Boris Johnson’s brutal lockdown tiers were approved by the Commons tonight despite a major Tory revolt at the ‘back of fag packet’ curbs, The new system was signed off by a margin of 291 to 78 and will come into force tomorrow after Labour opted to abstain, complaining the regime was not tough enough and … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has decided to break from Boris Johnson in a vote today on new Covid tier restrictions for the first time, in a split that could damage the PM and leave him at the mercy of Tory rebels. No10 expects to win today’s Commons vote on the three-tier lockdown curbs, which are due … Read more
MPs in sleaze probes will be named and shamed amid rising concerns over a lack of transparency, pledges House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg Jacob Rees-Mogg pledges to reverse controversial ruling on MP investigations MPs have anonymity when being investigated by Parliament’s sleaze watchdog But MPs reported for sexual harassment and bullying to still remain anonymous … Read more
The coronavirus tier system could be scrapped in just nine weeks after Boris Johnson promised a commons vote in the new year in a bid to head off a Tory backbench rebellion. The Prime Minister has written to Conservative MPs offering them a second vote on the coronavirus tier system early next year, having angered ome of … Read more
Boris Johnson was moving through the gears nicely in the Commons yesterday as he laid out next week’s post-lockdown restrictions. There was a pep in his step. A swing to his swagger. Then as Mark Harper (Con, Forest of Dean) pushed the PM to provide the economic impact of his restrictions…zoiks! The PM was rendered … Read more
Frustrated MPs are ‘turning their House of Commons offices into secret bars’ after Parliament’s alcohol ban Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle banned alcohol sales in the Commons this month Some MPs have been filling their fridges with wine & beers & throwing parties Commons authorities are investigating claims that renegade Tories plan to turn their offices … Read more
On every commuter train, there’s usually one poor sap whose eyelids are waging war with gravity. Watching them engage in this brave battle, it’s as though every muscle in their face is winched to the max, desperately trying to keep those tired peepers open. Heave, boys, heave! Failure to do so and snap! Down goes … Read more
In a voice quivering with indignation, the senior Tory MP on the end of the line said he had something rather startling to tell me – and he was emphatically certain of the details. ‘I saw him,’ he exclaimed. ‘I saw the Health Secretary, the man telling the rest of the country how to behave, … Read more
Tory MP arrested on suspicion of raping a House of Commons researcher has bail lifted The inquiries are undertaken by the Metropolitan Police’s Complex Case Team In a statement, the Met said man in his 50s was arrested on Saturday, 1st August Conservative Party has been criticised for not suspending the MP in question By … Read more
Last order orders! Speaker Lindsay Hoyle bans the sale of alcohol in House of Commons bars from Saturday (so will peers axe the beers too?) Lindsay Hoyle announced the banning of alcohol from the House of Commons No alcohol will be served in the Commons for the ‘foreseeable future’ The new restrictions will not affect … Read more