Tory Power Stances in Full
A lot of talk on Twitter about the Tory ‘power stance’ after Saj’s stride outside the Home Office earlier – and why they do it. As Guido readers have known since 2015, this is why… Pic via Kieron...
View ArticleSainsbury’s CEO Sings ‘We’re in the Money’ Before Interview
Watch Sainsbury’s CEO sing “we’re in the money” while waiting to talk about the £12 billion merger with Asda – he’s since apologised for his “unguarded moment” https://t.co/Kuaowz0q1u...
View ArticleWoodcock Suspended Over Sex Harassment Claims
HuffPo with the scoop. A Labour Party spokesman said: “John Woodcock has been suspended from the Labour Party pending due process. It would not be appropriate to comment further on an ongoing case.”...
View ArticleTory Candidate: Labour Give You Hepatitis
Back to Guido’s Candidate Watch series. Kamran Razzaq, who is the Tory council candidate in Cradley on Thursday, has put his name to this leaflet asking: “What have Labour delivered to this ward:...
View ArticleFox: No Form of Customs Union is Acceptable
https://order-order.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Fox.m4a About time Liam Fox spoke up for his department and made the case for rejecting any form of customs union. Fox told the Today programme that...
View ArticleBritish Virgin Islands Accuse Hypocritical Hodge of “Colonialism”
https://order-order.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/BVI.mp3 Tax hypocrite Margaret Hodge took a kicking from Lorna Smith of British Virgin Islands Finance on the Today programme this morning, who...
View ArticleSNP Overriding Devolution Settlement to Impose Westminster Policy
It isn’t just the hypocrisy of Margaret Hodge that has been exposed by her attempt to force public ownership registers on UK overseas territories. The SNP are backing her amendment to override the...
View ArticleLabour Won’t Sack Frontbencher Who Voted For Second Referendum
Last night Labour frontbencher Philip Hunt defied the whip and voted for a second referendum in the Lords. Labour have confirmed this morning that they will not sack him. Labour are clearly now...
View ArticleLabour Candidate Ranted About “Jew Propaganda”
Another day, another anti-Semitic Labour candidate. Irfan Javed is Labour’s council candidate in Woodfield in Stevenage on Thursday. He has ranted on Facebook about “Jew propaganda” and commented: “I...
View ArticleLabour Activists Brand First BAME Home Secretary “Coconut” and “Uncle Tom”
Sajid Javid’s appointment as the first BAME holder of a Great Office of State has been met with a torrent of vitriol from Labour activists, members and pro-Corbyn social media fanboys. Here is a...
View ArticleTory MP Uses Parliamentary Privilege to Allege Legatum Founder Worked For...
Tory MP Bob Seely has used parliamentary privilege to allege that the founder of the Legatum Institute, Christopher Chandler, was an “object of interest” to the French intelligence agency DST since...
View ArticleLabour Revoke Uber’s Licence in Brighton
The Labour administration that runs Brighton and Hove City council has revoked Uber’s licence to operate in the city. They are citing a 2016 data breach by American hackers to declare that Uber do not...
View ArticleNew Bercow Bullying Victim: I Was Paid £90,000 to Stay Silent
“Suddenly his mobile phone… was flung on the desk in front of me and broke into a lot of bits.” John Bercow’s former private secretary has accused the Speaker of bullying – with angry outbursts,...
View ArticleVaz Case Referred Back to Police
The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has referred the Keith Vaz coke-and-rent-boys case back to the Metropolitan Police. Developing… The post Vaz Case Referred Back to Police appeared first on...
View Article8 Reasons Brexiters Cannot Accept Customs Partnership
Crunch time for Theresa May. She is being told to drop her hybrid ‘customs partnership’ by a majority of her Brexit sub-committee – DD, Boris, Gove, Fox, Williamson and Saj – as well as the European...
View ArticleLegatum Conspiracy Theory Hits Front Pages
It is an old trick to use the protection of parliamentary privilege to get out something you would have difficulty getting past newspaper lawyers. Yesterday’s claim by pro-remain MPs that the Legatum...
View ArticleNick Timothy Advises May to Drop Customs Partnership
An important intervention from Nick Timothy in The Sun, who has called on Theresa May to drop the customs partnership proposal. His critique of the plan backed by Olly Robbins and Cabinet Remainers is...
View ArticleTories on Three Line Whip to Vote Against Windrush Transparency
Labour has used its opposition day debate to put the government’s back against the wall over Windrush, tabling this motion which attempts to force the effective publication of all internal discussions...
View ArticleDoes George Osborne Want to Be Mayor of London?
There is a rumour going round that Osborne is bored of being the editor of London’s evening paper and is contemplating a run for mayor of London. Presumably he would not add a seventh job to his...
View ArticlePMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?
Oral questions to the Prime Minister Q1 Wera Hobhouse (Bath) If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 2 May. Q2 Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire) Q3 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham...
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