Dominic Cummings got a PAY RISE from £95k to £140k: Boris Johnson’s lockdown-flouting adviser had his pay boosted by at least £40k before he left No10 – as documents reveal PM’s army of SpAds cost taxpayer almost £10m The Cabinet Office today published its annual report on special adviser pay Data shows Dominic Cummings saw … Read more
Ofcom is probing Emily Maitlis’ Dominic Cummings Newsnight rant following a complaint after BBC decided to take ‘no further action’ despite ruling she DID breach impartiality guidelines Emily Maitlis slammed Dominic Cummings in a Newsnight opening monologue The BBC reportedly received more than 24,000 complaints over presenter’s rant Editorial Complaints Unit ruled she breached impartiality rules but … Read more
Lily James returned to work on Tuesday for the first time since she was seen kissing and cuddling married actor Dominic West back in October. The screen star, 31, who has rarely been seen in public since the images of her and Dominic, 51, emerged, stood out in a £900 yellow jacket as filming for … Read more
A group called the Campaign For Common Sense revealed the result of an analysis of BBC comedy shows yesterday: last month, out of 141 comedians across 364 slots on such programmes as Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week, ’74 per cent of the slots were occupied by comedians with publicly pronounced … Read more
France was told its fishing boats will have ‘zero access’ to British waters if there is a No Deal Brexit today – as a senior minister that the UK was preparing to ”enforce our waters’. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab fired a warning shot at Paris amid after it was revealed four Royal Navy gunboats were on … Read more
Lily James is set to make her first big public appearance since news of the Dominic West scandal broke at a charity concert the actor has often attended. The actress, 31, will deliver a Christmas reading at the first-ever virtual Nordoff Robbins’ Christmas carol service next Tuesday. The evening, which will be streamed online and … Read more
Last month, Sussex Police were good enough to write to me. Their letter began: ‘Notice of Intended Prosecution.’ That got my attention. It went on to say that ‘it is intended to take proceedings against the driver of motor vehicle…’ — and gave a car number plate exactly the same as mine. Apparently it had … Read more
A day to remember, in a year to forget — that was Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s verdict on Wednesday, after news that Britain had become the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine. Next week, vaccination with the breakthrough Pfizer/BioNTech jab will begin. The long nightmare isn’t over yet, of course. Every … Read more
Dominic Raab today raised hopes of the UK and the EU striking a post-Brexit trade accord as he said ‘there is a deal to be done’ but warned fishing rights remain the ‘one outstanding major bone of contention’. The Foreign Secretary said he believed talks between Britain and the bloc are now entering their final … Read more
Dominic Raab today admitted there is a ‘risk’ of a third wave of coronavirus infections in the New Year if ministers ‘don’t get the balance right’ on tiered restrictions. The Foreign Secretary said the Government is ‘doing everything we can to avoid’ a third national shutdown as he defended the decision to plunge the majority … Read more