The Princess Royal’s 70th birthday has been marked with the release of three official photographs to celebrate the milestone. Princess Anne is known for her no-nonsense approach to life and tenacious attitude, but in the images she is pictured smiling and looking relaxed at her Gatcombe Park home in Gloucestershire before lockdown. Wearing a Maureen … Read more
Coronavirus will not be eliminated and Britons must learn to live with it, Tony Blair warned today as he urged the Government to focus on containment measures to see the country through a second wave. The former prime minister said infrastructure to stop the spread of the virus was critical as another national lockdown would … Read more
The release of the long-awaited Russia report this week revealed the grip the country has on the UK, from PR firms, charities, political interests, academia and cultural institutions. The Intelligence and Security Committee of MPs warned that ‘Russian influence in the UK is the new normal’, claiming that oligarchs and their money were welcomed into British … Read more
High profile British feminists have rallied behind Amber Heard amid her ex-husband Johnny Depp‘s bombshell libel trial. Cherie Blair, the barrister and wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, is understood to have spoken with the actress’ legal team last week, as Depp’s High Court trial entered its second week. The pair met last year … Read more
A leading figure in a Chinese group allegedly created to groom foreign elites has been pictured with five British prime ministers. Photographs uncovered by the Daily Mail show how Zhirong Hu has moved among the British Establishment. He has met Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. Mr Hu is a … Read more
Cherie Blair says husband Tony has got into the habit of thinking whatever he does is ‘more important’ than helping out with domestic chores. At the weekend the former prime minister and Labour leader revealed he hasn’t done housework, laundry or cooked a family meal since 1997. Tony, 67, claims it was ‘impossible’ to return … Read more
As domestic arguments go, it’s one that’s been raging for decades, and probably with the greatest intensity. Who does, or more importantly doesn’t, shoulder the bulk of the housework in a relationship? Former prime minister Tony Blair reignited the row at the weekend when he revealed he hasn’t done any laundry or cooked since 1997, … Read more
Labour ex-Cabinet minister Lord Mandelson bids to become next head of the World Trade Organisation saying the system ‘needs fixing’ as Downing Street lines up Liam Fox as a rival candidate Tony Blair’s ex-political fixer set out his stall to become new director general He said global trade was ‘is not in good health and … Read more
Boris Johnson signalled tonight he wants the two-metre coronavirus social distancing rule axed as soon as possible as he admitted it was poisoning Britain’s economic recovery. The Prime Minister appealed to the nation for patience as he told anxious workers and business owners ‘we hear you’ as he fronted tonight’s Downing Street press conference. Answering … Read more
The number of UK workers on the payroll plummeted by 600,000 between coronavirus lockdown and May amid desperate calls for the two-metre rule to be warnings of looming ‘disaster’. In a sign of the carnage to come, official figures showed the number of paid employees dived 2.1 per cent or 612,000 between March and last … Read more
The number of UK workers on the payroll tumbled by 600,000 between March and May amid warnings of ‘disaster’. Official figures showed employment was down 0.8 per cent in April, as the impact of the coronavirus lockdown started to be felt. The jobless rate was up 0.1 per cent month-on-month while inactivity rose significantly and … Read more
Tony Blair today urged the Government to set up a mass testing programme which would see the bulk of the UK population checked for coronavirus as he suggested that is the only way to prevent a second outbreak. The former prime minister said the Government needs to make use of all available laboratory capacity and … Read more
Former Labour spin chief Alastair Campbell has been slammed for ‘taking the p***’ out of veterans in an offensive video mocking the Dominic Cummings row. The two-minute video, which was posted to Twitter this afternoon, captures Campbell as he impersonates the Prime Minister recounting a bizarre fake meeting with the Queen. Campbell, Tony Blair‘s former … Read more