The standards committee has published its report into the conduct of former Conservative whip Chris Pincher. Mr Pincher is now facing a suspension from the House of Commons for eight weeks after the committee concluded the MP had committed an “abuse of power”. Mr Pincher is accused of assaulting two fellow guests at the exclusive
Nadine Dorries has claimed “posh boys” Rishi Sunak and his close friend and adviser James Forsyth were the key players behind the move to block her from getting a peerage. The ex-culture secretary used an interview with TalkTV, for whom she also works as a presenter, » Read More
“The Blob”, that perennial spectre of Conservative party governance, takes its name from a 1950s B-Movie about an unstoppable amoeba-like mass which devours everything in its path. “There is no stopping The Blob as it spreads from town to town”, the trailer for the forgotten flick explains. Leading man Steve McQueen — in his first
After a rendition of God Save the King by Andrea Jenkyns — the opera-singing MP adorned with a Union flag-print fascinator, delegates to the inaugural conference of the Conservative Democratic Organisation were welcomed to Bournemouth on Saturday with a rousing if curious curtain-raiser: “Good morning real Conservatives!”. This greeting, » Read More
Bullet point by bullet point, 2023 kicked off with Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer swearing their respective oaths at the altar of pragmatism. Trust them and the economy would grow, NHS waiting lists would shorten and the small boats would stop. It was the prime minister’s emphasis on the latter that drove the greatest
Over recent years and months, British politics has grown accustomed to aberrance. But when the Grimond Room doors were closed for the final time on Wednesday afternoon, the lucky witnesses were in no doubt: something remarkable had just happened. A former prime minister — felled only months ago by his party — was asked to
Now down to the final two candidates, what happens next in the race to be Conservative party leader and therefore the next Prime Minister? The post The Conservative leadership contest: what next? appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
In an urgent question, Labour’s Fleur Anderson asked for a statement from the government on ministerial severance payments following the high number of resignations taking place in the previous week. Cabinet office under-secretary Heather Wheeler confirmed that three months pay as a severance payment has been in place since legislation was passed “by parliament in…
The Ukraine have given their support to the British Prime Minister on Thursday and thanked him for all the support that he has provided the country since the war started.… The post Boris was the ‘first leader to face Kyiv rocket fire’ and was ‘always being at the forefront of supporting Ukraine’ appeared first on…
In response to an urgent question to Angela Rayner, paymaster general Michael Ellis told MPs that there is a functioning government. Ellis also confirmed that the prime minister will make an “important statement” today. Rayner told Ellis “this country has no functioning government” in the midst of multiple crises. The post Ellis maintains there is…
