CRAIG BROWN: Diaries Of An MP’s Wife Pt 2 – Negronis all round! We’re on Budget duty 

September 23, 2010 Yet another Conservative charity dinner (bor-RING!) to raise funds for the ‘disadvantaged’. Heaven knows why they call them disadvantaged when they’re excused these charity dinners. I sit next to Dave Cameron and ask him when he’s going to give my husband Hugo the job of Home Secretary. ‘Hugo’s always at home so … Read more

Top Tory Ben Bradley declares he will REFUSE to take part in ‘unconscious bias’ training for MPs

A senior Tory MP revealed today he will refuse to take part in ‘unconscious bias’ training for MPs arranged in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.  Ben Bradley, a vice-chairman of the party under Theresa May, lashed out at a ‘metropolitan groupthink that is intolerant to any diversity of views’ and said he … Read more

Alex Cruz set to defend BA cost cuts before MPs

BA boss Alex Cruz facing showdown with MPs over plans to axe 13,000 jobs and slash pay in survival battle By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 13 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 September 2020 British Airways boss Alex Cruz is facing a showdown with MPs this week over its … Read more

MP’s wife Sasha Swire says Boris Johnson is ‘a calculating machine’

MP’s wife Sasha Swire says Boris Johnson is ‘a calculating machine’ who is ‘desperately unhappy on the inside’ in gloriously indiscreet new tell-all book lifting the lid on the Tory party Sasha Swire will shine a light on the political events of last decade in her book Explosive new book Diary of an MPs Wife … Read more

MPs should be tested for coronavirus EVERY DAY, says Speaker Lindsay Hoyle

MPs should be tested for coronavirus EVERY DAY to keep the House of Commons running, says Speaker Lindsay Hoyle House of Commons Speaker has backed daily coronavirus testing for MPs Sir Lindsay Hoyle suggested it as way of returning chamber closer to normality It would mean MPs being tested more frequently than NHS or care … Read more

MPs pay consultancy £7,000 to design ‘unconscious bias’ course… taught by a giant blue PUPPET

MPs will be given lessons on woke language and history by consultants who declared the words ‘lady’ and ‘pensioner’ to be offensive. Parliament has paid Challenge Consultancy £7,000 to design a course on ‘unconscious bias’ for MPs. In total the company, which has also trained BBC staff, has raked in nearly £800,000 from Parliament for … Read more

Civil servants are ‘making a mockery’ of Boris Johnson’s push to get people back to offices, MPs say

Civil servants are making a ‘mockery’ of Boris Johnson’s push to get staff back into the office by advertising ‘work from home only’ jobs, MPs said last night. While Ministers have ordered officials to return to their desks, Whitehall departments are putting up recruitment adverts saying office work will not resume any time soon. MPs … Read more

Adorable moment MP’s baby starts crying during an Education Committee video call

Baby’s first select committee! Moment MP’s crying infant interrupts Ofqual video call as her mutli-tasking father straps her into a papoose to soothe her while carrying on the meeting Stoke Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis appeared on the video call with his baby Footage shows that at first, the child appeared to be settled in the … Read more

Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs not to name Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs not to name Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape as the suspect agrees ‘not to attend the House of Commons’ while on bail Sir Lindsay Hoyle said it would be ‘wholly inappropriate’ for MPs to name the MP Sir Lindsay said the MP had ‘agreed not to … Read more

Furious business chiefs and MPs slam Rishi Sunak’s £30billion tax raid

Furious business chiefs and MPs have slammed the Chancellor’s planned £30billion tax raid on the wealthy to help pay for the massive cost of coronavirus.  Treasury officials are said to be drawing up plans to target the better off, businesses and pensions to plug the gap in the nation’s finances. Capital gains tax and corporation tax … Read more