Sajid Javid has suggested he could have ended up in a life of crime, having grown up in a poor neighbourhood where fellow pupils shoplifted and were recruited by drug dealers. In a speech on tackling serious violence, the home secretary launched an enthusiastic defence of stop and search, a police tactic discouraged by Theresa May because of the divisive effect on communities. Javid said crime had overtaken health as one of the biggest public concerns, and that seeing the faces of victims of knife crime made him fear for his own children. Javid’s first major speech on crime, with its deeply personal tone, was his first public salvo in the Conservative leadership race, one where he has slipped behind more organised rivals, such as Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt and Dominic Raab. Hunt, like Javid, aims to present himself as a Tory moderate who embraced Brexit. MPs have suggested the home secretary lacks “a front story” that sets out a distinctive political agenda – a … [Read more...] about Sajid Javid: ‘I could have had a life of crime’
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Car SOS host Fuzz Townshend reveals he secrety dipped his willy in Boris Johnson’s pint as a prank
A TV car show host has admitted secretly dipping his member in Boris Johnson’s pint. Fuzz Townshend, 54 — invited for a drink with Boris by mutual friends — sneaked into the pub loos with the Brexit boss’s beer after buying a round. Fuzz, of TV’s Car SOS on the National Geographic Channel, said: “I dipped my knob in Boris’s pint then went out and handed it to him. It was just a prank.” He said: “Boris arrived as it was my round. So I said ‘Would you like a drink?’ I was drinking a pint of real ale and he said ‘What’s that like?’ I said it was pretty good so he said ‘I’ll have one of those.’ “I went to the bar but the barrel had to be changed so I brought out my friends drinks — they were on gin and tonics, something like that. “Then I had to go back in for the pints. I got the pints and as I turned round I noticed that to my left was the gents’ toilets. “I … [Read more...] about Car SOS host Fuzz Townshend reveals he secrety dipped his willy in Boris Johnson’s pint as a prank
Boris Johnson’s back as The Leaver Leader as Tories fear election defeat and the extinction of their party
BRITAIN stands humiliated on the world stage, its Prime Minister distrusted by her own MPs and begging for help from a Marxist leader of an anti-Semitic party who is pledged to destroy her. Three long years after the UK voted Out, demoralised Tories fear election defeat and the extinction of their party. Yet despite clarion calls for her to go, Theresa May clings to office. She promises to quit Downing Street, but only when she is ready. Nothing less than a full-scale Cabinet revolt, or a mass protest by Tory MPs, will persuade her to go sooner. Her aim is to make it to the Tory Party conference in October — just as her 12 months’ grace expires after the last failed leadership challenge — and wave goodbye to a grateful party on her own terms. Increasingly angry critics want this over and done with. Which explains why so many are “buying Boris”. Until recently, BoJo’s dream of another bid for the top job looked fanciful. Remainers — including … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson’s back as The Leaver Leader as Tories fear election defeat and the extinction of their party
The queen of England who never was: the life of the Empress Matilda
Sean McGlynn 23 March 2019 9:00 AM 23 March 2019 9:00 AM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior Catherine HanleyYale, pp.277, £20 The Empress Matilda, mother of the Plantagenet dynasty, is the earliest queen of England who never was; by rights she should have been England’s first ruling queen four centuries before Mary. But she never sat on the throne. In this authoritative but accessible biography, Catherine Hanley emphasises the fortitude and steel of a woman who, as a child, experienced all the harshness of medieval diplomatic reality, having to learn and adapt to international power politics from a very early age. Born in 1102, she was only seven when her father, Henry I of England, arranged her betrothal to Heinrich V of Germany, 15 years her senior. The following year she was packed off abroad to complete her education and to prepare herself for her forthcoming role as empress. She married the newly … [Read more...] about The queen of England who never was: the life of the Empress Matilda
New play reimagines the ‘deeply divisive’ career of Boris Johnson
Life by Press Association March 14, 2019, 12:47 pm Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter A new play will explore the “compelling, colourful, deeply divisive” career of Boris Johnson. The Last Temptation Of Boris Johnson will chart the Leave campaigner’s impact on recent history and the “lust” for political power. Jonathan Maitland has written the play, which is set at the zenith of Mr Johnson’s influence during the Brexit campaign, and depicts him in the political wilderness in 2029. The cast for the drama has now been announced, with Will Barton, who previously played the former foreign secretary in BBC Two drama Theresa vs Boris: How May Became PM, in the lead role. Scripts for the play will reportedly change on a nightly basis to reflect developments in the Brexit process. Maitland said of his play and protagonist: “Boris Johnson is the perfect subject: … [Read more...] about New play reimagines the ‘deeply divisive’ career of Boris Johnson