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The wife of Lib Dem peer Lord Marks with a ‘flagrant disregard for speed limits’ has been caught over the limit twice in five months. Lady Clementine Medina Marks has narrowly avoided a driving ban after she was repeatedly caught speeding. The 53-year-old now has 11 points on her licence – one point short of an automatic … Read more
Chuka Umunna lands lucrative job at JP Morgan – after criticising ‘reckless’ City wages when he was a Labour MP Mr Umunna is joining the bank from PR company Edelman He left Labour party in 2019 to help found the short-lived Change UK party Did not reveal new salary but in 2010 said bankers’ pay … Read more
China has threatened sanctions against Britain if it boycotts the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over the alleged ‘genocide’ of Uighur Muslims. British MPs including Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey have called for a Team GB boycott over Beijing’s alleged ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Uighurs who have been imprisoned and subjected to political ‘re-education’ in Xinjiang. … Read more
A businesswoman who ‘mercilessly’ bludgeoned her next-door neighbour to death with a spade after blaming the former Lib Dem councillor’s untidy home for her inability to sell her own house was jailed for 21 years today. Debby Foxwell, a privately educated, 41-year-old company director, was convicted of murdering her Welwyn Garden City neighbour Louise Lotz … Read more
Checking in… Former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable reveals how he drove to India via the USSR and Iran, was interned as a spy suspect in Pakistan and the joys of the Nürburgring By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 10:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 Vince Cable … Read more
Back in July, Boris Johnson turned down an invitation for Britain to join the EU’s Covid vaccine scheme, taking the view that we’d be better off sourcing our own. Cue the most almighty stink, with Opposition politicians falling over one another to score cheap points. Catherine West, Labour’s shadow minister for Europe, dubbed the decision … Read more
Tory justice minister is slammed for taking selfie outside Cheltenham FC’s ground before FA Cup tie despite police and match officials ordering fans to stay away during lockdown Alex Chalk, the MP for Cheltenham, posted a photo outside the club’s ground The post, urging Cheltenham Town to ‘knock em dead’, was later deleted Lib Dems … Read more
A new tongue-in-cheek website called ‘Is my MP a p***k?’ has attracted 250,000 visits in just four days. The website, which was set up on Sunday, allows constituents to search their MP’s name and rates politicians based on their voting records. While all Tories are branded ‘p***ks’ by the website, the majority of Labour, SNP … Read more
Gordon Brown often struck a forlorn figure as Prime Minister. But it was the dithering over what was his favourite biscuit that did the damage and best defined his short-lived premiership, after he was asked no fewer than 12 times by the Mumsnet website to reveal whether he was a Bourbon man, a Lemon Puff … Read more
Christmas rules need to be same across the WHOLE UK: Lib Dems urge Boris Johnson to hold a four-nation summit to save family festivities as they say it is ‘inevitable’ people will travel to be with their loved ones Lib Dems have written to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland leaders They want Boris Johnson … Read more