Former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has revealed she rotated two suits for a year-and-a-half after giving birth because she struggled to shift her baby weight. The politician, 41, from Edinburgh, welcomed son Finn with her partner Jen Wilson in October 2018. Speaking on Susannah Constantine’s My Wardrobe Malfunction podcast, mother-of-one Ruth said she refused … Read more
The magic money tree… shaken by a Tory! Astonished former Chancellor NORMAN LAMONT gives his verdict on Rishi Sunak’s mini-Budget By Norman Lamont, Former Chancellor, For The Daily Mail Published: 22:36 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 01:21 BST, 9 July 2020 As a former Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1990s, I can honestly … Read more
Ministers vowed to ‘stand up for British values and security’ today after China threatened ‘consequences’ if Huawei is barred from involvement in the 5G network. The government is set to U-turn on allowing the firm a role in the huge project after intelligence agencies warned US sanctions had raised doubts about security. Conservative MPs are … Read more
Did embattled Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick say that the UK has ‘had enough female Prime Ministers’? Amber Rudd has said an unnamed senior Tory made the comment last year She claims it came during last years’ Conservative party leadership contest Tory MPs claim that Jenrick was the MP who made the remark, which he denies … Read more
Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick pushed through a decision to allow a Tory donor’s £1billion housing development to allow him to save tens of millions of pounds in tax, documents tonight appear to show. The Housing Secretary tonight finally bowed to pressure to release correspondence over his role in the ‘cash for favours’ row involving Richard … Read more
People seem weary of Dominic Raab. Too uncaring, they shudder. Too robotic. Something about those deep set eyes which just leaves them cold. It is true that his remarks yesterday criticising Black Lives Matter supporters for taking the knee were remarkably charmless. So too was his Tory leadership campaign last year. Watching his speeches I … Read more
Home Secretary Priti Patel is incandescent. ‘They are trying to silence me because I don’t conform to their version of what it is to be an ethnic minority,’ she seethes. ‘They think they have a licence to speak for everybody from an ethnic minority community. ‘That is not the case. It is simply not the … Read more
Boris Johnson today hinted that the two-metre social distancing rule will be eased soon – even if Nicola Sturgeon refuses to fall into line. The PM is coming under growing pressure to relax the instruction, which is hampering the return of schools and crippling swathes of UK plc. Senior Conservatives are increasingly furious at the government’s … Read more
Tory Lord says there are ‘too may fat NHS medics and teachers’ setting a ‘very bad example’ in the fight against obesity and suggests overweight people should be ‘shamed’ into eating and drinking less Lord Robathan criticised ‘a large number’ of overweight medics and teachers Accused them of setting a bad example to patients and … Read more
Charlotte Church faces backlash after urging parents to keep their children away from school in foul-mouthed Twitter rant Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils have all been permitted to return to classrooms from today as part of an easing of Britain’s lockdown But mother-of-two Church, 34, has rubbished the move and urged parents to … Read more