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Truss’s PopCon group splinters on launch but attacks Sunak’s policies

Just two of four MPs billed to speak present as launch event amounts to evisceration of PM’s government

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024

Listen up! It’s Liz Truss and the PopCons, the Tory tribute act sounding a death knell for irony

If today’s launch by the leader who was outlasted by a lettuce is the answer, what on earth was the question, asks the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024

What is Popular Conservatism? Liz Truss launches movement at 'PopCon' event

The ex-prime minister and her allies say they want to restore 'democratic accountability'

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2024

Row grows over Liz Truss ‘lettuce list’ honours for cronies

Former PM’s ‘shameless’ move compared to Harold Wilson’s ‘lavender list’ scandal – as Jacob Rees-Mogg makes desperate defence of ally

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2023

Ex-chancellor Norman Lamont says Sunak must ignore calls to ditch inheritance tax

Tory grandee doesn’t ‘buy’ MPs’ argument that tax on inherited wealth is widely hated

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2023

From Harry and Meghan's rumoured house hunt to Dua Lipa's renovations, here's where London's celebs live now

With a new Primrose Hill set, rumoured royal return and the odd mega renovation, the capital’s celebs have been busy on the home front this year

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

OPINION - Civil servants working from home doesn't work — my wife had to wait 160 weeks for probate instead of nine

So, the civil servants are at it again. Or rather they’re not, as they’re still “working” from home, painting their toenails, doing the laundry, watching reruns of Deal or No Deal and sequencing automated email replies. As if it wasn’t enough that they’re complaining about having to go back to…

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2023

Church of England’s blessings are heavily in disguise for same-sex couples

Before getting too excited about the CofE’s ‘prayers of love and faith’ it’s worth reading the ecclesiastical small print

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2023

Top insurance CEO announces that white male new hires must be personally signed off by herself

There is “no non-diverse hire" at Aviva that hasn’t been “signed off by me and the chief people officer,” the blue-chip company’s CEO, Amanda Blanc, revealed.

Fortune · Dec 15, 2023

Investment firm co-founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg to close after losing top client

Somerset Capital will be wound down after UK’s largest wealth manager shifts £2bn mandate to another fund

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023