Gordon Brown often struck a forlorn figure as Prime Minister. But it was the dithering over what was his favourite biscuit that did the damage and best defined his short-lived premiership, after he was asked no fewer than 12 times by the Mumsnet website to reveal whether he was a Bourbon man, a Lemon Puff … Read more
Danny Dyer has hit out at the political elite and slammed privately educated polticians who went to Eton saying they are incapable of running the country. The actor made the comments in a passionate rant about the state of Covid-hit Britain. He instead called for working class people to get involved in politics and use … Read more
Bullingdon revisited: Ten black Oxford undergraduates recreate famed David Cameron and Boris Johnson ‘portrayal of white privilege’ Ten black Oxford freshers have recreated the infamous Bullingdon Club photo Photo is intended to inspire others from tough backgrounds to strive for success The original photo featured a young Boris Johnson and David Cameron By David Wilkes … Read more
Kids Company boss ‘bullied her staff and ignored cash crisis’: Camila Batmanghelidjh brushed off warnings about charity’s financial woes and boasted of ‘special relationship’ with HMRC, court hears Camila Batmanghelidjh said to have begged David Cameron to bail out charity She boasted ‘special relationship’ with HMRC which meant tax bill not be paid The allegations … Read more
One week into Boris Johnson‘s campaign to take over from Theresa May as Prime Minister last year, long-standing differences of opinion among his team erupted. Lynton Crosby, the strategist who had masterminded his victory as London Mayor, was frozen out by Boris’s partner Carrie Symonds, who was convinced he had orchestrated her recent departure from … Read more
Tensions were running high between the three men sharing a cheese fondue at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2013. United in leading the governing Tory Party and yet utterly divided by their ambition, Prime Minister David Cameron, Chancellor George Osborne and London Mayor Boris Johnson had exhibited their childlike rivalries at a … Read more
Dave the rave: Prime Minister David Cameron was secret club king who would ‘lurk about in the corner with a big baseball cap on, gurning’ 1980s dance music pioneer Adamski believes David Cameron visited his club The DJ, whose most famous track was Killer, said the future PM wore a cap He claimed Mr Cameron … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: ‘She looked like she was going to eat him for breakfast’: Sasha Swire intimately drapes her arm over David Cameron’s shoulder and whispers in his ear in 2006 pictures as MP’s wife claims ex-PM clumsily flirted with her in tell-all memoirs Photographs were taken at the Black and White Conservative Ball 14 years ago … Read more
Beatlemania didn’t go out with the Sixties. Keira Knightley has revealed her daughter, Delilah, has become ‘obsessed’ with The Beatles at the tender age of five — and is besotted with 78-year-old Sir Paul McCartney. ‘It is really obsessive,’ says the Atonement star, who is married to rocker James Righton. ‘She knows all of the four … Read more
Samantha Cameron has maintained a dignified silence since Sasha Swire spilled the most intimate secrets about their friendship. But now her sister, Emily Sheffield, has hit back in the most personal fashion. Emily has dismissed Sasha as a ‘frustrated housewife’ and suggested she wrote the tell-all book because she was bitter at not being mentioned in … Read more