There’s an apt and vivid phrase which Boris Johnson uses in private to describe a mood that has engulfed much of the country. He says we must beware of ‘morbid funk’. He appears to mean there is a risk of the nation being so obsessed with Covid-19, and so fearful of its consequences, that we’ll avoid … Read more
Jodie Comer has revealed that she’d planned to shed her Liverpudlian accent early on in her career – until actor Stephen Graham urged her to keep it. The 27-year-old actress, who has won acclaim and accolades for her role in Killing Eve, has admitted that she believed her accent had no place in the acting … Read more
Father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence says UK policing is still ‘institutionally racist’ and black people are ‘treated as second-class citizens’ Neville Lawrence, 78, also praised the tearing down of statues of slave owners His son Stephen was stabbed to death in a racist attack in London in April 1993 Charges against the killers were … Read more
Has the BBC finally given up any pretence of impartiality, and become the official mouthpiece of the Black Lives Matter protest movement, which has been mounting demonstrations around the country over the past week? Sunday was tumultuous. A mob in Bristol tore down the statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader and philanthropist who died … Read more
Brexit! So you thought it had happened? Not exactly. Britain may have left the EU, but its crucial future trading relations with the bloc are still being discussed, and in an unproductive and acrimonious way. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has popped up in a Sunday newspaper warning Boris Johnson that he must keep … Read more
This country faces its worst crisis since World War II. Tens of thousands have died, and although the pandemic is being brought under control there will be many more deaths. Our economy is in freefall, and even the most optimistic observers believe we face years of pain and slog just to get back to where … Read more
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Appleton and boyfriend Stephen Haines take their daughter Skipper, 2 months, out for a stroll as the family are seen for the first time since her surprise arrival By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 12:58 BST, 24 May 2020 | Updated: 13:10 BST, 24 May 2020 Nicole Appleton and Stephen Haines were … Read more
When I read in the Mail this week of the main teaching union’s disgraceful tactics to thwart the reopening of classrooms, my heart sank. And I dare say I was not alone. As the father of three state-educated children – one of them aged seven – I find it difficult to forgive Mary Bousted, the … Read more
Stephen Bear found himself flanked by three policemen on his doorstep on Wednesday, after seemingly getting into an argument with his girlfriend. The reality personality, 30, was heard in his own Instagram story asking the officers whether they’d be upset if their girlfriends ‘f**ked someone else’. Stephen filmed the three men as they waited outside … Read more
Follow the science. It has become a mantra for Boris Johnson and senior ministers throughout this crisis. There are variations. One of them is: ‘We are guided by the science.’ Sometimes it’s ‘the best scientific advice’. Rather as in the Star Wars movies when the goodies constantly say ‘May the force be with you’ to … Read more