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
Once Sir Richard Branson was finally up in space, he posted a video of himself on board his rocket plane. ‘To all you kids down there, I was once a child with a dream, looking up at the stars,’ he said. ‘Now I’m an adult in a spaceship, with lots of other wonderful adults looking … Read more
Here we go again. The BBC is getting it in the neck for paying its talent silly salaries. Or some of them. If I had a fiver for every time I’ve been involved in a BBC pay row one way or another I’d be even better off than I am already. And I’m one of … Read more
As a symbol for Brexiteers of our chances of success on the international stage after leaving the EU, it could hardly have been more totemic. Nissan’s unveiling of a £1billion factory, to be built in the North-East, is easily the most significant industrial decision taken by a multi-national company in Britain since the referendum five … Read more
Wagging Rishi Sunak bounds in like a Blue Peter labrador: HENRY DEEDES watches as the Chancellor revels in his tricky role By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 23:34 BST, 22 June 2021 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 22 June 2021 Boris Johnson’s hairdresser. Meghan Markle’s press secretary. Sir Philip Green’s aerobics instructor. There are … Read more
Penny Mordaunt gave Angela Rayner a frightful biffing in the Commons yesterday. Surprising, I know! If these two were to ever square up to each other, most money would be on bovver- booted Rayner. Back in her youth, I doubt many dared pick a fight with our Ange in the playground. Yet when the pair … Read more
There wasn’t a single spare seat on the first flight out from Heathrow to Lisbon on Monday. But it didn’t feel like a stampede as some 140 passengers quietly, and a little nervously, boarded BA flight 500. They were clutching their hand luggage, cradling coffees – and praying they had not only the right paperwork to … Read more
CRAIG BROWN: My satsumas had lost their zest for life! Lockdown Diary Part 2 By Craig Brown for the Daily Mail Published: 01:55 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 01:55 BST, 13 May 2021 September 2020 I spotted my neighbour three doors down having a long chat with the man from Amazon. She seems to … Read more
Today, billboards across the UK carry a brand new four-word message in capital letters: I LOVE YOU EARTH. People more used to driving past slogans for Carphone Warehouse or Kwik Fit Tyres may wonder what it is all about. Is EARTH the brand name of a new online bank, perhaps, or a furniture superstore? Similar … Read more
Howz yor speling? An organisation known as the International English Spelling Congress has just voted in favour, or favor, of major reform. Apparently, English takes up to three years longer to master than other languages, and the peculiarities of our spelling sytem are at least partly to blame. The congress is concerned that far too … Read more