Now Tory conference is hit by tech glitches too: Virtual Q&A with Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak is delayed by 50 minutes after system crashes in ‘complete shambles’ Feed went dead as Rishi Sunak addressed the virtual Tory conference yesterday On Saturday, exhibitors were temporarily unable to log into the virtual event Commercial exhibitors had stumped up … Read more
NHS coronavirus contact tracers struggled to reach tens of thousands of potentially infectious people yesterday after phone lines crashed following an IT malfunction. As workers attempted to catch up on a backlog of calls to the 16,000 infectious people missed from the database – due to an error caused by an outdated version of Microsoft’s … Read more
Rebel Tories could join forces with Labour in a bid to put an end to Boris Johnson‘s 10pm Covid curfew, according to reports. The group, made up of dozens of Conservative MPs, reportedly want to call last orders on the unpopular pub curfew – which has resulted in numerous mass gatherings at kick-out time as … Read more
Laurence Fox calls for a Twitter ‘retract button’ for people who say controversial things and then change their mind as he blasts ‘anti-Western and anti-democratic’ freedom of speech ‘crisis’ in Conservative Conference appearance The actor turned political activist spoke at Conservative Party Conference fringe Attacked Twitter as ‘everything that everyone ever writes exists in perpetuity’ … Read more
Rishi Sunak warned of tax rises to come and lavished praise on ‘special’ Boris Johnson today as he tried to quell growing rumours of a feud over lockdown. The Chancellor hailed the PM as a ‘rare’ communicator who had ‘got the big calls right’ as he delivered his keynote speech to Tory conference. Mr Sunak again … Read more
Rishi Sunak warned of tax rises to come and lavished praise on ‘special’ Boris Johnson today as he tried to quell growing rumours of a feud over lockdown. The Chancellor hailed the PM as a ‘rare’ communicator who had ‘got the big calls right’ as he delivered his keynote speech to Tory conference. Mr Sunak again … Read more
Rishi Sunak dishes up £238m back-to-work scheme: Chancellor to launch jobs drive – as he blasts ‘frustrating’ pub curfew and vows to fight full new lockdown Rishi Sunak will launch a £238m back-to-work jobs scheme today called JETS The new programme will assist those who lost work as a result of the pandemic Chancellor will … Read more
Boris Johnson admits Eat Out to Help Out scheme might have helped fuel spike in coronavirus cases but says it was crucial to save ‘hundreds of thousands of jobs’ Boris Johnson admitted the Eat Out to Help Out scheme might have fueled cases PM insisted popular subsidy was essential to save hundreds of thousands of … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Boris is the only man for the job – and Tories must not forget this By Mail on Sunday Comment Published: 08:09 BST, 4 October 2020 | Updated: 08:09 BST, 4 October 2020 Nobody voted for Boris Johnson as Tory Party leader or as Prime Minister because they thought he was … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has overtaken Boris Johnson as the man voters think would make the best Prime Minister, according to exclusive new research seen by The Mail on Sunday. The analysis, conducted by former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft, will cause alarm in Downing Street as Mr Johnson grapples with the rise in Covid-19 infections, … Read more