Why Rishi Sunak chose the occasion of today’s PMQs to take a petty swipe at the leader of a friendly nation ultimately confirmed Sir Keir Starmer’s withering observation that the prime minister does indeed have the “reverse Midas touch”.
Even before PMQs, Sunak’s “reverse Midas touch” was being revealed in committee hearings which heard first hand of the government’s complete...
Vallance breathes new life into Rishi Sunak’s ‘Dr Death’ persona
Sir Patrick Vallance has breathed new life into Rishi Sunak’s image as Dr Death at the Covid Inquiry after evidence revealed the prime minister said the government should “just let people die” during the pandemic.
Vallance – the government’s chief...
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King’s Speech – ‘Tories aren’t even pretending to govern anymore,’ says Starmer
King Charles, flanked by the equally ermined and bejewelled Queen Camilla delivered the first King’s Speech in some 70 years, laying out “his” government’s legislative agenda before the public...
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Dr Death in existential AI battle as old foe BoJo joins GB News
Hallowe’en is upon us and trickster prime minister Rishi Sunak is treating the country by ditching his ‘InAction Man’ costume and donning Dr Death to battle the existential threat...
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Cowboy government takes lead from Texas to fix prisons crisis
It’s long established that the UK is being ruled by a cowboy government so it will no surprise to learn their latest plan to solve Britain’s prisons crisis is...
Brazen Gove accuses Birmingham council leaders of causing harm
If the latest poll is to be believed, almost 90% of voters will have heard comments by Michael Gove comments about appointing commissioners to run bankrupted Birmingham City Council and wished it was as...
The Great Stink of Sunak’s serpentine summer
It’s 165 years since the Great Stink and this summer has no shortage of personalities and events to support Karl Marx’s observation that “history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second as...
There’s nothing anybody can do about Nadine Dorries. Or is there?
Sir Keir Starmer is calling on the prime minister to “get a grip” again – this time over the Nadine Dorries affair with the Conservative MP still drawing her salary more than two months...
Greenpeace takes over Sunak’s house as govt launches National Risk Registry
Oh the irony of the UK prime minister’s house being scaled by Greenpeace activists on the same day Rishi Sunak’s government launched the National Risk Registry.
It’s broad and diverse detailing what the government believes...
NHS Long Term Plan has striking omission
Billed by Rishi Sunak as “the most significant thing to ever happen in the NHS”, the long-awaited NHS long term plan aims to fix staffing issues to future proof the health service.
Sunak has allocated...