Describing the current impasse in Brussels over Brexit the other day, the Prime Minister explained that ‘it was put to me that this was kind of a bit like twins and the UK is one twin, the EU is another, and if the EU decides to have a haircut then the UK is going to … Read more
No doubt like many of you, I have spent the last few days trying to get my head around the Government’s latest response to coronavirus, and the fact that, for the most part, it seems to have gone down like a dry cough in a crowded train carriage. And I’ve concluded that, when it comes … Read more
Rejoice! For Christmas has been ‘saved’. After much to-ing and fro-ing and gnashing of teeth, the Government has announced that families will be allowed to ‘bubble up’ to enjoy the festive season together. For many people this is a long-awaited chance to catch up with much-missed relatives. But for some reason the idea of being … Read more
Imagine if Priti Patel was a Labour Minister – the reaction to Sir Alex Allan’s inquiry into her conduct at the Home Office would be very different. The entire liberal establishment, from The Guardian to Twitter to the BBC, would have ridden out in her defence, shutting down any objections with furious cries of ‘racism’. … Read more
When I think back to that evening in 2004 when, heavily pregnant with our son, I accompanied my nervous husband to the final selection round at the Surrey Heath Conservative Association, the memory is crystal clear. We sat together for a while in the car park, going over his speech. We talked about what it … Read more
Malcolm Tucker, No 10’s brutal chief adviser in the TV satire The Thick Of It, would no doubt have a colourful word to describe the way the Government has handled the Marcus Rashford/free school meals debacle. But this is a family newspaper, so let’s just call it a complete and utter disaster. An embarrassing own … Read more
What an exhausting and baffling week it’s been. Even I can’t get my head around the new Covid rules – and I’m married to a Cabinet Minister, so God knows how the rest of the country must feel. But perhaps the biggest mystery has been the disappearance of a story about Hunter Biden, son of presidential … Read more
So much for his band being ‘bigger than Jesus’. It emerged this week that a third of children aged six to 16 have no idea why John Lennon was famous (with one speculating that he ‘discovered glasses’) — while 15 per cent say they have never even heard of him So much for his band … Read more
At times like these we all need a bit of a distraction. And what could be more entertaining than the sight of a married, middle-aged actor making a complete and utter fool of himself? Enter The Wire’s Dominic West, father of five and husband of the beautiful and aristocratic Catherine FitzGerald, photographed this week in Rome … Read more
Actress and comedian Rebel Wilson, who shot to fame as ‘Fat Amy’ in Pitch Perfect, has done an Adele. Both celebrities have transformed their appearance through weight loss — and in doing so have incurred the wrath of body positivity champions, who accuse them of betraying their bigger sisters. In many ways, I can understand … Read more