begged David Cameron to bail out charity She boasted ‘special relationship’ with HMRC which meant tax bill not be paid The allegations … Read more

TOM BOWER: When Boris Johnson had Covid, his relationship with children was strained

One week into Boris Johnson‘s campaign to take over from Theresa May as Prime Minister last year, long-standing differences of opinion among his team erupted.  Lynton Crosby, the strategist who had masterminded his victory as London Mayor, was frozen out by Boris’s partner Carrie Symonds, who was convinced he had orchestrated her recent departure from … Read more

The bitter jealousies between the three ex-Bullingdon boys who ran Britain

Tensions were running high between the three men sharing a cheese fondue at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2013.  United in leading the governing Tory Party and yet utterly divided by their ambition, Prime Minister David Cameron, Chancellor George Osborne and London Mayor Boris Johnson had exhibited their childlike rivalries at a … Read more

What brass! Eco peer who runs oligarch’s giant metals firm pollutes House of Lords rules

What brass! Eco peer who runs oligarch’s giant metals firm pollutes House of Lords rules By Anna Mikhailova For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:15 BST, 4 October 2020 | Updated: 01:17 BST, 4 October 2020 Lord Barker of Battle took a break from running oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s giant metals firm last week to deliver … Read more