ANDREW PIERCE: Edward Leigh is silent on Pope’s ‘Putin altar boy’ jibe 

ANDREW PIERCE: Edward Leigh is silent on Pope’s ‘Putin altar boy’ jibe By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:52 BST, 23 May 2022 | Updated: 02:25 BST, 23 May 2022 Good Catholics like to take their lead from the Pope. So one might have expected Tory grandee Sir Edward Leigh to have publicly … Read more

Michael Gove vows to shake up banking rules for young borrowers and help save ‘boomerang generation’

Michael Gove has vowed to shake up banking rules to help adults still living in their parents’ homes gain a foothold on the property ladder. Revealing plans to force lenders to be more generous to young borrowers, the Levelling Up Secretary evoked the 1980s sitcom Sorry!, in which Ronnie Corbett played a middle-aged man still … Read more

Elon Musk quips about owning the libs after claiming to put Twitter deal on hold

Elon Musk has joked that ‘owning the libs’ isn’t cheap after claiming to put his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on hold. ‘Whoever thought owning the libs would be cheap never tried to acquire a social media company!’ Musk tweeted on Saturday. He added: ‘At least, that’s what the lib hivemind thinks haha.’  ‘Owning libs’ … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘plans to carry out a Cabinet reshuffle and tackle cost of living crisis’

A reset for the great survivor: Boris Johnson ‘plans to carry out a Cabinet reshuffle and put tackling the cost of living at the heart of Tory priorities’ by the summer after a bruising night at the polls The PM to carry out major government ‘reset’ in the form of a Cabinet reshuffle Sources said … Read more

Tory candidates style themselves as ‘local Conservatives’ to keep a distance from Partygate woes

‘Don’t punish us for mistakes at Westminster’: Tory council candidates style themselves as ‘local Conservatives’ in bid to keep a distance from Boris’s Partygate woes Leaflets urge voters to not ‘punish’ local Tories for ‘mistakes in Westminster’ Re-branding efforts of Tory hopefuls emerge ahead of tomorrow’s council polls Conservatives fear a local elections bloodbath in … Read more

Patel ‘to be appointed Tory chairman’ after an expected drubbing in the May 2022 local elections

Priti Patel ‘to be appointed Tory chairman’ in bid to revive the party’s fortunes after an expected drubbing in the May 2022 local elections The Home Secretary could be moved to become Tory chairman to launch a reset Ms Patel is currently unpopular amongst Tories for her role and the PM is set to try … Read more

Labour council elections candidate faces probe amid backlash at tweet calling Zelensky a ‘fascist’

Labour council elections candidate faces probe amid backlash at tweet calling Ukrainian President Zelensky a ‘fascist’ Ziad Alsayed made comment in response to UK showing solidarity with Ukraine He further told a columnist criticising Putin to ‘stay away from bad propaganda’  Labour candidate also described party’s leader Sir Keir Starmer as ‘disgusting’  Party said all … Read more

Backlash for Tories in Ukraine refugee shambles as voters turn on MPs over ‘farcical’ delays 

Backlash for Tories in Ukraine refugee shambles as voters turn on MPs over ‘farcical’ delays  Members of a group of 200 people in the Malvern area are angry at local MP   They accuse MP Harriet Baldwin of failures over Ukrainian visa scheme Many have sworn they will never vote Tory again after the fiasco  Recent … Read more

Rishi’s popularity with Tory activists slumps amid cost-of-living crisis

Rishi’s popularity with Tory activists slumps amid cost-of-living crisis and backlash at mini-Budget… while Ben Wallace stays top Rishi Sunak has slipped down the Cabinet rankings among the Tory grass roots Regular ConservativeHome survey of readers is closely watched by ministers Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is top amid plaudits for his Ukraine response   By James … Read more

Tory Lanez is accused by George Michael’s estate of ripping off his 1984 single Careless Whisper

George Michael’s estate has accused Tory Lanez of using an ‘unauthorised sample’ of his 1984 single Careless Whisper. The rapper, 29, was recently accused by Madonna of ripping off her 1985 hit Into The Groove after she called him out for the ‘illegal’ interpolation of her track on Pluto’s Last Comet from his LP Alone … Read more