After prime ministers waddle out of Downing Street for the final time there’s a tendency for their looks to, well, go to pot. Think Gordon Brown’s haunted features or Tony Blair’s stocking-over-the head visage. So when David Cameron appeared before the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy yesterday I was expecting an ungainly mass of … Read more
JAN MOIR: The socially distanced broadcast of the Golden Globes ceremony found most stars beaming in on Zoom to accept their gongs. I know what you are thinking.
Well, it would have to be a French referee, wouldn’t it? English rugby supporters are still raging about a decision by Pascal Gauzere in the match between us and the Welsh on Saturday, when he instructed the England captain Owen Farrell to tell his team to ‘change your behaviour’. While Farrell gathered them around to … Read more
Well, it would have to be a French referee, wouldn’t it? English rugby supporters are still raging about a decision by Pascal Gauzere in the match between us and the Welsh on Saturday, when he instructed the England captain Owen Farrell to tell his team to ‘change your behaviour’. While Farrell gathered them around to … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Hitting the nation’s wealth creators would be folly By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 GMT, 28 February 2021 | Updated: 22:31 GMT, 28 February 2021 No post-war British Chancellor has faced a more difficult challenge than the one confronting Rishi Sunak on Wednesday. He knows he must release the ‘coiled … Read more
Two contrasting public statements in the past few days tell you everything you need to know about the vaccination crisis engulfing the European Union. In Britain, the Queen took a clear lead by declaring that anyone hesitant to take the jab should think of others and not themselves. Chancellor Angela Merkel, meanwhile, told 83 million … Read more
The roadmap to recovery has been successfully delivered. And now, for the first time since the Election, the political pathway for Boris Johnson is clear. Land the budget. Unlock Britain. Complete a bold reshuffle of the Cabinet. Oh, and one other thing. Either build a garret at the top of Downing Street and lock Carrie … Read more
The roadmap to recovery has been successfully delivered. And now, for the first time since the Election, the political pathway for Boris Johnson is clear. Land the budget. Unlock Britain. Complete a bold reshuffle of the Cabinet. Oh, and one other thing. Either build a garret at the top of Downing Street and lock Carrie … Read more
SIR JOHN REDWOOD MP: It’s a simple law of nature: low taxes stimulate growth By John Redwood For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:07 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 02:30 GMT, 28 February 2021 The way to get the colossal deficit down is to promote and encourage growth. And allow people back to work … Read more
We’re all nearly a year older than when we first went into lockdown. And it’s not only policeman who seem youthful to me these days. When I heard Grant Shapps was the first Cabinet Minister to have the jab, at the age of 52, my first thought was: ‘Gosh, the rest must all be so young.’ … Read more