Sunak predicts ‘hard night’ for Tories as he faces local elections test The Prime Minister’s Conservatives are trailing heavily behind Labour going into Thursday’s polls. The Independent UK · May 3, 2023
Rishi Sunak sends MPs away with a flurry of fibs at PMQs MPs vanish as Rish! turns PMQs into excruciating session of prime minister’s evasions The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023
Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘killing the dream of home ownership’ Labour leader castigates PM for dropping compulsory housebuilding targets for councils The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023
Can Rishi Sunak save the Tories? Voting behaviour over time suggests it will take more than personal appeal to win the next election One of the key findings of research into elections is that there is a close relationship between the popularity of party leaders and support for their parties in elections. The reason for this relates to how people make up their minds when voting. Many people consider issues or draw on… The Conversation · May 3, 2023
The case of the missing bathrobes … what Liz Truss’s latest gaffe tells us about grubbiness and greed Did a member of the ex-PM’s team pilfer some dressing gowns? If so, it wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen on her watch, but it represents a particular, pernicious form of Westminster entitlement, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023
Is it time up for Simon Case, the mandarin who’s never out of the media? The civil service is ‘a team without a captain’, argues Anthony Seldon. But can Sunak stomach ousting Case before the election? The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023
Watching TV in the garden is beyond the pale Brief letters: Outdoor viewing | AI cancer tool | Liz Truss refund | The age of Charles III | Oath of allegiance The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023
Controversial guests at King Charles' Coronation - former PM, Chinese deputy, wealthy sultan There will be 2,200 guests packed into Westminster Abbey on Saturday to see the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla - but it seems there are some surprising names on the guest list Daily Mirror · May 2, 2023
Gove and Hunt, beware: true-blue Surrey is ready to turf out the Tories – and you’re next An avalanche is coming. The voters I met are abandoning the Conservatives over lying, cheating and Brexit, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023
Liz Truss locked in row over ‘£12k bill at Chevening country retreat’ The former prime minister has been asked to pay about £12,000 for costs incurred while she spent time at the Chevening estate last summer. Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2023
Liz Truss disputing £12,000 bill relating to use of Chevening grace-and-favour house Invoice for ex-PM’s time at Kent mansion when foreign secretary is thought to include sums for missing bathrobes and party business The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2023
Liz Truss contests £12,000 bill from 'use of country retreat' LIZ Truss is contesting a UK Government bill relating to her use of the grace-and-favour country house she had access to as foreign secretary. The National (Scotland) · Apr 30, 2023
Liz Truss fights back against 'inappropriate' £12,000 Chevening estate bill The former prime minister maintains that the majority of the invoice does not relate to personal expenses Manchester Evening News · Apr 30, 2023
Liz Truss contests ‘£12,000 bill over use of Chevening country retreat’ The former prime minister has been asked to pay about £12,000 for costs incurred while she spent time at the Chevening estate last summer. The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2023
Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2023 Liz Truss 'hit by £12,000 bill' for Chevening 'parties' including 'lost' bathrobes The Cabinet Office 'objected to the idea that the taxpayer should foot the bill for what were basically a series of summer parties' held by Liz Truss at Chevening as she prepared for her disastrous stint in No10
Reuters · Apr 28, 2023 UK PM Sunak faces first test of comeback credentials in local polls Rishi Sunak faces his first big electoral test as British prime minister next week in local polls where the opposition Labour Party hopes to capitalise on a year of chaos for the governing Conservatives, ahead of a national election expected next year.
Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2023 Coronation guest list: A who’s-who of everyone invited to King Charles’ big day Attendees for today’s ceremony include world leaders, foreign dignitaries, and members of the public. Emma Loffhagen charts who has — and hasn’t — made the cut
The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2023 Truss and Kwarteng sacking of top civil servants ‘damaged government’ Instant removal of Treasury’s permanent secretary potentially worsened mini-budget crisis, parliamentary committee hears
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023 China carrying out biggest military build-up in peacetime history, says James Cleverly Cleverly warns that if Beijing invaded Taiwan, it would destroy world trade
The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2023 Reality is Sunak’s enemy in this endless Tory campaign to defy political gravity The PM posed as the leader who would finally tackle the serious issues. Now he is trying to stay in power by denying they exist, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023 Isolating China would be sign of weakness, says Cleverly The Foreign Secretary also warned that if Beijing invaded Taiwan, it would destroy world trade.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023 Crack-Up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodian review – the economic anarchy of Liz Truss’s dreams This timely and important study of investment zones exposes the limitations of the experiments favoured by free-market fanatics
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023 Dominic Raab is gone, but many others will continue his assault on human rights This government is determined to undermine international law, and with it our credibility, says Gordon Brown, who was prime minister from 2007 to 2010
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023 North Sea drilling: Greenpeace prepares to challenge ‘disastrous’ UK decision Court to decide if judicial review of Liz Truss move to allow new oil and gas drilling should be permitted
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023 Labour to use tactic that finished off Truss to force Tories into sewage vote If Tory MPs vote down opposition day motion, Labour can accuse them of thwarting attempts to clean up rivers, beaches and chalk streams