Boris Johnson wants to crack down on middle-class drug users with adverts aiming to make cocaine as socially unacceptable as drink-driving The Prime Minister will launch a PR blitz to tackle illegal drug use by middle class Wants to imitate successful drink-driving campaigns such as ‘THINK!’ adverts Mr Johnson and several members of the cabinet … Read more
Ketamine has become the drug of choice at middle-class dinner parties, as well as cocaine, for those earning more than £52,000 per year. People in this top income bracket were more likely than those earning less to take the powerful sedative ketamine, according to new data from the Home Office. The popularity of the drug, … Read more
Middle-class cocaine users earning more than £52,000 a year helped fuel a 20 per cent surge in drug seizures, the latest figures reveal. Home Office data shows drug seizures soared by a fifth in a year across England and Wales, as the total number of Brits taking illegal substances hit 3.2million. London had the highest … Read more
The middle-class capital gains raid: Heat on Rishi Sunak over tax watchdog’s plan for a £90bn hit on property owners, savers and investors Middle-class savers and entrepreneurs face being hammered by a tax raid Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recommended increasing CGT rates Experts warned investors and entrepreneurs to be on ‘high alert’ By James … Read more
Food charities have warned of the emergence of a ‘newly hungry’ group of middle-class workers who have been forced into using food banks during the pandemic. A report by a leading charity network said that its countrywide members were providing food support to an influx of middle-income families who were experiencing poverty ‘for the first time’. … Read more
The camera pans round to a bathroom, where a masked figure pours milk into a bath filled with rosebuds. In said bath reclines a glamorous young woman in a sparkly dress, one glistening bare leg emerging from the milky surface. As the camera zooms in on her, she takes off her mask, blowing a kiss. … Read more
Think of a phrase that best describes the celebrated naturalist Sir David Attenborough and ‘middle-class hypocrite’ certainly isn’t one that springs to mind. Yet the man widely considered to be one of our national treasures recently confessed that he is one. In his new film, A Life On Our Planet, out next week, Sir David … Read more
I’m a middle-class hypocrite: David Attenborough admits eating free-range meat troubles him because of its effect on the planet Veteran broadcaster, 94, said his conscience ‘troubles’ him when he eats meat He added: ‘If we all ate only plants, we’d need only half the land we use now’ Comments come ahead of the launch of … Read more
Britain pours tens of millions of aid money into African five-star hotels, Indian celebrity chef’s cookware brand and Kenyan coffee shops CDC Group is supposed to make investments to benefit world’s poorest places It pumped £43million into international business hotel chain Onomo since 2017 It also invested into hotel chain Azalai which owns five-star hotels … Read more
Fifteen years ago, Christine Handy’s life was fizzing with opportunity and new beginnings. At 40, she was financially secure and living mortgage-free in a handsome five-bedroom townhouse. A part-time job provided a balance to caring for three young children, and, divorced from her wealthy Cotswold landowning husband, she was happy in a new relationship. Today, … Read more