Disgraceful attempts to tarnish Captain Tom’s memory have already taken place from a Church of England clergyman Erecting a statue to honour Captain Sir Tom Moore might be tempting fate. I’d give it no more than a week before it would be attacked by Black Lives Matter headbangers. As millions of people turned out on … Read more
Each day as I drive past a historic local pub, the Plough, on the fringes of London’s Richmond Park on my way to work, my mind turns to the real costs of lockdown. It includes the money spent by the landlord last year to create an outdoor drinking area; the lost revenues from duties on … Read more
Sir Tom Moore was a wonderfully optimistic 100-year-old Yorkshireman who’s determination lifted the mood of the nation. I have defended his right to take one last holiday in Barbados with his lovely family and have toasted his extraordinary fundraising efforts. I understand why people would wish to publicly applaud him on their doorsteps – not … Read more
Heart-throb George Clooney has revealed that during lockdown he has been doing seven loads of laundry a day, as well as a variety of household tasks, including sewing, cooking and mopping the floor. But Clooney isn’t the first silver-screen hero to be a master of domestic chores… Heart-throb George Clooney has revealed that during lockdown … Read more
Tucked away in the National Archives, among state documents and papers of historic significance, is a humble letter written by an anonymous woman. The script is a beautiful cursive, and although the paper is blotted and torn, the poignancy shines through, 100 years after the writer posted it when Britain was in the throes of … Read more
Earlier this week Sir Keir Starmer presented a party political broadcast beside a Union Flag, promising to ‘rebuild our country’. Can you imagine his predecessor as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, wrapping himself in the flag? Only if it were the Palestinian one, or possibly the Irish tricolour, in homage to his long-standing apparent support for … Read more
We’ve had to wait a while but Sir Keir Starmer’s lid finally blew yesterday. Out of nowhere, that neatly oiled head of his simply exploded like a shaken-up can of Vimto. For months we have grown accustomed to the Labour leader occupying a saintly plinth inside the chamber, a beacon of trustworthiness, a model of … Read more
Don’t panic. This is not doomsday. The sight of government testers going door-to-door in protective clothing, in search of the new Covid variants, might look like a scene from a horror movie, but there’s no cause for real alarm. Coronavirus mutations such as the so-called South African variant, which have emerged in recent weeks, are … Read more
For politicians across the world, the past 12 months have brought challenges few could have imagined. And inevitably, every government has made its share of mistakes. But for some people, determined to hold up a magnifying glass to Britain’s failings, there has always been a shining beacon of honesty and competence — the EU. Time … Read more
ROS ALTMANN: We cannot squander this golden opportunity to open up care homes to visitors By Ros Altmann For The Daily Mail Published: 02:47 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 02:47 GMT, 2 February 2021 The Government and NHS deserve the highest praise for the successful roll-out of the vaccination programme in care homes. It … Read more