SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Society magician Archie Manners conjures up Boy George by mistake 

Lockdown, what lockdown? London’s social scene might have been put on the backburner, but its movers and shakers are refusing to let the fun come to an end. Everyone from the Duchess of Cornwall to Health Secretary Matt Hancock and, reportedly, David Cameron is now socialising via Houseparty, the social network which allows group video … Read more

Security stepped up at David Cameron’s London house after arson attack near constituency home

Security measures are stepped up at David Cameron’s London house after ex-PM ‘was targeted in suspected Molotov cocktail attack’ that destroyed cottage near his countryside home ‘Molotov cocktail’ said to have been hurled at property near ex-PM’s home   Man, 33, arrested on suspicion of arson and detained under Mental Health Act  Police officers have been … Read more

David Cameron ‘targeted in suspected arson attack’

David Cameron ‘targeted in suspected arson attack’ after a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of cottage near his countryside home ‘Molotov cocktail’ said to have been hurled at property near ex-PM’s home in Oxfordshire hamlet, near Chipping Norton on Monday A resident claimed fire may have been due to failed ‘targeted attack’ on … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Rishi Sunak’s Budget wasn’t just a vast splurge

Rishi Sunak’s first Budget confirmed what we had suspected. Boris Johnson’s Tories are not the party of Margaret Thatcher, or even David Cameron. That is why it is no exaggeration to describe yesterday as historic. The spectacle of this passionate, articulate, confident young Chancellor of Indian descent showed on one level how much the old … Read more

Samantha Cameron’s sister gets £60,000 for ‘positive’ news app from fund meant to help local papers

Ms Sheffield failed to mention that start-up capital for her business included a £60,000 Government grant from a fund set up following a review intended to help struggling local news publishers When David Cameron’s sister-in-law Emily Sheffield wrote last month about the strains of becoming a ‘media tech entrepreneur’, she described how she was ‘broke, on … Read more

Onshore wind farms revived: Turbines are to receive a cash boost in reversal of David Cameron policy

Onshore wind farms revived: Turbines are to receive a cash boost as ministers perform dramatic reversal of David Cameron policy in bid to reduce UK’s greenhouse gas emissions Ministers will free up public cash to help Britain cut greenhouse gases Government says wind and solar can take part in low-carbon power auctions They aim to … Read more

UK ready to QUIT European Convention on Human Rights

UK ready to QUIT European Convention on Human Rights which has blocked deportation of dangerous foreign criminals, setting up row with the EU and within Tory ranks Government source says that the UK ‘ill uphold human rights in our way’  Dominic Cummings last year branded current system ‘absolutely f***ing mad’  The convention is currently enshrined … Read more

Great British Boltholes: A review of the Kingham Plough in Kingham, Oxfordshire

Great British Boltholes: Take a tour to Jeremy Clarkson’s local in Oxfordshire, which offers six bedrooms and tender pheasant pie The Kingham Plough in Oxfordshire is ‘handsomely decorated’, says T. D. Isacke The restaurant has just been given a Good Food Award for Gastro Pubs There are also six bedrooms spread across the main building and an … Read more