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Jake Humphrey slams the ‘horrible, misogynistic, sexist and vile abuse’ aimed at Karen Carney following her post-match analysis of Leeds United’s win at West Brom – with level of vitriol causing former England international to delete her Twitter account Karen Carney received a barrage of sexist abuse after Leeds mocked her online She was part … Read more
Guppy eyes staring blankly, he refused to take the bait: HENRY DEEDES sees a well-rehearsed former Sir Humphrey wear MPs down By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 17 November 2020 Science fiction films often feature impregnable force fields. Sometimes I wonder if there’s one … Read more
Better late than never, Sir Humphrey is on his bike. Why has it taken Boris so long to get rid of him? Mark Sedwill should have been given his P45 the day Johnson moved into Downing Street. I said as much in this column more than a year ago, when it became apparent that Mother … Read more
He is one of the most eminent TV arts broadcasters of his generation, who worked with legendary figures such as Midnight Cowboy director John Schlesinger and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Now Sir Humphrey Burton is to spill the beans on his long and glorious career. Burton, who was knighted in the New Year’s Honours, tells me … Read more
Early skirmishes have erupted into open warfare bet-ween the Government and the army of civil servants resisting a Whitehall shake-up. Over the weekend, reports emerged that Boris Johnson wants to replace senior mandarins seen as ‘offside’ on Brexit, while Tory sources were said to be wielding a ‘s***-list’ of senior civil servants whom No 10 … Read more