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Digested week: A win for the posh boys and some shameful I’m a Celebrity dosh

As David Cameron returned, Nigel Farage headed for the jungle and Spurs crumbled, there was no invite for the launch of The Plot

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Boris Johnson’s flagship hospital scheme mired in delays, watchdog finds

MPs’ committee has ‘no confidence’ in delivery target for new hospitals and levelling up funds also criticised

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

OPINION - Are Tory Right-wingers a busted flush? Rishi Sunak is about to find out

Did Rishi Sunak ever need to appoint Suella Braverman in the first place? As Braverman claimed in her resignation letter, there seems to be a “general agreement” in that her support was “pivotal” in winning Sunak his premiership. But I was struck by a piece by Professor Tim Bale at…

Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2023

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy: empty slogans are no substitute for good government

Editorial: The supreme court has sunk the prime minister’s flagship policy and he is squandering a valuable opportunity to change course

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

Nadine Dorries on cabals, cosmetic work and Cameron’s peerage: ‘If you’re an Etonian, someone just has a word with the king’

In her new book, the former Tory MP claims a shadowy ‘movement’ controlled the Tory party for decades. She discusses impostor syndrome, her bond with Boris Johnson – and why she feels like Carrie Johnson’s second mum

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

The Rwanda plan is dead in the real world, but will live on in the fantasyland of Tory politics

The supreme court judgment was clear. But that won’t stop the party’s nationalist wing believing they can still succeed, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

OPINION - Rishi Sunak has fallen flat on his Rwanda policy — because he danced to Nigel Farage's tune

Ignore the technical talk about treaties, conventions and legislation. The Supreme Court ruling on the Government’s Rwanda deportation policy is just one more story of a Conservative leader dancing to Nigel Farage’s tune and falling flat on his face.

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2023

In the defeat of the Rwanda plan, the entire Tory project lies in tatters

Not just morally objectionable but stupid, the scheme is representative of years of Conservative rule, says author Daniel Trilling

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

Charlotte Owen makes her maiden speech and praises Boris Johnson

Baroness Owen, 30, joked about her young age

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2023

In Europe, we can’t help laughing at David Cameron’s return – but we welcome it too

The surprise resurrection of the man who gave us Brexit could be good news for a political scene in need of compromise, says historian Helene von Bismarck

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023