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 easy to replace the government. Birmingham city council – the biggest local authority in Europe with 101 councillors – effectively declared […]
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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 farce.” It always reeked but 18th century London really stank. Its rank air wafted the pungent scent of human waste and […]
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Conservative MPs fear the mortgage rate time bomb will cost them the next election because their government is blind to the impact of the “interest rate catastrophe”. The cost of mortgages have surged following successive interest rate rises and the Bank of England is predicted to hike them even higher this week – from 4.5% […]
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Michael Gove has been accused of “living in a different century” for wanting to stop child benefit payments to parents of children who miss school. The Levelling-Up secretary has tried three times in 13 years to introduce the policy and claims such sanctions would help restore “an ethic of responsibility” on parents for their children. […]
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Caroline Lucas, the UK’s only Green party MP has accused Rishi Sunak’s government of committing “a climate crime against humanity” by approving a “toxic” new coal mine in Cumbria. A host of other critics have railed against the decision by Levelling-up secretary Michael Gove to approve the mine, calling it “shameful” and “a pathetic failure […]
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Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure with growing numbers of disgruntled Conservative MPs rebelling over onshore wind farms, planning reforms and a proposed crackdown on overseas students. Former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss signed a rebel amendment last week against Sunak’s de-facto ban on onshore wind farms. Cop26 president Alok Sharma also signed […]
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Labour is extending its lead over the Conservative party and is now perceived as being less extreme and more economically competent than the Tories. Sir Keir Starmer’s party has taken a 15% lead over the Tories, according to the latest YouGov poll which puts the Tories on 28% – a 2% fall in a week […]
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Michael Gove has been sacked and called a “snake” by Downing Street as the constitutional crisis – caused by a prime minister unwilling to face reality – deepens. The rate of resignations from Boris Johnson’s government has not abated with more than 50 ministers – including at least five secretaries of state – abandoning the […]
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Boris Johnson blocked a plan by Priti Patel to make it easier for more Ukrainian refugees to come to the UK, according to government sources cited by Sky News. The prime minister and his chief of staff Steve Barclay are accused of “personally slapping down” Patel’s plan to open up a new “humanitarian route” for […]
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Sir Lyndsay Hoyle is ready to call in police sniffer dogs to tackle the “deeply concerning” use of cocaine at the Palace of Westminster. The Speaker said he will investigate after the Sunday Times found 11 out of 12 lavatory areas in Westminster – accessible only with parliamentary passes – were found to have traces […]
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