Jacob Rees-Mogg took his wife and 12-year-old son to his election count last night as he won his seat after being sidelined for most of the campaign. The Conservative minister was returned in North East Somerset with 50.4 per cent of the vote and an increased majority of 14,729 over Labour. His wife Helena and … Read more
Boris Johnson is on track to secure a staggering landslide in the election battle tonight as Labour’s ‘red wall’ of Brexit-backing strongholds implodes. The hotly-awaited exit poll shows voters handing the Tories a massive 368 seats, with Labour languishing on 191 – down 71 on 2017 and the worst performance in modern history. The SNP … Read more
Boris Johnson today insisted he is not too posh to win over working-class Labour voters – as he launched a savage attack on Jeremy Corbyn amid a frantic final election push. In an eve-of-poll interview with MailOnline, the PM questioned his opponent’s patriotism as he accused him of repeatedly ‘siding with our enemies’ and following … Read more
An attempt by Matt Hancock to defuse a row over a sick child who was forced to lie on a hospital floor while he waited for treatment descended into farce today after a Labour activist was falsely accused of punching an aide to the Health Secretary. Mr Hancock was sent to Leeds General Infirmary after … Read more
The Tories today hit back at the BBC over claims Boris Johnson is dodging a grilling from Andrew Neil – dismissing it as a ‘tired format’. A senior party source said voters were fed up with programmes that were ‘all about the interviewer’ and involved ‘endless interruptions’. The furious retort came after Neil, one of … Read more
Boris Johnson uses a £400 HUAWEI phone to take a selfie on This Morning with Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby – after suggesting the Chinese firm could be barred from the UK’s 5G network as a security risk Following This Morning interview he used what appeared to be a Huawei P20 Willoughby said PM reappeared … Read more
Tories have a 10-point lead over Labour with just a WEEK until the general election as Jeremy Corbyn struggles to turn around his campaign The crunch general election vote on December 12 is now just seven days away But Labour appears to have stalled in the polls and is not making any progress New survey … Read more
Nigel Farage today lashed out at Jacob Rees-Mogg’s sister for quitting the Brexit Party along with three other MEPs. Mr Farage complained that his former colleagues ‘don’t understand’ the election dynamics in Labour marginals after they dramatically abandoned him, urging voters to back Boris Johnson at the election. But in a bruising interview with the BBC’s … Read more
The FTSE 100 closed up 5.02 points at 7451.89 and the pound was at $1.31 against the dollar. Oil prices hit their highest level so far this year, fuelled by violent clashes in oil-rich Libya. The instability poses a threat to the supply of oil from Libya. A barrel of Brent crude was trading 0.97 … Read more