RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: After The Two Ronnies of Doom, here’s the speech Boris Johnson SHOULD give today

Boris Johnson is today expected to announce further restrictions on our freedom aimed at preventing an upsurge in coronavirus. Like Al Pacino, as Michael Corleone in Godfather III, just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in. The new rules could include forcing pubs to close either early or altogether, rescinding efforts … Read more

BEN SPENCER analyses the dire warnings from Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty 

Boris Johnson will unveil a major crackdown on normal life today in a bid to halt a second wave of coronavirus. He will drop his ‘back to work’ drive, announce restrictions on socialising and impose a 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants from Thursday. Pubs and other venues will be allowed to serve seated customers … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: How Tory jail cuts hacked off David Cameron’s top aide

ANDREW PIERCE: How Tory jail cuts hacked off David Cameron’s top aide By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 02:10 BST, 21 September 2020 | Updated: 02:18 BST, 21 September 2020 Few Tory luminaries, it appears, had more harrowing personal experiences of the coalition government’s austerity measures than David Cameron’s former Downing Street communications … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: How Tory jail cuts hacked off David Cameron’s top aide

ANDREW PIERCE: How Tory jail cuts hacked off David Cameron’s top aide By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 02:10 BST, 21 September 2020 | Updated: 02:18 BST, 21 September 2020 Few Tory luminaries, it appears, had more harrowing personal experiences of the coalition government’s austerity measures than David Cameron’s former Downing Street communications … Read more

Dr RENEE HOENDERKAMP argues more coronavirus shutdowns would turn dangerous situation into disaster

Of all the muddled, panicky, flip-flop responses by the Government to the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of a so-called ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown this week would be the worst yet. Shutting down the country for two weeks will turn a dangerous situation into a disaster. It’s precisely the wrong thing to do, at exactly the wrong … Read more

Dr RENEE HOENDERKAMP argues more coronavirus shutdowns would turn dangerous situation into disaster

Of all the muddled, panicky, flip-flop responses by the Government to the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of a so-called ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown this week would be the worst yet. Shutting down the country for two weeks will turn a dangerous situation into a disaster. It’s precisely the wrong thing to do, at exactly the wrong … Read more

DAN HODGES: Why Dishy Rishi is turning into Ruthless Rishi, the Iron Chancellor

Dishy Rishi is about to be put on furlough. ‘People have lost perspective,’ an ally of the Chancellor tells me.  ‘We’ve spent £350billion protecting the economy, but we’ve now reached the point where this isn’t even registering. ‘Someone said to him last week, ‘Why aren’t you doing anything for the theatre?’ We’ve given the theatres … Read more

BEN BRADLEY: Why I refuse to take part in ‘re-education’ that tells ordinary people they are racists

Ben Bradley (above), Conservative MP for Mansfield, has made it clear he will not be taking part in any ‘Unconscious Bias’ training Imagine being called in to the boss’s office tomorrow morning, a bit nervous and unsure what it is you’ve done wrong, and being told you’ve been reported by a colleague. You’ve been caught … Read more