Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is ‘surprised and concerned’ Boris Johnson didn’t lockdown parts of Britain to tackle the coronavirus ‘national emergency’ as debate rages over whether the PM has gone far enough to protect Britain’s 66million population. Mr Hunt, who since leaving the cabinet is chair of the Commons health and social … Read more
Professor Keith Neal, Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham Professor Keith Neal Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham The plans are sensible. It’s very easy to say more needs to be done, but there is little evidence to make any decision. If people who might have … Read more
This is what it must have been like in 1940. Europe has fallen, the United States has gone into isolation and Britain stands alone. Italy is in lockdown and troops are on the streets. Austria, Slovenia and the Czech Republic have closed their borders. Across the Continent, schools, shops, offices, factories and restaurants have closed; sporting … Read more
PROFESSOR MATTHEW GOODWIN: Rishi Sunak’s bulldozer budget for Boris Johnson’s ‘red wall’ By Matthew Goodwin For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 23:04 GMT, 11 March 2020 This is essentially a budget for blue-collar Britain – for the left-behind communities and left-out workers who, at the recent election, gave Conservatives … Read more
When Rishi Sunak rose to his feet in the Commons yesterday to deliver his first Budget speech, Boris Johnson had every reason to feel nervous. Less than a month had passed since Sajid Javid quit as Chancellor in a spat with the Prime Minister over special advisers. Few voters had ever heard of Sunak when … Read more
Breathless Boris Johnson had his oratory dial set to ‘rousing’: HENRY DEEDES on the PM’s emergency coronavirus address to the nation By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 00:21 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 01:24 GMT, 10 March 2020 Film buffs will know there comes a point in every science fiction disaster movie … Read more
Boris Johnson’s fiancée Carrie Symonds was a vision in blue today as she stepped out for the Commonwealth Service. Carrie, 31, cut an elegant figure as she arrived alongside the Prime Minister at Westminster Abbey, marking the first time she has attended an official public event with Boris since the couple’s shock announcement that they … Read more
All hail Queen Carrie! Boris Johnson’s fiancée ‘rules the roost’ when it comes to personnel decisions, Tatler claims – as a source reveals ‘who she trusts and who has her ear is hugely important’ Carrie Symonds has influence over the PM’s personnel decisions, Tatler claims Society bible spoke to a number of sources close to … Read more
Marina Wheeler’s mum Dip Singh and dad Sir Charles Wheeler on their 1961 wedding day Boris Johnson’s estranged wife Marina Wheeler is in mourning after her mother passed away, MailOnline can reveal. Dip Singh, 88, died on Sunday February 23 – just six days before Mr Johnson’s partner Carrie Symonds announced that she was pregnant … Read more
Boris Johnson has said he is ‘absolutely delighted’ about becoming a father again with new fiancee Carrie Symonds – but his second wife Marina is reportedly ‘crushed’ and their four children ‘furious’ about his news. Ms Wheeler, who recently beat cervical cancer, is divorcing Mr Johnson after throwing him out in 2018 amid claims he was … Read more