MEMOIR THE MOVES THAT MATTER by Jonathan Rowson (Bloomsbury £20, 352pp) Grandmaster chess is associated in the public’s mind with disproportionate levels of eccentricity, or even insanity. This is a statistically invalid cliché created by journalists who don’t have a passion for the game themselves and therefore can’t understand why others would devote their lives … Read more
Harry Dunn’s mother accuses Dominic Raab of using a bankruptcy threat to stop search for the truth: Family face financial ruin in court battle over the US spy in death crash outside RAF base Harry Dunn died after former US spy Anne Sacoolas crashed into him last August The Foreign Office have warned the Dunn’s … Read more
Rebecca Long-Bailey declares Labour will go ‘toe-to-toe’ against Boris Johnson’s adviser Dominic Cummings if she becomes leader Rebecca Long-Bailey was speaking today at a leadership hustings in Brighton The shadow business secretary said she wants to establish a media rebuttal unit She also wants a greater emphasis on digital campaigning at the next election By Raven … Read more
Dominic Cummings asked Boris Johnson to grant him special powers in Downing Street which have made him more powerful than the PM’s special advisers. The assistant to the Prime Minister is understood to have a document – signed by Mr Johnson – stating that he has control over certain government projects. The agreement has little … Read more
One day, long after the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us, historians may see the last few days as the moment when the world tumbled into the abyss. On Thursday, the head of the World Health Organisation declared that mankind stood at a ‘decisive point’. The world faced ‘a crisis, an epidemic that … Read more
Ex-Chancellor Sajid Javid blasts Dominic Cummings’ reign of terror over advisers in scything resignation speech saying changes the powerful aide is making are ‘not in the public interest’ Sajid Javid made resignation statement in the House of Commons this afternoon Ex-Chancellor launched thinly-veiled attack on Dominic Cummings’ behaviour Mr Javid quit after being told his … Read more
Humphry Wakefield accused mandarins who have squared up to Home Secretary Priti Patel of acting to protect their ‘relaxed life’ The father-in-law of Boris Johnson’s chief aide Dominic Cummings made an astonishing intervention in the Home Office bullying row today. Sir Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, owner of Chillingham Castle and friend of Prince Philip, accused mandarins … Read more