Boris Johnson was today accused of doing the SNP’s work for them after he stormed that devolution had been been a ‘disaster’. The PM is facing the fury of unionists after the venting his frustration at surging support for independence north of the border – blaming Tony Blair for handing powers to Holyrood. A jubilant Nicola Sturgeon immediately … Read more
‘Devolution was a big mistake’: Boris Johnson says handing more powers to Scotland was a ‘disaster’ Devolution has been a ‘disaster’ and biggest mistake made by Tony Blair, PM said The Prime Minister made the controversial comments in a Zoom call with MPs Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon immediately seized on the comments By Michael Blackley … Read more
No one could pretend that the events in Downing Street over the past few days have presented an edifying spectacle. They have laid bare the strains and stresses that have bedevilled the heart of government, and have undoubtedly contributed to the missteps that have characterised its recent performance. It is difficult to imagine similar scenes … Read more
Boris Johnson was urged to make a fully functioning test and trace system his Government‘s ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in the summer in an extra-ordinary intervention by his predecessors in Number 10. Former chancellor George Osborne has revealed that Conservatives David Cameron and Sir John Major and the Labour former prime ministers Gordon Brown and … Read more
Former pupils of Tony Blair‘s old private school Fettes College have claimed there was a ‘culture of racism’ which left pupils feeling ‘dehumanised’, as they told of mock ‘slave’ auctions. The annual ‘tradition’ is understood to have ended in 2013, but it was alleged posters would be plastered on the walls advertising a ‘sale’ at … Read more
Ex-PMs Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, John Major and David Cameron joined together MONTHS ago to tell Boris Johnson to make test and trace his ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in order to beat coronavirus Former chancellor George Osborne revealed the letter was sent to PM in July It was signed by David Cameron, John Major, Tony … Read more
A week ago, we said there was a whiff of Tony Blair about the Government’s case for a second lockdown. It felt rather too much like the launch of the 2003 dodgy dossier on Iraq‘s weapons of mass destruction, which was used to stampede the nation into the Iraq War, to the eventual regret of … Read more
This national lockdown should be our last. There is an urgent responsibility to spend the next month putting in place the tools that will allow us to live alongside this virus safely and freely through the winter. As I have discovered talking to experts around the world, Covid-19 will be with us for some years. … Read more
Blair’s four-point Covid plan: Ex-PM calls for experimental drugs to be deployed more widely, speeded up vaccines and faster testing Tony Blair today published a four-point plan to tackle the UK’s coronavirus crisis He said experimental drugs should be offered to all seriously ill Covid patients Also called for swift roll out of rapid tests … Read more
We are solemnly informed that a new and near-total lockdown is to begin on Wednesday night, and that it is wholly necessary to save us from thousands of avoidable deaths, and from the sight of coffins piled up in skating rinks. We are told, once again, that the NHS will be overwhelmed if we do … Read more