He’s pathetic,’ said one member of the public in a focus group. ‘It’s the biggest issue facing the country and the guy doesn’t have the guts to say where he stands,’ said another. Thankfully for officials in the Tory high command reading this feedback in the party’s Westminster HQ, it was Jeremy Corbyn, and not … Read more
The Vatican ‘invested $4.5million in men in Black sequel and Elton John biopic Rocketman, featuring gay sex and drug abuse’ Vatican Secretariat of State was raided by Vatican police in October this year ‘Electronic devices and documents were found to show financial irregularities’ The Holy See splurged $4.5 million on the entertainment industry in 2019 … Read more
Care home of horrors where one child ate 122 chicken nuggets in a week and another was found covered in faeces is closed Orbis Abbey Rose is a residential kid’s home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Those living with autism and learning difficulties live there year round A damning report from Ofsted has forced the care facility … Read more
Selfish selfie-takers from the ‘Instagram generation’ are spoiling museums and galleries, art lovers say Outrage from art enthusiasts over people taking selfies inside galleries The photos are put on people’s Facebook page or shared on the Instagram app One critic says she saw people charge through a gallery to get a photo backdrop By Dominique … Read more
Shirt collar askew, ill-fitting suit and grey face a picture of misery and forbearance, Harvey Weinstein shuffled into a Manhattan court this week hunched over a walking frame. Two tennis balls stuck on the rear feet of the frame, presumably for a smoother ride over the marble floor of the court house, added to the … Read more
Humiliated Liberal Democrats are cast into political wilderness with Jo Swinson losing her seat amid catastrophic losses for the pro-Remain party An inquest into Jo Swinson has begun after the Lib Dems secured just 11 seats By 3.45am she lost the East Dunbartonshire seat to SNP’s Amy Callaghan by 149 Sir Ed Davey and Baroness Sal … Read more
This wasn’t just a defiant reaffirmation of the EU referendum result, it was a damning repudiation of those who have spent the past three and a half years trying to Stop Brexit. It also served as a timely reminder that there is life outside the Westminster bubble, that social media is not the real world. … Read more
Paying the price: All 18 defectors who left their parties amid Brexit turmoil lost their seats in Boris Johnson’s landslide election victory The former Tory minister and ardent Remainer Anna Soubry lost her seat Also losing seats his seat was the former attorney general Dominic Grieve Former justice secretary David Gauke also lost the whip … Read more
Boris Johnson is to embark on a ‘charm offensive’ in Scotland after Nicola Sturgeon demanded a second independence referendum. The SNP took 48 of the country’s 59 Westminster seats in the General Election, re-igniting calls from Scottish nationalists for a further ballot. The Prime Minister contacted senior Tories on election night to acknowledge the enormous … Read more
Labour frontbencher Richard Burgon’s mooted leadership bid has been mercilessly ridiculed before it even got the chance to get off the ground. The shadow justice secretary, who is one of Jeremy Corbyn‘s most trusted lieutenants, fuelled speculation he was poised to enter the race by today refusing to rule out throwing his hat into the … Read more
Boris Johnson is set to use his thumping majority as a mandate to dramatically shake up his cabinet, rewarding the election’s star performers and firing those whose threatened to derail the campaign. The Prime Minister, who has vowed to plow ahead with his new administration immediately, will waste no time reshuffling his top team to … Read more
An indebted car mechanic who saw a pensioner’s inheritance money land in his account by mistake has insisted that he tried to return the money but the bank refused to take it. Peter Teich, 74, made a simple mistake when providing his solicitor with a sort code after his father’s death and £193,000 was wired … Read more
Now for a 100-day whirlwind: Boris Johnson hits the ground running with a tour of the North, a reshuffle, a Queen’s Speech and, of course, Brexit PM’s tour will include visit to so-called Red Wall of formerly safe Labour seats According to aides, he could go to Sedgefield, Tony Blair’s former constituency Today Johnson urged all voters to … Read more