Traditionalists, rejoice! Speaker Bernard Weatherill’s wig has been found
Good news for traditionalists who want to see the Commons Speaker in a full-bottomed wig for the state opening of Parliament. Sir Lindsay Hoyle promised to consider…
Liz Truss’s days of emulating Margaret Thatcher are over
She became known in Westminster as the Minister for Instagram after posting elaborate photo opportunities on social media. But Liz Truss’s PR antics are being dialled down…
Prince Michael is cutting ties with Russia
Prince Michael of Kent has spent much of the past 20 years strengthening business, cultural and charity ties with Russia. On his frequent visits to the country,…
Ben Wallace is tipped for one heck of a promotion
The Church of England’s canon law dictates that clergy must retire at 75, even if they are fit and well, which Willis says is “a deep disappointment”….
Meet Somaliland’s unlikely hero… Gavin Williamson
Gavin Williamson has been attracting envious glances on the Tory backbenches after he was hailed as a hero on a visit to Somaliland last weekend. The former…
Now Parliament comes for the woke National Trust
The woke mob who run the National Trust are about to feel the heat of more scrutiny. Conservative MP Andrew Murrison is launching a new All Party…
Nigel Farage: ‘I failed Dry January – and it’s all Novak Djokovic’s fault’
It was too much to hope for. Days after telling me for last week’s Peterborough column that he was giving up booze for “Dry January”, Nigel Farage…
Was Prince Philip to thank for blocking Tony Blair’s knighthood for so long?
No WhatsApp for Maggie It’s not hard to find differences between Boris Johnson and Margaret Thatcher – but Caroline Slocock, Mrs Thatcher’s private secretary between 1989 and…
The Red Wall Tories with a taste for truffle oil and vegan cottage pie
Tories have been showing their touchy-feely sides in a new cookbook issued by Conservative Central Office to raise funds for the next general election campaign. Corridors of…
Were the Cambridges sending Harry and Meghan a barbed Christmas message?
Glad tidings of comfort and joy this week as William and Kate returned to Westminster Abbey to record a carol service to be broadcast on ITV on…
Wanted: a club that will let Nigel Farage smoke
Lighting up in St James’s Nigel Farage is looking for a new London club after the East India, his home for the past 30 years, wouldn’t give…
Crying ministers spark a backlash against ‘the new Tory wets’
Nicky Haslam, the Eton-educated society interior designer, has made a name for himself as the arbiter of good taste. Examples on his exhaustive list of things that…