As Boris Johnson clings on to his dignity, momentum of Tory rebellion may be dwindling
The Prime Minister hit back: “I don’t know what he’s talking about… I take full responsibility for everything done in this pandemic and throughout the pandemic.” After…
Boris Johnson: I won’t quit if rebels force a no confidence vote
The Prime Minister addressed the defection, declaring: “The Conservative Party won Bury South for the first time in a generation under this prime minister on an agenda…
Brussels backs down on clearing in post-Brexit boost for the City
Brussels has extended London’s lucrative clearing rights until 2025 in a significant backdown by the European Union and a post-Brexit boost for the City of London. Mairead…
Boris Johnson’s wins outweigh his mistakes – and we need a steadying hand
As I watched Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, it brought back memories of the last days of Margaret Thatcher, when her own MPs, not the nation, called…
Super Moustache! Venezuelan government mocked over cartoon in which Nicolas Maduro takes on US
Mr Borges, a former congressman, responded to the episode by tweeting photos of Venezuelans searching through rubbish for scraps of food. He added: “Here’s the truth; the…
Eric Zemmour: British plan to use Navy to block Channel migrants is a ‘very good idea’
His Calais visit coincided with Mr Macron’s speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg to mark the start of France’s six-month rotating EU presidency. Mr Macron reiterated…
Jane Hartley, Joe Biden’s new pick for UK ambassador, ‘not seasoned enough’
Ms Hartley started her career working for the Democratic National Convention before briefly serving as an official in the Jimmy Carter administration in the 1970s, but spent…
Ukraine crisis: Emmanuel Macron calls for EU security pact with Russia in blow to Western alliance
In the city of Mariupol, just 12 miles from the front line in eastern Ukraine, the mood was wary but calm as people swam in the sea…
Letters: Dominic Cummings brings heat but no light to the No 10 drinks row
DVLA efficiency SIR – Unlike Colin Drummond (Letters, January 18), when I renewed my driving licence online a couple of weeks ago, I had an immediate…
The real threat to the Tories is the mass impoverishment of Middle England
Do the Tories really care about people like us? It’s in part because millions of voters are beginning to doubt the answer to this question that Boris…
Boris has cost the Tories their reputation for competence
If you asked voters at least up to the 2015 general election what they thought of the Conservative Party, it is highly likely that one of the…
We need a small-state Tory at the helm
No phrase in British politics is more calculated to harm than that uttered by Leo Amery to Neville Chamberlain in the Norway debate of 1940: “You have…
Boris Johnson wanted to emulate Winston Churchill – instead, he’s become doomed Neville Chamberlain
In a devastating point-by-point demolition of Chamberlain’s handling of the war, Amery told him: “We are fighting today for our life, for our liberty, for our all…
Home Office ‘burying bad news’ with plan to scrap daily Channel migrants data
The Home Office said it was considering the advice from the OSR and would publish its plans “in due course”, but would continue to publish daily data…
Ditch Covid tests for vaccinated travellers entering UK, Theresa May urges Boris Johnson
UK travel is more restricted, complicated and costly than elsewhere By Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee The saying goes that the darkest hour…
High Covid death rates skewed by people who died from other causes, admits Sajid Javid
The ONS has warned that the new year bank holiday will have pushed some deaths, which would usually be registered in the first week of January, into…
Leadership contenders: As Liz Truss flew to Australia, Rishi Sunak sat by Boris Johnson’s side
Meanwhile, Mr Sunak’s recent meetings with backbench Tory MPs have been more focused on energy prices and the cost of living crisis. “But no doubt it helps…
Facemasks no longer required in classrooms despite union protests, as Covid curbs binned
Facemasks will no longer be required in the classroom from Thursday, despite protests from teachers’ unions. The move, announced by the Prime Minister on Wednesday, comes alongside…
Five more Conservative MPs considering defecting to Labour
Mr Wakeford’s defection is the culmination of months of work by Labour figures, codenamed “Operation Domino”, to entice him to Sir Keir Starmer’s benches. On Wednesday night,…
Questor: we’ll stand by our aversion to ‘transformational’ deals and avoid Rentokil
It’s fair to say that we timed our purchase of Rentokil better than its sale. We tipped its shares at 293.3p in September 2017 and had we…
Savers to lose £400 with inflation 20 times higher than interest rates
Even top-paying accounts with eye-catching short-term bonuses fail to come close. £20,000 with Family Building Society’s Premier Saver, the best deal paying 0.72pc, will see the saver…
Families to be frozen out of mortgages as cost of living crisis hits
Michelle Leyland, of broker South Yorkshire Money, said lenders had already begun tweaking their affordability criteria to mirror rising bills. She added: “Lending this year will no…
Three bond funds to buy as interest rates and inflation rise
“Almost all asset-backed securities are ‘floating rate’ instruments which means the coupon they pay rise in-line with interest rates. As a result they are less affected by…
‘I invested my partner’s Isa in tech stocks and lost £10,000 – should I tell her?’
Dear Moral Money, I became interested in investing at the start of the pandemic and made a lot of money buying fast-growing companies which boomed as the…
Workers must demand 8.7pc pay rise to maintain current income
Workers must demand their pay rises by 8.7pc just to keep up with spiralling inflation and upcoming tax increases, after prices grew at their fastest rate in…