Laurence Fox calls for a Twitter ‘retract button’ for people who say controversial things and then change their mind as he blasts ‘anti-Western and anti-democratic’ freedom of speech ‘crisis’ in Conservative Conference appearance The actor turned political activist spoke at Conservative Party Conference fringe Attacked Twitter as ‘everything that everyone ever writes exists in perpetuity’ … Read more
Rishi Sunak warned of tax rises to come and lavished praise on ‘special’ Boris Johnson today as he tried to quell growing rumours of a feud over lockdown. The Chancellor hailed the PM as a ‘rare’ communicator who had ‘got the big calls right’ as he delivered his keynote speech to Tory conference. Mr Sunak again … Read more
Rishi Sunak warned of tax rises to come and lavished praise on ‘special’ Boris Johnson today as he tried to quell growing rumours of a feud over lockdown. The Chancellor hailed the PM as a ‘rare’ communicator who had ‘got the big calls right’ as he delivered his keynote speech to Tory conference. Mr Sunak again … Read more
Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson put on a united front today after the Chancellor branded the 10pm pubs curfew ‘frustrating’ and insisted he had ‘no regrets’ about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme. The two politicians were pictured together visiting an energy firm after Mr Sunak mounted a staunch defence of his subsidies on dining … Read more
Rishi Sunak dishes up £238m back-to-work scheme: Chancellor to launch jobs drive – as he blasts ‘frustrating’ pub curfew and vows to fight full new lockdown Rishi Sunak will launch a £238m back-to-work jobs scheme today called JETS The new programme will assist those who lost work as a result of the pandemic Chancellor will … Read more
Boris Johnson admits Eat Out to Help Out scheme might have helped fuel spike in coronavirus cases but says it was crucial to save ‘hundreds of thousands of jobs’ Boris Johnson admitted the Eat Out to Help Out scheme might have fueled cases PM insisted popular subsidy was essential to save hundreds of thousands of … Read more
The sense of deja vu for Michael Gove must have been overwhelming. As he spoke to The Mail on Sunday on a stormy evening in West London, Donald Trump’s doctors were preparing to move the US President to hospital – having previously insisted that he was ‘in good spirits’ and displaying only ‘mild symptoms’ of … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Boris is the only man for the job – and Tories must not forget this By Mail on Sunday Comment Published: 08:09 BST, 4 October 2020 | Updated: 08:09 BST, 4 October 2020 Nobody voted for Boris Johnson as Tory Party leader or as Prime Minister because they thought he was … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has overtaken Boris Johnson as the man voters think would make the best Prime Minister, according to exclusive new research seen by The Mail on Sunday. The analysis, conducted by former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft, will cause alarm in Downing Street as Mr Johnson grapples with the rise in Covid-19 infections, … Read more
Michael Gove vows to move civil servants out of London ‘closer to where the action is’ as Tories plan second Conservative HQ in Leeds Michael Gove said it is time for civil servants to be ‘closer to where the action is’ Gove argued home-working during the pandemic proves the upheaval can work Boris Johnson has … Read more