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QUENTIN LETTS: This gruesome Home Office twosome shrivelled and shrank like lab specimens of managerial ineptitude as they were grilled by MPs

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Rycroft and Ridley: it could be an ecclesiastical outfitter’s, or a cheese shop in Belgravia. ‘Delicious Stinking Bishop, Petunia.’ ‘Thank you, I sourced it from Rycroft and Ridley.’ In fact Sir Matthew Rycroft is the Home Office‘s permanent secretary and Simon Ridley its interim second permanent secretary. For two hours they faced the Commons home … Read more

Prince William glances at Kate with a look of love as the couple enter Westminster Abbey

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It was a look of love and admiration captured in the blink of an eye. As Prince William entered Westminster Abbey, he glanced over at his wife as if to say he was the luckiest man in the world. Not because he is the heir to the throne, but because he has such a wonderful … Read more

NANA AKUA: Why I’m thrilled by the invitation to pledge my ‘true allegiance’ to King Charles III

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NANA AKUA: Why I’m thrilled by the invitation to pledge my ‘true allegiance’ to King Charles III By Nana Akua Published: 22:44 BST, 30 April 2023 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 30 April 2023 I am thrilled by the invitation to take the oath because the opportunity to pledge my ‘true allegiance’ to the King is … Read more

JAN MOIR: Embrace the bling, King Charles! What’s the point of pomp without the oomph?…

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Poor King Charles. He can’t do right for doing wrong and he can’t do wrong without making everything worse — but he can’t have it both ways. He wants a slimmed-down monarchy but he wants his wife to be crowned Queen, he wants a right-on realm alongside his personal fortune of £1.8 billion and, worst … Read more

Britain should be seizing the opportunities of Brexit, scrapping tax-free shopping is an own goal

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Paris, Rome and Berlin can’t believe their luck! When Britain should be seizing the opportunities of Brexit, scrapping tax-free shopping for international tourists is a spectacular own goal, writes SIR ROCCO FORTE By Sir Rocco Forte For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:03 GMT, 12 February 2023 | Updated: 01:13 GMT, 12 February 2023 What … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Dirty? No, this new colliery will be a proud town’s ray of sunshine 

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ROBERT HARDMAN: Dirty? No, this new colliery will be a proud town’s ray of sunshine By Robert Hardman for the Daily Mail Published: 00:08 GMT, 8 December 2022 | Updated: 01:26 GMT, 8 December 2022 There is nothing dirty about coal as far as Whitehaven is concerned. Rather, it defines this proud old town and … Read more

KATIE HIND: Why charming, self-deprecating Matt Hancock is the crush I never thought I’d admit to 

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During the pandemic, whenever Matt Hancock would appear on TV to begin yet another press conference, my sister and I would roll our eyes. He seemed like an especially boring politician – one who was a bit too fond of calling for ever-harsher lockdowns. By the end of the pandemic, even my 10-year-old niece could … Read more

SUELLA BRAVERMAN: Britain is generous … but people who come here illegally are NOT welcome 

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SUELLA BRAVERMAN: Britain is generous… but people who come here illegally are NOT welcome By Suella Braverman For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:00 GMT, 5 November 2022 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 5 November 2022 Home Secretary Suella Braverman (pictured) argues that the ‘asylum system has been broken by an unprecedented wave of illegal migration’ … Read more

No other democracy could have removed Liz Truss with such speed and efficiency, writes ANDREW NEIL 

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Probably best you sit down before you read my next sentence. Westminster works. Seriously. I’ll say it again: Westminster works. Step away from the avalanche of gleeful negativity about Britain which has spewed out from domestic and foreign media in recent weeks — some of it deserved — and consider what’s just happened. Within days … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Kwasi Kwarteng delivers a genuine Tory Budget that spells end of Treasury doomsters 

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ALEX BRUMMER: Kwasi Kwarteng delivers a genuine Tory Budget that spells the end of Treasury doomsters By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 23 September 2022 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 23 September 2022 The boldness and courage of Kwasi Kwarteng’s debut Budget is seismic. By taking a hatchet to taxes and placing growth … Read more