The Latest Breaking News from Harold Wilson

Horrified wife of Stonehouse drama MP says show a 'vicious attack' on her family

ITV last week aired a three-part drama about John Stonehouse MP, who attempted and failed to fake his own death following a mental breakdown

Daily Mirror · Jan 7, 2023

Boris Johnson ally Lord Stephen Greenhalgh predicts former PM will return to Number 10 this year

Talk of a return for Boris Johnson comes as Rishi Sunak was set to make his first major intervention of the new year in a speech in London

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023

What is colon cancer? ‘Silent killer’ that afflicted Kirstie Alley and Pele

Second-deadliest form of cancer in UK can sometimes develop without symptoms

The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023

Autumn statement 2022: this budget may not cause Truss-level chaos but it could still provoke markets

Liz Truss’s short-lived government presided over an even shorter-lived economic experiment in “Trussonomics”. As investors responded to September’s mini-budget by demanding higher interest premiums to purchase UK debt, the government was unable to execute its plans. Truss was reduced to a helpless bystander as her new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, started…

The Conversation · Nov 16, 2022

Resignation honours: what are they, why are they so controversial and can the system ever be changed?

Time for a quick quiz. What links Nadine Dorries, lockdown-rule-flouting London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and David Ross, a Tory donor embroiled in a scandal after funding a prime ministerial holiday to Mustique. If you answered, “They are all rumoured to appear on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list,” give yourself…

The Conversation · Nov 11, 2022

Rishi Sunak's car comes with a secret escape hatch

It also has a self-healing fuel tank and a tamper-proof exhaust

Wales Online · Nov 3, 2022

Harold Wilson drama is first feature film to be shot in Commons chamber

It’s a Sin actor Shaun Dooley plays former PM in cold war thriller The Ghost of Harold Wilson

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

Who were the youngest ever prime ministers as Rishi Sunak takes over at 42?

The title of youngest ever PM belongs to William Pitt the Younger, who was just 24 in 1783

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2022

UK gets fifth prime minister in just over six years

The turnover of prime ministers has speeded up in recent decades.

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

How many times can someone be Prime Minister – and how long can they be in office?

Disgraced Boris Johnson could join the Conservative Party leadership contest once again after Liz Truss threw in the towel just 44 days after she took over as prime minister

Daily Mirror · Oct 21, 2022