Awkward moment Rishi Sunak and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte cannot get into 10 Downing Street

Awkward moment Rishi Sunak and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte cannot get into 10 Downing Street

Rishi Sunak and Dutch PM Mark Rutte met at No10 to discuss immigration But they were left waiting after they could not get through the front door By Oliver Price Published: 21:30 GMT, 7 December 2023 | Updated: 14:22 GMT, 8 December 2023 This is the awkward moment that Rishi Sunak and outgoing Dutch prime … Read more

QUENTIN LETTS: Biffy Rishi was angrier than Oliver Cromwell’s wart as he addressed the latest Tory infighting at an emergency news conference

QUENTIN LETTS: Biffy Rishi was angrier than Oliver Cromwell’s wart as he addressed the latest Tory infighting at an emergency news conference

There is something rather liberating when a polite technocrat loses his rag. Boy, Rishi Sunak was cross. Normally tolerant to a fault, the Prime Minister called an emergency Downing Street news conference to address the latest Tory infighting. He. Was. Seething. The intention this week had been to follow Monday’s impressive legal migration crackdown with … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: The Tory party’s mood right now is as fractious as it was when Liz Truss was toppled.. It’s not inconceivable Rishi Sunak could face a leadership challenge next year

ANDREW PIERCE: The Tory party’s mood right now is as fractious as it was when Liz Truss was toppled.. It’s not inconceivable Rishi Sunak could face a leadership challenge next year

After the PM’s bravura performance in front of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers, conducted behind closed doors on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs enthusiastically banged their desks to show their support for the embattled Rishi Sunak. Even long-standing critics of the Prime Minister agreed he gave a strong speech and conceded that he had won … Read more

Keir Starmer warns Labour WON’T be able to splurge money if he wins the keys to Downing Street – as he reels from left-wing backlash over praising Thatcher

Keir Starmer warns Labour WON’T be able to splurge money if he wins the keys to Downing Street – as he reels from left-wing backlash over praising Thatcher

Keir Starmer will today risk fuelling unrest among Labour activists as he warned the party will not be able to splurge money if it wins power.   Sir Keir is set to highlight the ‘huge constraints’ on the public finances and the need to be ‘ruthless’ about spending in a speech. The intervention comes as a … Read more

‘He saw headless bodies in the road and heard the terrorists laughing. They were enjoying it. They came only for death’: Israeli volunteer gives TV’s Rob Rinder chilling account of barbaric scenes following Hamas’ depraved October 7 atrocities

‘He saw headless bodies in the road and heard the terrorists laughing. They were enjoying it. They came only for death’: Israeli volunteer gives TV’s Rob Rinder chilling account of barbaric scenes following Hamas’ depraved October 7 atrocities

Rob Rinder has shared the chilling testimonies he received from Israeli volunteers after visiting the war-torn country following the barbaric October 7 attacks. The TV judge recently returned from Israel where he met with first responders from the country’s ambulance service, Magen David Adom. Accompanied by a cameraman, his mission was to capture the stories … Read more

Rishi Sunak says his ‘patience is worn thin’ with legal blocks to Rwanda migrant plan as PM meets with African country’s leader Paul Kagame on sidelines of COP-28 climate summit

Rishi Sunak says his ‘patience is worn thin’ with legal blocks to Rwanda migrant plan as PM meets with African country’s leader Paul Kagame on sidelines of COP-28 climate summit

By Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 16:48 GMT, 1 December 2023 | Updated: 00:00 GMT, 2 December 2023 Rishi Sunak today said his ‘patience is worn thin’ with legal blocks on the Government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda. The Prime Minister, who met with the east African country’s leader at the COP-28 … Read more

King Charles will deliver address at opening ceremony of Cop28 in Dubai and meet President of UAE, Palace announces amid Omid Scobie book controversy with second member of royal family ‘named as racist’ in Dutch translation

King Charles will deliver address at opening ceremony of Cop28 in Dubai and meet President of UAE, Palace announces amid Omid Scobie book controversy with second member of royal family ‘named as racist’ in Dutch translation

King Charles will deliver the opening address at the opening ceremony of COP28 in Dubai and meet the president of the United Arab Emirates, Buckingham Palace announced today.  Charles will join Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan tomorrow before delivering the opening address at the World Climate Action Summit on Friday.  The monarch, 75, will also sit … Read more

Liam Conlon, son of Keir Starmer’s chief aide and Partygate investigator Sue Gray, is selected as the candidate for Labour target seat

Liam Conlon, son of Keir Starmer’s chief aide and Partygate investigator Sue Gray, is selected as the candidate for Labour target seat

By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:52 GMT, 30 November 2023 | Updated: 20:11 GMT, 30 November 2023 The son of Partygate investigator – and now Keir Starmer‘s chief aide – Sue Gray has been selected as the candidate for a Labour target seat. Liam Conlon will stand in Beckenham & Penge at … Read more

Suella Braverman leads a Tory revolt on migration as figures over two years hit a record 1.3 million, with the former Home Secretary calling them a ‘slap in the face’ for voters

Suella Braverman leads a Tory revolt on migration as figures over two years hit a record 1.3 million, with the former Home Secretary calling them a ‘slap in the face’ for voters

Suella Braverman led a growing Tory revolt over rocketing migration figures last night, describing them as a ‘slap in the face’ to voters. The former home secretary insisted ‘enough is enough’ after bombshell data showed net migration hit a record 1.3million over the past two years. The row intensified after the Office for National Statistics … Read more

QUENTIN LETTS: Snapping like Lily Savage, Esther McVey cut him down in a trice

QUENTIN LETTS: Snapping like Lily Savage, Esther McVey cut him down in a trice

Last weekend, it was International Men’s Day – when the world’s sniffling milquetoasts have their moment. For 24 hours, once a year, everyone has to be kind to Walter the Softy. Or, as we call him at Westminster, Oliver Dowden. Mr Dowden, rather amazingly, is the deputy prime minister. A drippier tap would be hard … Read more