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‘Suited svengalis’ who help the Chinese government decide which British businesses to buy will be investigated by MPs amid fears Beijing is using coronavirus pandemic to advance its commercial interests Fears of Beijing using Covid-19 for commercial benefit have now arisen Advisers who help Chinese regime to target British businesses now investigated Peter Mandelson and Sir … Read more
Melania Trump spoke with Carrie Symonds, the fiancee of Boris Johnson, on Thursday to wish her and the British prime minister well as they recover from the coronavirus. Trump told Symonds ‘the United States was praying for their speedy and full recoveries,’ according to a readout from the first lady’s office. Symonds, who is pregnant, said earlier … Read more
Theresa May keeps her distance: Ex-Prime Minister strictly observes social distancing rules while queuing outside her local branch of Waitrose The former PM was seen standing with other shoppers outside Berkshire store She glanced at her phone while diligently observing the six feet rule Police have been on lookout for shoppers buying non-essential items Downing … Read more
Theresa May keeps her distance: Ex-Prime Minister strictly observes social distancing rules while queuing outside her local branch of Waitrose The former PM was seen standing with other shoppers outside Berkshire store She glanced at her phone while diligently observing the six feet rule Police have been on lookout for shoppers buying non-essential items Downing … Read more
Britain must toughen up its attitude to China and treat it more like the former Soviet Union in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a former Cabinet minister warned today. Damian Green said that the contagion, which started in the Asian nation, plus the row over Beijing tech giant Huawei and its access to 5G … Read more
Boris Johnson’s hero is Sir Winston Churchill. He loves him so much he even wrote an excellent book about him. Churchill, of course, made his legend by helping to win Britain the second World War. Now the current British Prime Minister is facing his own war and being tested like no other leader of this … Read more
Former Tory minister warns Boris Johnson will never overcome the north-south divide if he allows Dominic Cummings too much power George Freeman will warn Boris he will never succeed in ‘levelling up’ country Mr Freeman will make his incendiary comments in response to today’s Budget Dominic Cummings criticised for his top-down approach to government By Daniel Martin Policy … Read more
Boris Johnson has become engaged to girlfriend Carrie Symonds and the couple are expecting their first child, Downing Street announced last night. Mr Johnson put an end to months of speculation in Westminster by declaring that their baby would be born in the ‘early summer’ – and that he would become the first British Prime … Read more
Michael Gove was charged with updating the House on the Government’s Brexit strategy yesterday. Of course he was. For years the Govester has been the Government’s man for big occasions. The closer, the ‘death’ bowler entrusted with the crucial last overs. Need to rally the troops? Send for Gove! Under the previous lot this was … Read more
Theresa May has revealed the horrifying moment she heard she was the target of a jihadi murder plot to assassinate her in No10 a year into her term as Prime Minister. ISIS-supporting terrorist Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman planned to bomb the gates of Downing Street, kill guards and then assassinate the prime minister with a knife or … Read more