Facebook has today launched a campaign to weed out misinformation about the coronavirus — even though the truth about the disease has constantly changed throughout the course of the pandemic. Leading scientists insisted at the beginning of the outbreak that human-to-human transmission was unlikely, that it looked just like a bad flu and that it … Read more
Rebecca Long-Bailey tells Sir Keir Starmer he’s plunged Labour into an ‘avoidable mess’ by firing her for tweeting an interview which contained an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory Rebecca Long-Bailey hits out at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer over her sacking The hard-Left MP claims that Sir Keir made up his mind to dismiss her too quickly … Read more
One of the most striking pictures of the weekend was the sight of the Prime Minister prone on the floor of his Downing Street office. He was in fact proving that he is full of beans after his near-death experience with Covid, by performing press-ups in an interview with The Mail on Sunday. As a … Read more
Boris Johnson today vowed to keep splashing the cash despite mounting government debt as he insisted the coronavirus crisis can be an ‘opportunity for change’. The PM said he will ‘double down’ on investment in ‘levelling up’ the UK, comparing the effort to Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal following the Great Depression in the US … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has accused ministers of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over the delayed reopening of the nation’s schools as Gavin Williamson said he will publish a plan this week for a full return to classrooms in September. The Labour leader said there had been a ‘total lack of planning’ by the Government which … Read more
Ed Miliband denies new Labour leader Keir Starmer is ‘purging’ Corbynistas saying he was right to sack senior left-winger Rebecca Long-Bailey for a ‘significant error of judgement’ in anti-Semitism row Mr Miliband said ‘decent’ Ms Long-Bailey made a ‘significant error of judgement’ She shared article online containing an allegedly anti-Semitic conspiracy theory In it actress … Read more
Labour’s Keir Starmer OVERTAKES Boris Johnson to become the nation’s favourite to be prime minister as Downing Street is rocked by coronavirus and Tory donor ‘cash-for-access’ row Sir Keir is now on 37 per cent, with Mr Johnson on 35 per cent, Opinium found Won plaudits for swift action on alleged anti-Semitism by sacking Corbynite … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has appointed banker-turned child poverty activist Kate Green MP as Labour’s new Shadow Education Secretary today. The Stretford and Urmston MP replaces Rebecca Long Bailey, who was sacked from the frontbench for allegedly peddling an ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’. Sir Keir said: ‘I’m delighted to appoint Kate Green as shadow education secretary. ‘Kate has … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer today faces an insurrection from left-wing MPs who have warned him that he will ‘regret’ sacking Rebecca Long Bailey for sharing an article that contained an ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’ blaming Israel for George Floyd’s racist murder. The new Labour leader is expected to meet with at least 12 members of the hard-Left Socialist … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has gone to war with allies of Jeremy Corbyn after sacking his former leadership rival Rebecca Long Bailey for sharing an article that contained an ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’. The new Labour leader is expected to meet with over 12 members of the hard-Left Socialist Campaign Group on the frontbench today to repair relations, after … Read more
Keir Starmer today effectively sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey after she praised an interview with actress Maxine Peake including an ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’. The shadow education secretary posted a link to an interview in which Peake claimed that US police learned ‘neck-kneeling’ restrain techniques used on George Floyd from Israeli spies. Ms Long-Bailey sparked fury by describing the … Read more
Boris Johnson has not looked as cheerful for a long time as he did in the Commons yesterday. His is a sunny nature and he does not like to be cast in the part of Charles Dickens’s Thomas Gradgrind — a sober man obsessed with numbers. That is a role he cedes happily to Sir … Read more
Who are Black Lives Matter? Where did they come from and what, exactly, do they believe in? These may seem silly questions. But in a month when Premier League footballers have joined Sir Keir Starmer and other British celebrities in ‘taking the knee’ to express their ‘collective support for the Black Lives Matter movement’, it … Read more