Liz Truss ‘overruled officials’ to demand she used a millionaire Tory donor’s Mayfair club to wine and dine a US diplomat with a £1,400 lunch. The Foreign Secretary ‘explicitly asked’ to use 5 Hertford Street in central London, owned by aristocrat Robin Birley, before spending hundreds of pounds on gin and wine alone. Ms Truss … Read more
Britain FINALLY agrees to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador in London after fears the post-Brexit row would poison the UK’s relations with Brussels UK and EU agreed Brussels’ ambassador in London will get full diplomatic status Agreement made during meeting between Dominic Raab and EU’s Josep Borrell Agreement should resolve long-running Brexit … Read more
Britain FINALLY agrees to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador in London after fears the post-Brexit row would poison the UK’s relations with Brussels UK and EU agreed Brussels’ ambassador in London will get full diplomatic status Agreement made during meeting between Dominic Raab and EU’s Josep Borrell Agreement should resolve long-running Brexit … Read more
US and UK launch mutual charm offensive to repair the Special Relationship as Dominic Raab praises ‘bold’ President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insists Washington has ‘no closer partner’ than Britain Dominic Raab today met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in London The pair held a press conference and … Read more
US and UK launch mutual charm offensive to repair the Special Relationship as Dominic Raab praises ‘bold’ President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insists Washington has ‘no closer partner’ than Britain Dominic Raab today met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in London The pair held a press conference and … Read more
British forces could be sent to stop countries cutting down rainforests and drilling for oil, William Hague says Focus of the Armed Forces could switch to guarding the natural environment William Hague says it could include stopping counties cutting down rainforests He says Britain ‘cannot get away with talking the talk without walking the walk’ … Read more
Dominic Raab clashed with MPs today as he defended the UK’s decision to slash aid for the world’s poorest by £4billion because of the pandemic. The Foreign Secretary was told that delays to signing off cash for aid agencies – which should have been done almost a month ago – had left them in a … Read more
In our second extract from Alan Duncan’s riotously candid diaries, he continues to support the Prime Minister Theresa May — while criticising her in private. Meanwhile, he is finding the antics of his boss Boris Johnson — now Foreign Secretary — increasingly jaw-dropping… Monday, September 25, 2017 Interesting drink with a banker who was at … Read more
Boris Johnson’s Cabinet was rocked last night by an explosive political memoir revealing vicious Tory infighting. The Prime Minister is one of the targets for a series of astonishing personal attacks from Alan Duncan, his deputy when he was foreign secretary. Sir Alan describes Mr Johnson as a ‘buffoon’ and says they had a blazing … Read more
Italy has expelled two Russian officials after an Italian navy captain was caught red-handed by police selling secret documents to a Moscow military officer. The Italian frigate captain was arrested on spying charges after officers tailing him saw him late Tuesday in Rome in a ‘clandestine meeting’ with a Russian military officer, according to a … Read more