Five British MPs ‘cheated death by terror bomb at Paris conference’ 

Five British MPs may have cheated death by a terrorist’s bomb at a Paris conference after an Iranian smuggled an explosive from Tehran to Vienna, intelligence sources have said. Assadollah Assadi, 48, allegedly carried the ‘Mother of Satan’ bomb onto an Austrian Airlines flight in his diplomatic bag, exempt from security checks, ahead of the … Read more

‘This is Jonathan Van-Tam, over’: top scientist ends press conference answers like a truck driver 

‘This is Jonathan Van-Tam, over’: deputy chief medical officer appears at No10 briefing from self-isolation due to a ‘household contact’- before bizarrely ending his answers to questions like a truck driver The deputy chief medical officer appeared on television from home  Told viewers: I’m actually self-isolating due to a household contact’  Did a decent impression … Read more

Rudy Giuliani press conference inspires a wave of hilarious memes

President Donald Trump‘s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani sparked a wave of memes on Thursday afternoon after sweating profusely through a bizarre press conference. Streaks of what appeared to be the former New York City mayor’s hair dye or make up ran down the side of his face, amusing social media users, as others bemoaned that … Read more

Rudy Giuliani gives voting fraud ‘evidence’ at odd press conference

PENNSYLVANIA BIDEN MAJORITY TRUMP NEEDS TO OVERTURN: 82,092 The Trump campaign has made Pennsylvania a centerpiece of its legal efforts in hopes of prying its 20 Electoral Votes away from Joe Biden. The state was a focus of pre-election concern amid its vastly expanded mail-in ballots, court rulings about the state accepting mailed ballots after … Read more

Trump sends social media into meltdown as he debuts GRAY HAIR at White House press conference

‘Donald’s hair dye has conceded!’ Trump sends social media into meltdown as he debuts GRAY HAIR at White House press conference Trump gave his first public press conference in eight days on Friday  The Commander-in-chief, 74, appeared to have stopped dying his hair as he sported natural looking silvery-white locks Hundreds of viewers took to … Read more

Fox News cuts away from Kayleigh McEnany’s press conference

PENNSYLVANIA BIDEN MAJORITY TRUMP NEEDS TO OVERTURN: 45,646 On Monday the Trump campaign filed their big shot at overturning all mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, claiming that Democratic and Republican counties did not administer them in the same way; instances of fraud; and that poll watchers could not see them being counted. The case faces an … Read more

DOMINIC SANDBROOK on Labour’s greatest rift since that electrifying conference assault on Militant 

What an extraordinarily dramatic, shaming moment this is. Extraordinary for British politics; shaming for the Labour Party; and in our lifetimes, at least, utterly without precedent. Even a few years ago, for one of the two great parties to cast out its own former leader, less than a year after he stepped down, would have … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Boris Johnson’s speech to the Tory party conference 

We got vim. We got vision. We got vava-VOOM!!! And goodness how we’ve needed a bit of that lately. These past weeks have been a bleak, boosterism-free zone.  So the soaring, sweeping epic that was Boris Johnson’s ‘virtual’ conference speech yesterday was welcome. An escapist fantasy, transporting us from the depressing foothills of Lockdown UK … Read more

Conservative Conference: Boris Johnson sets out post-Covid plan

Boris Johnson pleaded for Tories to keep faith in his instincts and handling of the coronavirus crisis today, setting out a true blue vision for Britain after the disease is defeated. The PM admitted 2020 ‘has not been the year we imagined’ but insisted the devastating effects of the pandemic would not prevent the government pushing … Read more

PM ditches auto-cue as he reads his Tory conference speech off a script

Having been bogged by a series of technical glitches of late, Boris Johnson today ditched his auto-cue as he set out his vision for post-coronavirus Britain. The PM eschewed technology in favour of traditional pen and paper as he delivered his address to the ‘virtual’ Tory conference this morning. The premier may have shunned the auto-cue in … Read more