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The man who mapped out the Conservative Party’s recent thumping election victory has been brought in to encourage Britons to stay indoors as many continue to flout the rules. He is little known outside Westminster, but 36-year-old Australian Isaac Levido has been central to the government’s communications strategy and its central slogan: Stay at Home, Protect … Read more
John Bercow once flew into a rage with a female member of his staff – because his toothpaste had been confiscated by airport security, according to startling new details of the bullying rows that rocked his decade as Commons Speaker. A biography of Mr Bercow chronicles the ‘fiendish rudeness’ which he displayed to colleagues including his … Read more
Senator Rick Scott says that he will self-quarantine after he came into contact with a coronavirus-stricken Brazilian government official who was photographed standing next to President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Saturday. Scott’s announcement came after a Brazilian newspaper reported that Fabio Wajngarten, President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications secretary, tested positive for the virus. Wajngarten … Read more
Former aide to Priti Patel ‘took an overdose after claiming she was being bullied by the minister’ In 2015, then employment minister was said to have sacked the female staffer The aide received a £25,000 payout from Department for Work and Pensions Comes amid row engulfing Home Secretary after permanent secretary resigned By Jack Elsom … Read more
A Priti Patel aide ‘made formal complaint about her behaviour’ while she was Employment Minister four years ago Miss Patel, 47, served in her previous role between May 2015 and July 2016 BBC journalist Danny Shaw said he learned of the formal complaint against her Patel’s spokesperson was ‘not aware’ of the alleged complaint, Shaw said … Read more
John McDonnell mocks Rishi Sunak as ‘deputy chancellor’ saying No 10 aide Dominic Cummings is in real control of the Treasury ahead of this month’s Budget By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 09:36 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 10:34 GMT, 1 March 2020 Rishi Sunak was mocked as ‘deputy chancellor’ today by … Read more