In our second extract from Alan Duncan’s riotously candid diaries, he continues to support the Prime Minister Theresa May — while criticising her in private. Meanwhile, he is finding the antics of his boss Boris Johnson — now Foreign Secretary — increasingly jaw-dropping… Monday, September 25, 2017 Interesting drink with a banker who was at … Read more
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis reveals his 2018 resignation was a ‘cold blooded’ decision to force Theresa May out as Prime Minister David Davis said his decision to quit Theresa May’s government was ‘strategic’ The former Conservative party chairman said he made the move to oust Theresa May when she stopped listening to him over … Read more
Today, we begin a blockbuster serialisation of one of the most explosive political diaries ever to be published. Alan Duncan, a well-respected Tory MP for nearly three decades, used them to let off steam in private about the ‘monstrous egos’ that surrounded him. The diaries cover his final four turbulent years in Parliament, when Brexit … Read more
Theresa May defended firing Gavin Williamson as defence secretary over a leak from a security meeting about Huawei today, saying his departure allowed security officials to ‘speak freely’ again. The former prime minister said that the 2019 incident in which material from a National Security Council meeting about the Chinese tech giant was leaked to the … Read more
Line Of Duty viewers were left very amused after spotting an actress who looked remarkably similar to Theresa May in Sunday night’s episode. The hit police drama kicked off its sixth series in typical dramatic style, however it was an actress with shoulder-length grey hair who got some chatting on Twitter. Taking to social media, … Read more
This is as dystopian a vision of the future as any British Prime Minister has offered the public since the Cold War. In Boris Johnson’s dark new world of international relations, the 2020s will see the breaking down of rules-based world order, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and, more than likely, a successful … Read more
Home Office chiefs are tonight facing a furious backlash from MPs and civil liberties campaigners after a teaming-up with UK internet providers to test how to track the browsing history of any person in the country. In what one MP described as a ‘spectacular invasion of privacy’, the Home Office and the National Crime Agency have … Read more
Privacy campaigners slam secret ‘Snooper’s Charter’ surveillance tests as Home Office teams up with police and two internet firms to spy on people’s web browsing history Two UK internet providers have been tracking the websites visited by customers Companies are working with the Home Office and National Crime Agency Trial of new ‘snooping’ powers were granted … Read more
Why would Carrie Symonds pay Lulu’s not-so-Lytle bills when John Lewis can mirror her designs? Carrie Symonds’s Downing Street redesign is inspired by designer Lulu Lytle She wanted to rid the home of the ‘John Lewis nightmare’ left by Theresa May Could Carrie have got the look she desired from the High Street brand? By … Read more
Her mission to overhaul Downing Street – in both interior design and inner circle – has seen Carrie Symonds likened to Madame de Pompadour and Marie Antoinette. Like the mistress of King Louis XV and Queen of France before her, the Prime Minister’s fiancée has become known for her bohemian sartorial sense, love affair for opulence … Read more