Revealed: Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings’s secret Covid WhatsApp messages In a WhatsApp message to Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings described the Cabinet Office as ‘terrifyingly s***’ The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023
Boris Johnson did not want meetings with Nicola Sturgeon during Covid BORIS Johnson has said he thought it was "wrong" for him to hold regular meetings with Nicola Sturgeon and the Welsh First Minister during… The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2023
Starmer’s vision silenced Labour sceptics – but disillusioned voters will be a much tougher crowd To win a mandate for meaningful change, the Labour leader knows he must cut through deep layers of apathy and cynicism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023
Cabinet turmoil a key reason for ‘dismal’ UK response to Covid, inquiry told Former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell also says breaches of Covid rules by those in power destroyed public trust The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023
Danny Dorling on hunger, heating and hope: ‘Britain has the worst stunted health in all of Europe’ Once, Dorling was viewed as a radical. Now his writing on inequality simply seems prescient. He discusses poverty, politics, and how we reached such a parlous state The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023
OPINION - Keir Starmer is a Milk Tray man — I fear he’s too bland Neither has natural charisma yet the next election is shaping up as a high personal battle between Milk Tray man and the Godiva geek … Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday briefing: The global impact of UK supreme court’s ruling on Rwanda deportation plan In today’s newsletter: A complicated legal battle over whether the UK government plan to send thousands of migrants to Rwanda could cause a fundamental shift in how asylum seekers are treated The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023
Wealth management arm of Crispin Odey group to be wound down Odey Asset Management was thrown into turmoil after allegations of sexual misconduct against its founder The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023
The Tories have squandered their advantage with working-class voters. Labour can win them back To attract his party’s traditional supporters Keir Starmer needs to give people hope that if they work hard, they will have a good life, writes Labour’s former executive director of policy Claire Ainsley The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023
Why Labour's plan to 'rewrite Brexit' might not be as politically risky as it sounds Labour leader Keir Starmer has committed to rewriting the UK’s Brexit deal with the European Union when it comes up for review in 2025, if his party is elected to government. He has said he wants a closer trading relationship and better terms than former prime minister Boris Johnson negotiated… The Conversation · Oct 9, 2023
‘Work commitments’ keep Labour’s new ‘Tsar’ (and Boris Johnson’s ex-wife) Marina Wheeler from party’s conference Women who are bullied and sexually harassed in the workplace will be given new protections under a Labour government The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2023
The week in TV: Boiling Point; Partygate; Beckham; Bargain – review The film-spinoff restaurant drama is all about people not plates. Elsewhere, a Partygate docudrama is painful viewing and David Beckham bares little The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
Keir Starmer unveils £1.5bn plan for largest ever workforce expansion in the NHS The party leader warned against triumphalism The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023
Johnson’s barrister ex-wife to become Labour’s ‘whistleblowing tsar’ for women Marina Wheeler, who is an expert in employment law, would advise the party on its proposed reforms. The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023 Starmer acts to protect women who blow whistle on sex-pest bosses Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s former wife Marina Wheeler is to be Labour’s ‘whistleblower tsar’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2023 The Observer view on Keir Starmer: he has transformed Labour’s prospects, but can’t bank on election victory Four years after its existential crisis, the re-energised party is poised for government, but with monumental challenges facing the country, it faces an uphill task
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023 Rishi Sunak mocked for boasting about scrapping HS2 from private plane The prime minister was accused of having a ‘breathtaking lack of self-awareness’ for posting the picture alongside a promise to ‘boost our transport’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2023 Fiona Bruce apologises for referring to man as ‘the black guy’ on air Presenter contacted Roberto Gocan, 35, about her comment during Question Time in Wolverhampton
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023 Boris Johnson blasts Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban smoking for future generations Former PM claims policy will create ‘smoking apartheid’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2023 ‘I just don’t think he cares’: Workington Tory voters’ verdict on Rishi Sunak My research group spoke to 2019’s first-time Tory voters in Cumbria, seen as embodying Boris Johnson’s realignment
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023 Healthcare workers ‘felt under-appreciated’ amid weekly pandemic clap Politicians and the royal family took part in the Clap for Carers.
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023 Boris Johnson’s former food tsar attacks Sunak’s smoking ban: ‘Odd to prioritise cigarettes over fast food’ Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby says smoking is ‘far less’ of a health issue than a poor diet, as he calls on the prime minister to act
Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2023 Boris and Carrie Johnson start a farm to rival Jeremy Clarkson’s, with new ducks and chicks Carrie Johnson has been sharing pictures of her new brood online
Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2023 Talk TV launch new Jeremy Kyle breakfast show to take on troubled GB News Kyle’s new show has started just as Laurence Fox was fired from rival GB
Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2023 OPINION - Partygate still matters: how the Tories made morality an issue After 13 years of power and five prime ministers, the Conservatives increasingly appear to be held together by string. The consensus is that the party faces either significant decline or catastrophe at the next general election. Amid the talk of sleaze, incompetence and chaos, what is often missed about post-Covid…