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Both Boris Johnson and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak have said they will spend ‘whatever it takes’ to beat coronavirus. Neither of them has the faintest idea what the final cost will be. By offering vast loans of hundreds of billions of pounds to companies (some of which may never be paid back), and by paying … Read more
Boris Johnson’s sombre television address last night marked a moment in this nation’s life which all who watched it are likely to remember for as long as they live. In what amounts to a dramatic escalation, the measures he unveiled surpass many of the restrictions introduced in the dark days of World War II. The … Read more
What are we to make of the public’s response to what looks as though it may turn out to be a social and economic catastrophe? Some say that hoarding and the stripping of supermarkets illustrate what a deeply selfish society we have become. They say our self-denying grandparents in World War II would never have … Read more
Donald Glover surprises fans with new album featuring Ariana Grande, SZA and 21 Savage By Annita Katee For Dailymail.com Published: 17:17 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 17:27 GMT, 15 March 2020 Donald Glover dropped a surprise new album featuring Ariana Grande, 21 Savage and SZA, on Sunday morning. The 36-year-old quietly posted the 12 … Read more
The outgoing director general of the BBC, Tony Hall, wrote a piece in this newspaper last week in which he claimed the Corporation was eager to have a public debate about its future. To those of us who cherish the best parts of the Beeb, but believe it needs fundamental reform if it is to … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s first Budget confirmed what we had suspected. Boris Johnson’s Tories are not the party of Margaret Thatcher, or even David Cameron. That is why it is no exaggeration to describe yesterday as historic. The spectacle of this passionate, articulate, confident young Chancellor of Indian descent showed on one level how much the old … Read more
When New Labour came to power in 1997, it trumpeted what it grandly called an ‘ethical foreign policy’. Its most vocal champion was the foreign secretary, Robin Cook. Mr Cook asserted that he ‘would make Britain a force for good in the world’ and promised that New Labour’s foreign policy would have ‘an ethical dimension’ … Read more
Famous Polish film director Roman Polanski is a very wicked man. Or, to be more precise, 43 years ago he did a very wicked thing. By his own admission, he engaged in unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, Samantha Jane Gailey, now Geimer, in Los Angeles. She claimed in court that she had been … Read more
At times of crisis most people will offer up thanks that they are not running the country, and that someone else is prepared to undertake such an unenviable task. For days many of us have been cavilling at Boris Johnson. What has he been doing? Was he really too occupied with his bride-to-be Carrie Symonds … Read more
Estimates vary but it’s widely predicted that Britain is well on the way to becoming a cashless society, and could reach that state within ten to 15 years. Has the public been consulted? No. Is the Government showing signs of concern about the millions of people who would struggle to cope with a cashless society? … Read more