Proving their technological skills in a moment of national crisis, peers have been conducting much of their parliamentary business online for months: even Lord Speaker, Lord Fowler, has presided over debates from the comfort of his home. But some things never change. Amid a bloodbath in the wider economy, their pampered lordships still ran up … Read more
As class warriors go, you’d struggle to find one more devout than Tony Woodley, the former leader of the UK’s Left-wing trade union Unite. He’s repeatedly claimed to have nothing but contempt for the Lords, where 92 hereditary peers still have the power to pass laws. And so it came as no surprise in 2018 … Read more
Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan set to star in new romcom telling the story behind the famed 1914 West End production of Pygmalion By Nick Ferris For Mailonline Published: 19:58 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 20:05 GMT, 2 November 2020 British screen legends Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter are joining forces for … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Harry Potter and the curse of the woke fan By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 00:22 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 00:22 GMT, 2 November 2020 The BBC has invited a fan of author J.K. Rowling to present a 30-minute Radio 4 documentary called: ‘Can I still read Harry Potter?’ … Read more
‘You were my greatest James Bond’: Pierce Brosnan pays tribute to late fellow 007 icon Sir Sean Connery and says he ‘led the way for us all’ By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 11:51 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 11:51 GMT, 1 November 2020 James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan has paid tribute to fellow … Read more
Who dismissed a ground-breaking report on a new initiative to extend free school meals to Britain’s neediest children, saying it was greeted with ‘at best eye-rolling and at worst exasperation’? Some hard-hearted member of the Tory Party for whom those living in poverty have only themselves to blame? A diehard critic of the welfare state … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Attacked by all sides, Rishi Sunak is paying price of popularity By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 23:02 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 00:12 GMT, 27 October 2020 From the tour de force of his first ‘coronavirus Budget’ last March to his ruthless determination to save jobs and revitalise what’s … Read more
B.B. King’s estate challenges casting of Wendell Pierce in The Thrill is On project over influential blues legend Pierce announced casting last week, then issued amended statement Writer Michael Zanetis told the outlet that Pierce has been inked to play the role since 2009 King died at 89 at his Las Vegas home in 2015 … Read more
Elected MP for Leicester East, Claudia Webbe, a hard-Left Corbynite, is staying close to her former leader in more ways than one. Figures from the MPs’ Register of Interests show she is working 15 hours a month as a councillor in Islington — where Corbyn is an MP and which is 100 miles from Leicester … Read more
As one of the leading figures in British motor racing, I was intrigued to know what car David Jenkins would send to pick me up to take me to his Idle Rocks hotel on Cornwall’s glorious Roseland Peninsula. He did not disappoint. I had my first ride in an electric Tesla car, which glided through … Read more