NHS test and trace tsar Dido Harding is on board of Cheltenham Festival

There is growing fury over the decision to hand control of the NHS’ Track and Trace programme to a Tory MP’s wife also on the executive horseracing committee that allowed 260,000 people to attend the Cheltenham Festival days before lockdown began. Dido Harding sits on the board of the Jockey Club, the organisers of the world-famous horse … Read more

Ex jockey and TalkTalk CEO during £80m cyber attack who will lead UK’s test and trace scheme

The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80 million cyber attack in 2015, will lead the UK’s test and trace scheme to tackle the coronavirus, set to launch tomorrow.  Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe, 53, was raised on a Somerset pig farm … Read more

Ex jockey and TalkTalk CEO during £80m cyber attack who will lead UK’s test and trace scheme

The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80 million cyber attack in 2015, will lead the UK’s test and trace scheme to tackle the coronavirus, set to launch tomorrow.  Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe, 53, was raised on a Somerset pig farm … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: Keir Starmer’s tribute was surprisingly decent… then he started babbling on

Rarely do tributes between political opponents extend beyond leaden platitudes.  Before yesterday, the most sincere words of support I’ve heard between party leaders came after David Cameron’s son Ivan died aged six, prompting Gordon Brown to address the House.  Watching the hitherto emotionally impregnable Brown, whose own daughter died as a baby, shattered with grief … Read more

Boris Johnson baby: What he and Carrie Symonds can learn from David Cameron and Tony Blair

With the birth of his son in the early hours of this morning, Boris Johnson becomes only the fourth Prime Minister in 150 years to welcome a baby to Downing Street.  His fiancée Carrie Symonds, 32, is thought to be still in the NHS London hospital where she gave birth but will soon return to … Read more

Boris Johnson baby: What he and Carrie Symonds can learn from David Cameron and Tony Blair

With the birth of his son in the early hours of this morning, Boris Johnson becomes only the fourth Prime Minister in 150 years to welcome a baby to Downing Street.  His fiancée Carrie Symonds, 32, is thought to be still in the NHS London hospital where she gave birth but will soon return to … Read more

Former Eton headmaster Eric Anderson dies aged 83

Former Eton headmaster Eric Anderson, who taught three future Prime Ministers including Boris Johnson, dies aged 83 The former Eton College Head Master Sir Eric Anderson has died at  age of 83 Pupils including Boris Johnson and David Cameron taught there during tenure   Also worked at the top schools in Scotland – Gordonstoun and Fettes College … Read more

Former Eton headmaster Eric Anderson dies aged 83

Former Eton headmaster Eric Anderson, who taught three future Prime Ministers including Boris Johnson, dies aged 83 The former Eton College Head Master Sir Eric Anderson has died at  age of 83 Pupils including Boris Johnson and David Cameron taught there during tenure   Also worked at the top schools in Scotland – Gordonstoun and Fettes College … Read more