ANDREW PIERCE: Leftie Richard Burgon’s secret life as a Tony Blair fan 

Former trade union lawyer Richard Burgon is the Jeremy Corbyn Continuity candidate to be Labour’s deputy leader.  Yet the Shadow Justice Secretary has kept an embarrassing secret from his Corbynite supporters — he was a Tony Blair fan as a student. In an interview with student newspaper Varsity in 2002, when he was chairman of … Read more

Bond fave James Norton crosses paths with former 007 Pierce Brosnan at The Prince’s Trust Awards

James Bond favourite, James Norton, crossed paths with former 007 Pierce Brosnan at The Prince’s Trust Awards on Wednesday afternoon. The Little Women star, 34, and Mamma Mia! actor, 66, both attended the TK Maxx And Homesense Awards at the London Palladium.  James, who is tipped to replace Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, looked dapper in … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Patel gets overwhelming support from Thatcherite Conservative Voice group

Following a flurry of accusations of bullying, Home Secretary Priti Patel was defended last week in a statement by 100 allies, including election guru Sir Lynton Crosby and William Shawcross, former chief of the Charity Commission. Patel faces a Cabinet Office investigation into the allegations (which she denies) after Sir Philip Rutnam, the Home Office’s … Read more