Home Secretary Priti Patel says she would refuse to take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter

Home Secretary Priti Patel says she would refuse to take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter as she says attacks on statues were ‘dreadful’ and tells protesters ‘there are other ways to have those discussions’ The Home Secretary attacked the demonstrations that swept the globe in 2020 UK demos saw statues of historical … Read more

We HAVE to start living our lives again, writes former Home Secretary DAVID BLUNKETT

Freedom to travel where you want is a fundamental democratic right.  But in recent days it feels as though anyone who wants to book a holiday abroad ever again is either a weird Covid denier, a sociopath or a vaccine sceptic. The country is desperate for some hope and optimism. Nothing symbolises that better than … Read more

Scottish health secretary will be ‘very important witness’ in trial of former SNP MP

Scottish health secretary will be ‘very important witness’ in trial of former SNP MP Natalie McGarry who is accused of embezzling £25,000 from pro-independence groups, court hears Ex-MP Natalie McGarry, 39, has today denied two charges of embezzlement  She is accused of appropriating £21,000 for her use between 2013 and 2015  Glasgow Sheriff Court told Jeane … Read more

Health Secretary rolls up sleeves for stern PR shots

Matt Hancock today rolled up his sleeves to pose for a series of stern photographs ahead of announcing the latest suite of border curbs introduced to help Britain battle the Covid-19 crisis. The Health Secretary took a leaf out of Rishi Sunak’s book as he was seen striking several poses inside the Department of Health … Read more

Britain is at growing risk of chemical and biological attack, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Britain is at growing risk of a chemical and biological attack due to a ‘breakdown of world order’ as states ignore international rules.  Wallace suggested the internet could be to blame for the increasing threat, amid fears those set on using chemical weapons against their opponents can find a wealth … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches the Health Secretary at the Downing Street press conference 

Blimey, Del Boy Hancock has struck it lucky again. He’s scored a whole bunch of testing kits off some outfit called Surescreen. A sun lotion firm? Don’t be a plonker, Rodders. Nah, they’re a top-class healthcare firm in Derby. Cushty. And the Health Sec had only gone and scored 20million of the things. Lovely jubbly! … Read more

Reagan’s longtime secretary of state George P. Shultz dies aged 100

Schultz died Saturday at his home on the campus of Stanford University. A cause wasn’t offered Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the … Read more

Nazi concentration camp commander’s SECRETARY is charged

A secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been charged with complicity in the murders of 10,000 people during the Holocaust, German prosecutors said today.   The 95-year-old woman was a stenographer and a secretary to the commander of Stutthof concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.  Identified by German media as Irmgard F, she is accused of … Read more

We are stuck with smart motorways, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps admits 

Grant Shapps has ruled out scrapping so-called ‘smart motorways’, while admitting their name was a ‘misnomer’. The Transport Secretary said yesterday that he ‘wouldn’t have gone about it like this’ were he in charge when they were launched and said mistakes were made in their roll-out which initially made them less safe. But he told … Read more

Big tech must play fair with publishers, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden 

Big tech must play fair with publishers, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden Oliver Dowden said on Tuesday that online advertising had led to a ‘fundamental imbalance’ between big tech and publishers and advertisers using the platforms In November the Government announced a ‘pro-competition regime’ to govern the behaviour of dominant platforms By Paul Revoir Media … Read more