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Although he’s Prince of Wales, it’s Scotland where the heir to the throne has always felt most at home. But he and Camilla will not be able to celebrate Hogmanay at their beloved home on the Balmoral estate, I hear, as Scotland’s scowling First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has made the Royal Family feel unwelcome in … Read more
Never mind electric cars, gas boilers, the vaccine, defence funding, Brexit, the economic forecast, WAG wars in court and when Trump should concede. The burning question of the week is this — is it too early to put up your Christmas decorations? Trees and decorations traditionally start going on display when Advent begins on the … Read more
The BBC’s new Director-General has told staff if they want to be opinionated columnists or a partisan campaigners on social media they ‘should not be working at the BBC’. Tim Davie, who took over this week, said the broadcaster needed to ‘urgently champion and recommit to impartiality’. He insisted his drive was ‘about being free … Read more
The BBC’s new Director-General has warned staff who want to be opinionated columnists or woke online campaigners ‘You should not be working here’. Tim Davie, who took over this week, said the broadcaster needed to ‘urgently champion and recommit to impartiality’. He insisted his drive was ‘about being free from political bias, guided by the … Read more
With every new development from his Californian base camp, with each fresh initiative that finds him strapping on his trusty crampons of wrath to scale new-found peaks of pique, I worry about Harry. I really do. He’s just so furious all the time! Whatever next for our little lost prince, as he negotiates what he … Read more
We have always been a nation of curtain twitchers. But, who’d have thought nearly 200,000 people would report their neighbours for breaking lockdown rules? That’s what a report from the police reveals — that to pass the time when they’re barricaded in their homes, battalions of Britons have turned informer. There’s a word for these … Read more
We all understand why the Government’s daily briefings are necessary – both to give the latest news and to reinforce key public safety messages. However, I am beginning to feel their purpose has got lost. They are becoming little more than a daily Sermon on the Mount, offering scant new information and, worse, often delivering … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Britain should be proud. Now let’s find a way out of lockdown By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 00:43 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 01:13 BST, 5 April 2020 Our hearts go out to the frontline staff in the NHS who – as we see by … Read more
It’s been like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole,’ the exhausted Government adviser admitted to me. ‘One moment we’re under attack over contact tracing. It’s been like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole,’ the exhausted Government adviser admitted to me. ‘ One moment we’re under attack over contact tracing. Last week was the blackest week of the coronavirus … Read more
Yesterday it was made clear that Boris Johnson’s Government is going for broke. It is sparing no effort as it battles to stop the coronavirus sending Britain’s hardwon prosperity over a cliff and turning what is now an inevitable recession into a depression of a kind not seen since the 1930s, with large and enduring … Read more