LEO MCKINSTRY: Has any bill ever been as reckless as Ed Miliband’s 2008 climate act?

LEO MCKINSTRY: Has any bill ever been as reckless as Ed Miliband’s 2008 climate act?

Rishi Sunak‘s pragmatic new approach to reaching net zero by 2050 was met with fury by the green lobby this week, and their rage illustrated perfectly how eco-zealots are used to getting their own way. C S Lewis once wrote: ‘It would be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies.’ That phrase … Read more

‘He was my hero’: David Cameron overcome with emotion at memorial for his late brother Alexander

‘He was my hero’: David Cameron overcome with emotion at memorial for his late brother Alexander

‘He was my hero’: David Cameron overcome with emotion at memorial for his late brother Alexander, who died of cancer aged 59 this year Alexander was a distinguished barrister who made Queen’s Counsel aged 39  By Richard Eden Published: 23:27 BST, 15 September 2023 | Updated: 23:32 BST, 15 September 2023 David Cameron was overcome with … Read more

Rory Stewart’s time as an MP left him disillusioned with politics – especially Cameron – not to mention the Tory who told him… ‘Speak to me like that again and I’ll punch you on the nose’

Rory Stewart’s time as an MP left him disillusioned with politics – especially Cameron – not to mention the Tory who told him… ‘Speak to me like that again and I’ll punch you on the nose’

MEMOIR POLITICS ON THE EDGE  by Rory Stewart (Jonathan Cape £22, 464pp) Anyone with the slightest interest in politics should get a copy of Rory Stewart’s political memoir. Not because he had a particularly long or even influential career: just nine years in Parliament and only months in the Cabinet. But you will learn more … Read more

NOT lovin' it! McDonald's quietly hikes its prices amid cost-of-living crisis – with 20 nuggets UP nearly £2 to £5.79 and a Big Mac up almost £1 to £4.59

NOT lovin' it! McDonald's quietly hikes its prices amid cost-of-living crisis – with 20 nuggets UP nearly £2 to £5.79 and a Big Mac up almost £1 to £4.59

EXCLUSIVE: Although a cheeseburger still cost £1.19 in June, this month the price has jumped to £1.29, while a Big Mac is £4.59, up from £3.69

Here comes the bride! Thea Rogers arrives at her wedding to ex-Chancellor George Osborne

Here comes the bride! Thea Rogers arrives at her wedding to ex-Chancellor George Osborne

Thea Rogers arrived at her wedding to former Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon, in front of a host of Tory bigwigs including David and Samantha Cameron. Ms Rogers, 40, and Mr Osborne, 52, are tying the knot in the sleepy Somerset town of Bruton today, dubbed the ‘Notting Hill of the West’. She was pictured … Read more

David Cameron faces grilling at Covid Inquiry today

David Cameron faces grilling at Covid Inquiry today

David Cameron today admitted it was a ‘mistake’ for Britain not to ready itself for ‘different types’ of pandemic with the UK’s past efforts focused on combatting a severe flu outbreak. The former prime minister, during a grilling by the Covid Inquiry, revealed he was ‘wrestling’ with why more time was spent looking at the risks … Read more

Tory London mayoral hopeful wants control of the CPS to increase burglary prosecution rates

Tory London mayoral hopeful wants control of the CPS to increase burglary prosecution rates

Tory London mayoral hopeful wants control of the CPS to increase burglary prosecution rates as police finally start attending all break-ins – and says Met should be allowed to recruit specialists in areas including AI into senior roles By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 13:38 BST, 11 June 2023 | Updated: 13:41 … Read more

Nigel Farage claims around 10 Tory MPs could jump ship and join a new centre-right ‘insurgency’

Nigel Farage claims around 10 Tory MPs could jump ship and join a new centre-right ‘insurgency’

Nigel Farage claims around 10 Tory MPs could jump ship and join a new centre-right ‘insurgency’ as ex-UKIP leader predicts ‘it’s the end of Boris Johnson in the Conservative Party’ Boris Johnson challenged to join ‘new attempt to break mould of British politics’ By Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 10:42 BST, 11 June … Read more

Jemima Khan caught up in cemetery row as locals say they cannot visit graves at Kiddington Hall

Pictured: Jemima Khan has been caught up in a row over access to a cemetery on her £15million estate in Oxfordshire Multi-millionaire Jemima Khan is caught up in a row over car access to a churchyard on her £15million estate as locals claim they cannot visit loved ones’ graves. A couple who make the 80-minute … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Even Lord Freud couldn’t analyse tricky Theresa 

After Theresa May voted against a three-line whip for the first time in 24 years as an MP by joining last week’s Tory revolt against a foreign aid cut, Boris Johnson may well be tempted to agree with Ken Clarke’s notorious description of his predecessor as ‘a bloody difficult woman’. If so, he would not … Read more