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Rebecca Long-Bailey declares Labour will go ‘toe-to-toe’ against Boris Johnson’s adviser Dominic Cummings if she becomes leader Rebecca Long-Bailey was speaking today at a leadership hustings in Brighton The shadow business secretary said she wants to establish a media rebuttal unit She also wants a greater emphasis on digital campaigning at the next election By Raven … Read more
Dominic Cummings asked Boris Johnson to grant him special powers in Downing Street which have made him more powerful than the PM’s special advisers. The assistant to the Prime Minister is understood to have a document – signed by Mr Johnson – stating that he has control over certain government projects. The agreement has little … Read more
One day, long after the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us, historians may see the last few days as the moment when the world tumbled into the abyss. On Thursday, the head of the World Health Organisation declared that mankind stood at a ‘decisive point’. The world faced ‘a crisis, an epidemic that … Read more
Ex-Chancellor Sajid Javid blasts Dominic Cummings’ reign of terror over advisers in scything resignation speech saying changes the powerful aide is making are ‘not in the public interest’ Sajid Javid made resignation statement in the House of Commons this afternoon Ex-Chancellor launched thinly-veiled attack on Dominic Cummings’ behaviour Mr Javid quit after being told his … Read more
Ex-Chancellor Sajid Javid blasts Dominic Cummings’ reign of terror over advisers in scything resignation speech saying changes the powerful aide is making are ‘not in the public interest’ Sajid Javid made resignation statement in the House of Commons this afternoon Ex-Chancellor launched thinly-veiled attack on Dominic Cummings’ behaviour Mr Javid quit after being told his … Read more
The father-in-law of Boris Johnson’s chief aide Dominic Cummings made an astonishing intervention in the Home Office bullying row today. Sir Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, owner of Chillingham Castle and friend of Prince Philip, accused mandarins who have squared up to Home Secretary Priti Patel of acting to protect their ‘relaxed life’. The aristocratic interior designer … Read more
‘She taught me what it is to be a man’: Prison Break star Dominic Purcell pays tribute to his ‘extraordinary’ mother Maureen after she passes away By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:13 GMT, 25 February 2020 | Updated: 10:43 GMT, 25 February 2020 Former Prison Break star Dominic Purcell paid tribute to … Read more
So that’s clear: it is absolutely unacceptable for anyone with eugenicist views to have a position of the slightest influence within British politics. Last week, a 27-year-old Downing Street adviser, Andrew Sabisky, was forced out when it emerged that six years earlier he had advocated, among other disturbing proposals, various forms of genetic selection based … Read more
MEMOIR THE MOVES THAT MATTER by Jonathan Rowson (Bloomsbury £20, 352pp) Grandmaster chess is associated in the public’s mind with disproportionate levels of eccentricity, or even insanity. This is a statistically invalid cliché created by journalists who don’t have a passion for the game themselves and therefore can’t understand why others would devote their lives … Read more
Dominic Cummings is a genius and ministers who don’t want to work with him should ‘shut up’ and ‘stop whingeing’ says Tory Lord Lord Blencathra said ministers should ‘quit’ if they don’t like Dominic Cummings He was branded a ‘mastermind’ by the Tory peer for the Leave campaign Tory lord urged ministers to make way for … Read more