Is the net closing in on the ‘Chatty Rat’ behind the Covid-19 leak? Officials are ’90 per cent sure’ one of Michael Gove’s team tipped off newspapers that Boris Johnson was going to order a new lockdown, claims senior source Government source said inquiry officials 90% sure leak was from Gove’s team Comes after Gove … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s old political ‘frenemy’ Michael Gove is looking increasingly isolated today after the resignation of Dominic Cummings, one of his closest and oldest allies. Mr Cummings and the Cabinet Office Minister have a long history of working together across Government and, perhaps most crucially, as the brains behind the Vote Leave Campaign in 2016. … Read more
The men in dark suits rapped on the doors of the Cabinet ‘doves’ as the nation settled down to watch Strictly Come Dancing last Saturday evening. The celebrity dance show was running late because Downing Street had crashed a press conference by Boris Johnson into the prime-time schedules – a rushed and chaotic response to … Read more
Boris Johnson sent security experts to the homes of Cabinet Ministers to examine their personal mobile phones as part of a major leak inquiry. Senior figures, including Matt Hancock and Michael Gove, were told to surrender their phones as No10 hunted for the mole whose secret briefings forced the Prime Minister to make an early … Read more
Surely now is the time for Boris Johnson to offer the courage of his hero Winston Churchill. We need it more than ever. Yet last week he became the reincarnation of LedruRollin, the French revolutionary, who, as the mob rampaged through Paris in 1848, declared: ‘I must follow them, for I am their leader!’ What … Read more
Michael Gove has today been forced to admit he got new lockdown rules wrong after suggesting golf and singles tennis could be given a reprieve under the incoming grassroots sports ban. The Cabinet Office minister said rules on golf and singles tennis would be ‘fine-tuned’, possibly allowing players to continue during the upcoming national lockdown. … Read more
The battle for our children’s futures: More than 100,000 people sign teaching union petition to CLOSE schools – but Michael Gove says they will stay open the government is willing to EXTEND lockdown for the cause National Education Union is gaining support over views on closing schools Petition to ‘put schools in lockdown’ has gathered … Read more
I hope the scientists have got their sums right: IAIN DUNCAN SMITH fears collective failure in response to the virus will leave the UK and others teetering on the edge of economic and political disaster By Iain Duncan Smith For The Daily Mail Published: 23:49 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 23:53 GMT, 1 November … Read more
Rishi Sunak was reluctant to agree to the second national lockdown in light of the threat to the economy and the huge £5 billion cost of furlough, sources said last night. The Chancellor was one of those at the Downing Street meeting on Friday which decided to go ahead with new restrictive measures. A source … Read more
Keeping schools open during the November lockdown in England could mean infection rates stay higher for longer than when nationwide restrictions were first introduced in March, a leading scientist has warned. Former chief scientific adviser Sir Mark Walport said the new restrictions were not as ‘severe’ as the first time round, and that there was … Read more