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A friend who campaigned for Brexit sent me a message which said: this year Christmas dinner was not only a celebration of Christmas, but a celebration without Brussels. It is the season to celebrate and it is terrific that Boris has achieved a deal. New Year’s Eve was turned from a wake to a joyful … Read more
Tory donor Rocco Forte says he has ‘NO money’ to give the party as he blasts Covid rules as a ‘complete overreaction’ and warns moving into Tier 3 would ‘be disastrous’ for his hotels Sir Rocco, 75, said he doesn’t have ‘any money to give’ Tories amid restrictions Hotelier previously donated to Conservative Party and … Read more
We are gradually becoming a totalitarian state. Ministers are encouraging people to spy on their neighbours, the police are urged to abandon their normal duties to disturb us in the privacy of our homes, and pub and restaurant owners are required to use Gestapo-like tactics with their customers. Millions are again prevented from meeting friends … Read more
Boris Johnson is today urged to sack Matt Hancock for presiding over a ‘shambolic’ corona-virus strategy which is destroying jobs but failing to stop the disease. Sir Rocco Forte demands that the Health Secretary should pay with his job for championing misguided lockdown policies now driving the hospitality sector into bankruptcy. In a scathing article … Read more
Hotelier Sir Rocco Forte is a cheerleader for Boris Johnson and Brexit, but the Government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis has tested his loyalty. Fresh from arriving at Gatwick after a meeting in Rome at his newly reopened Hotel de la Ville, Sir Rocco launches into a tirade against the Government’s ‘draconian lockdown’, calls mandatory … Read more
Will Forte puts his longtime Santa Monica beach bungalow on the market for $2.45M… 18 years after purchasing the home for $840K By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 03:24 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 03:28 BST, 12 September 2020 Advertisement Will Forte has decided to part with his longtime home in Santa Monica’s Ocean Park … Read more
Does the Government really want to get the economy moving again? Because if so, it is going about it in a funny way. Today the Office for National Statistics is expected to announce that Britain’s economy has officially entered a recession after shrinking by a record 20 per cent in the second quarter of this … Read more
Will Forte is back as his oblivious action hero MacGruber in a new series for Peacock. The 50-year-old comic actor has received an eight-episode order for the series to debut on the new NBCUniversal streamer, which the company announced Monday at Peacock’s Television Critics Association press day. The action–comedy show was first announced to be … Read more
Back in 1968 and 1969, the Hong Kong flu hit the world. In the UK, 80,000 people died and the lives of one million were lost worldwide. I was 24 at the time, just starting my career, and while I still vividly remember the Cuban missile crisis and Kennedy’s assassination which were a little earlier, … Read more
Like so many ‘grown-up’ children across the country, Irene and Lydia Forte, the 30-something daughters of hotelier Sir Rocco, have returned home to spend lockdown with their parents. But fortunately for the glamorous It Girls, going back to the family home doesn’t mean squeezing into the sole spare bedroom or negotiating space on the sofa. … Read more