The Praetorian guard defended the PM, but there would be no reward
To say that Michael Ellis had drawn the short straw on Thursday would be an understatement. It had fallen to the Cabinet Office to answer Labour MP…
Boris Johnson’s standards adviser Lord Geidt on brink of quitting over Downing Street flat
The Telegraph understands Lord Geidt has asked the Prime Minister and Lord Brownlow to provide an explanation as soon as Friday of why the WhatsApp messages were…
Paymaster General leads the charge amid raucous army of party critics at PMQs
To say that Michael Ellis had drawn the short straw on Thursday would be an understatement. It had fallen to the Cabinet Office to answer Labour MP…
Two more Boris Johnson aides under pressure over Downing Street Christmas party
The Government on Thursday announced that Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, would expand his investigation to look into claims that three parties took place last year when…
Oust Boris Johnson now, Sir Keir Starmer urges Tory MPs
Sir Keir told The Telegraph: “I’m confident we’re going to win the next general election, whether that’s in 2023 or 2024. “So the question – and this…
Boris Johnson’s standards adviser on brink of quitting over Downing Street flat
The Telegraph understands Lord Geidt has asked the Prime Minister and Lord Brownlow to provide an explanation as soon as Friday of why the WhatsApp messages were…
Day of reckoning: How many more heads will roll before public anger over ‘partygate’ subsides?
There is little dispute that Downing Street staff swapped gifts and drank together into the night on Dec 18 last year, on a day when they were…
Don’t go to work, but do go to parties, says Boris Johnson
The decision to significantly tighten the rules, one the Prime Minister has resisted for months since the back-up plan was announced in September, applies to people in…
Any ‘progressive alliance’ would only prolong the Left’s delusions
It’s an old joke so forgive me if you’ve heard it before: a Labour activist is walking along a clifftop path when he sees two people –…
Two Tory councillors defect to rival parties ahead of crucial North Shropshire by-election
Two Conservative councillors in the North Shropshire constituency have defected to Richard Tice and Laurence Fox’s parties in rows over immigration, ahead of the by-election in the…
‘Star chamber’ to wage war on Whitehall’s wasteful spending
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are to launch a war on waste, forming a “star chamber” to hold Cabinet ministers to account over government spending. In a…
The Tories have no room for complacency after Bexley
By any standard, the Conservative Party’s victory in the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election was decisive. The party’s candidate, Louie French, notched up 51.3 per cent of…
Microchip your cats or pay £500 fine, owners warned under new rules
Cat owners must microchip their pets or face a £500 fine, under new government rules unveiled on Saturday. Ministers have approved proposals, first set out in the…
Labour piles pressure on Cressida Dick to investigate No 10 Christmas party
Asked about the reports, Dame Cressida told a caller on LBC Radio: “You asked if we are investigating. The answer to that is ‘no’. And, as far…
‘The vibes are not good’, say Tory MPs ahead of by-election to replace Owen Paterson
Martin Baxter, who conducted the poll, said the research showed the Prime Minister must regain control of the centre-Right in British politics or risk losing the next…
Boris Johnson fails to provide by-election boost after getting Tory candidate’s name wrong
Boris Johnson’s bid to give his party an electoral boost ahead of a key by-election in North Shropshire hit a low note on Friday when he got…
Labour piles pressure on Cressida Dick to investigate alleged No 10 Christmas party
Asked about the reports, Dame Cressida told a caller on LBC Radio: “You asked if we are investigating. The answer to that is ‘no’. And, as far…
Bexley by-election winner Louie French pays tribute to mentor James Brokenshire
Louie French, the winner of the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election held to replace the former MP James Brokenshire, has said his victory is “what [James] would…
Richard Tice: Slashed Conservative majority in Old Bexley and Sidcup is proof Tory heartlands see Boris Johnson as a ‘liability not an asset’
The reduction in the Conservatives’ majority in Old Bexley and Sidcup is a “rejection of Boris Johnson personally” because the Prime Minister is now viewed as a…
With each new set of restrictions, Britain moves further away from its traditions of liberty
Parliament debated and voted on the latest set of coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, but only after they had come into force. The country now faces at least…
The Left has caught millions in its poverty trap
In the past 40 years Britain has pretty much defeated mass unemployment, and improved living standards beyond our parents’ and grandparents’ wildest dreams. Yet in spite of…
Omicron fightback begins among the bad boy MPs who refuse to wear masks
On Monday, head boy Sajid Javid gave a statement about the new Covid restrictions to the Commons. He said, in essence: “I don’t like ’em, but we’ve…
Wobbling Tories should stick with the PM’s bold interventionist vision
The Tories are in a funk. MPs mutter about the Prime Minister. Cabinet ministers jockey for position. Pundits question the purpose and identity of the Government. Some…
Rise of the nanny state puts small state Conservatism under threat
But slashing back the state is no easy task. Health spending as a share of GDP alone has risen from 4pc of GDP to above 7pc in…
‘Right-wingers have much more of a sense of humour than the Left’
Berry already knows how it feels to have a Twitter mob rise up against him. In his armoury of characters, he also has a Bristol student, “Trustafarian”…