Checking in… Former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable talks about his holiday memories

Checking in… Former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable reveals how he drove to India via the USSR and Iran, was interned as a spy suspect in Pakistan and the joys of the Nürburgring By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 10:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 Vince Cable … Read more

‘Is my MP a p***k?’: Website rates politicians on their voting records

A new tongue-in-cheek website called ‘Is my MP a p***k?’ has attracted 250,000 visits in just four days. The website, which was set up on Sunday, allows constituents to search their MP’s name and rates politicians based on their voting records.  While all Tories are branded ‘p***ks’ by the website, the majority of Labour, SNP … Read more

Thirty UK MPs deliver letter to F1 boss Chase Carey urging F1 to ‘put human rights above racing’

Thirty UK MPs deliver letter to F1 boss Chase Carey urging F1 to ‘put people above profit and human rights above racing’ over Bahrain Grand Prix and government’s ‘sportswashing’  Sir Ed Davey and Caroline Lucas are among MPs to have signed the letter The letter urges F1 chief Chase Carey to implement its human rights … Read more

Cambridge students demand ‘transphobic’ Labour politician loses his college porter job

Cambridge students are calling for a ‘transphobic’ Labour politician to be suspended from his job as a porter at Clare College after he resigned from the council in protest over a motion in support of transgender rights. Kevin Price, who represented King’s Hedges for more than 10 years, refused to support the Lib Dem motion … Read more

MPs go to court over Covid contracts worth £3billion

Legal action has been launched against the Government after officials allegedly failed to account for £3billion in private contracts during coronavirus pandemic Caroline Lucas, Debbie Abrahams and Layla Morgan launched a judicial review  The case was launched over Government failure to disclose details of spending The Government has 21 days to respond to the judicial … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches the Health Secretary Matt Hancock feeling the heat in Parliament 

Springy Matt Hancock clicked his brogues… but Mr Speaker simply squinted: HENRY DEEDES watches the Health Secretary feeling the heat in Parliament By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:28 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 01:47 BST, 16 September 2020 Whenever Matt Hancock now comes to the chamber, there is a contest among … Read more

Right-leaning or pro-Brexit academics are ‘censored’ on British university campuses, report warns

Right-wing or pro-Brexit academics are ‘censored’ on British university campuses, report warns A survey found fewer than 20 per cent of academics voted for Right-wing parties In comparison 75 per cent voted Labour, Liberal Democrat or Green from 2017 Paper suggest a ‘structural discriminatory effect’ on Right-leaning academics By Daily Mail Reporter For The Daily … Read more

HENRY DEEDES sees a moment of merriment during a routine PMQs 

Sir Ed Davey’s face was a picture. A whirling, twirling swirl of yee-haw, whoop-dee-doo delight. Golfers know the one: that pop-eyed look of pleasure that players pull, half shock/half ecstasy, as their ball plops into the hole from long distance. Like the novice hacker who’s just chipped in from a bunker, the acting Lib Dem … Read more

Keir Starmer signs up for September Clean to rid UK of litter

Keir Starmer signs up for the September Clean: Labour leader will join the PM (and thousands of furloughed staff) to rid Britain of lockdown litter Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer signs up for the Great British September Clean Heritage groups, businesses and the Wombles gave their backing to campaign The Daily Mail-backed campaign will take … Read more

Keir Starmer signs up for the September Clean to rid Britain of lockdown litter 

Keir Starmer signs up for the September Clean: Labour leader will join the PM (and thousands of furloughed staff) to rid Britain of lockdown litter Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer signs up for the Great British September Clean Heritage groups, businesses and the Wombles gave their backing to campaign The Daily Mail-backed campaign will take … Read more

China furious at ‘conspiracy theories’ after dossier’s spy claims

A former British diplomat yesterday revealed he had contributed to the controversial dossier on Huawei. Charles Parton, who spent 13 years of his 37-year diplomatic career in China, made public his involvement in the report amid growing calls for the Chinese telecoms giant to be axed from Britain’s 5G network. Yesterday, the Daily Mail revealed … Read more

China fury at ‘conspiracy theories’ after dossier spy claims

China vented fury at ‘conspiracy theories’ today after a controversial dossier accused it of trying to turn British establishment figures into agents. The bombshell 86-page report sparked a furious row by alleging a campaign by Beijing to persuade influential individuals to back Huawei and its strategic aims. Among a string of incendiary claims, it described … Read more