Boris Johnson wants to crack down on middle-class drug users with adverts aiming to make cocaine as socially unaccountable as drink-driving The Prime Minister will launch a PR blitz to tackle illegal drug use by middle class Wants to imitate successful drink-driving campaigns such as ‘THINK!’ adverts Mr Johnson and several members of the cabinet … Read more
Middle-class cocaine users earning more than £52,000 a year helped fuel a 20 per cent surge in drug seizures, the latest figures reveal. Home Office data shows drug seizures soared by a fifth in a year across England and Wales, as the total number of Brits taking illegal substances hit 3.2million. London had the highest … Read more
The middle-class capital gains raid: Heat on Rishi Sunak over tax watchdog’s plan for a £90bn hit on property owners, savers and investors Middle-class savers and entrepreneurs face being hammered by a tax raid Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recommended increasing CGT rates Experts warned investors and entrepreneurs to be on ‘high alert’ By James … Read more
From Ocado deliveries to food-bank handouts: Middle-class ‘new hungry’ are being forced to claim benefits for the first time as Covid destroys jobs Food charity claims emergence of ‘newly hungry’ group of middle-class workers Group are mostly younger people with mortgages, cars and credit cards They have suffered Covid-related job losses and gaps in social … Read more
The camera pans round to a bathroom, where a masked figure pours milk into a bath filled with rosebuds. In said bath reclines a glamorous young woman in a sparkly dress, one glistening bare leg emerging from the milky surface. As the camera zooms in on her, she takes off her mask, blowing a kiss. … Read more
Think of a phrase that best describes the celebrated naturalist Sir David Attenborough and ‘middle-class hypocrite’ certainly isn’t one that springs to mind. Yet the man widely considered to be one of our national treasures recently confessed that he is one. In his new film, A Life On Our Planet, out next week, Sir David … Read more
I’m a middle-class hypocrite: David Attenborough admits eating free-range meat troubles him because of its effect on the planet Veteran broadcaster, 94, said his conscience ‘troubles’ him when he eats meat He added: ‘If we all ate only plants, we’d need only half the land we use now’ Comments come ahead of the launch of … Read more
Britain pours tens of millions of aid money into African five-star hotels, Indian celebrity chef’s cookware brand and Kenyan coffee shops CDC Group is supposed to make investments to benefit world’s poorest places It pumped £43million into international business hotel chain Onomo since 2017 It also invested into hotel chain Azalai which owns five-star hotels … Read more
Fifteen years ago, Christine Handy’s life was fizzing with opportunity and new beginnings. At 40, she was financially secure and living mortgage-free in a handsome five-bedroom townhouse. A part-time job provided a balance to caring for three young children, and, divorced from her wealthy Cotswold landowning husband, she was happy in a new relationship. Today, … Read more
From workout gear to tequila, John Lewis’s lockdown must-haves as middle-class consumers settle into leisurely spending habits Spending habits have drastically altered during the coronavirus pandemic Initially mass buying of tinned food and toilet paper seems to have given way Middle-class consumers are buying cocktail ingredients, exercise equipment and pasta-making machines With video applications such as … Read more