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, 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
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
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
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 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 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’ 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
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
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