Labour’s ex-director of governance among 21 suing party for libel over anti-Semitism report leak

Labour’s ex-director of governance is among 21 people suing party for libel over leaked internal report into its handling of anti-Semitism allegations Emilie Oldknow took legal action against party in February to find source of leak  860-page report on Labour’s anti-Semitism complaints was leaked in April 2020  Ms Oldknow and 20 other unnamed individuals filed … Read more

Labour’s ex-director of governance among 21 suing party for libel over anti-Semitism report leak

Labour’s ex-director of governance is among 21 people suing party for libel over leaked internal report into its handling of anti-Semitism allegations Emilie Oldknow took legal action against party in February to find source of leak  860-page report on Labour’s anti-Semitism complaints was leaked in April 2020  Ms Oldknow and 20 other unnamed individuals filed … Read more

Boris Johnson flanked by Union Flags as he gives first press conference in new £2.6m briefing room

Boris Johnson swapped antique wood panelling for a Tory blue backdrop tonight as he hosted a coronavirus press conference from his new £2.6million briefing room. The venue for the occasional television appearances has swapped from their former home in 10 Downing Street to a newly refurbished part of No9 after the taxpayer-funded work on kitting … Read more

Former Army Lance Corporal, 47, who threatened to shoot Alastair Campbell i email avoids jail

Former Army Lance Corporal, 47, who sent email to Alastair Campbell threatening to shoot him in the back of the head avoids jail Lee Gould, 47, emailed Campbell to say: ‘I would happily put one in…your skull’  Gould sent the email during a mental health crisis, his prosecutor told the court  He was sentenced to … Read more

Former Army Lance Corporal, 47, who threatened to shoot Alastair Campbell i email avoids jail

Former Army Lance Corporal, 47, who sent email to Alastair Campbell threatening to shoot him in the back of the head avoids jail Lee Gould, 47, emailed Campbell to say: ‘I would happily put one in…your skull’  Gould sent the email during a mental health crisis, his prosecutor told the court  He was sentenced to … Read more

Union Jack-backed Boris Johnson gives first press conference in new £2.6million briefing room

Boris Johnson swapped antique wood panelling for a Tory blue backdrop tonight as he hosted a coronavirus press conference from his new £2.6million briefing room. The venue for the occasional television appearances has swapped from their former home in 10 Downing Street to a newly refurbished part of No9 after the taxpayer-funded work on kitting … Read more

EU and Britain ‘are close to a deal’ that will end vaccine war

How badly would the UK’s vaccine drive suffer if the EU blocked exports? If the European Union blocked all exports of coronavirus vaccines made on its turf, Britain could remain self-sufficient and still get jabs to the entire population. However, it could come under pressure on second dose supply because it relies on importing Pfizer’s … Read more

EU and Britain ‘are close to a deal’ that will end vaccine war

How badly would the UK’s vaccine drive suffer if the EU blocked exports? If the European Union blocked all exports of coronavirus vaccines made on its turf, Britain could remain self-sufficient and still get jabs to the entire population. However, it could come under pressure on second dose supply because it relies on importing Pfizer’s … Read more

Rebel Tory MPs carry MILK around as symbol of protest at draconian Covid laws

Tory MPs have vowed to carry a pint of milk around as a symbol of protest against draconian coronavirus laws – amid warnings Boris Johnson will face demands to recall Parliament if he announces crunch decisions on lockdown during the Easter recess. In a slightly surreal act of defiance, Sir Charles Walker has insisted he … Read more

Joe Biden jokes he ‘misses’ Donald Trump at his first press conference

President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would be ‘flattered’ if migrants were coming to the United States because of him as he was grilled about his border policy during the first formal press conference of his presidency. He also ridiculed the idea the surge in migrants at the border is because he’s a ‘nice … Read more