We are witnessing the slow demise of one of the great conceits of the modern world: the notion that the big-hearted State can protect us against every misfortune and that human beings are mere tools of State policy to be pushed about like pawns on a chessboard according to the changing impulses of its ministers. The … Read more
The head of Downing Street’s new racial disparity commission has today been forced to apologise over comments he made regarding homosexual men. Tony Sewell was confirmed by the Government as chairman of the new Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities on Thursday. But it has since emerged he made ‘wrong and offensive’ remarks after the late footballer … Read more
Emergency talks were under way last night to prevent Nicola Sturgeon from undermining plans for ‘air bridges’ to popular holiday destinations. Ministers agreed a new traffic light system last week that would pave the way for the creation of ‘travel corridors’, allowing tourists to visit certain ‘green’ countries deemed safe without the need to quarantine at … Read more