So perhaps it is not surprising that, despite musing at last year’s Tory conference that he might not return after the general election campaign, Cummings was back at No 10 in January, seeking applications from “weirdos and misfits with odd skills” to work with him in remaking Whitehall. … [Read more...] about How Dominic Cummings became indispensable to Boris Johnson
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‘HS2 will be the albatross round your neck’: Tory backbencher hits out at Boris Johnson as PM quashes ‘muted’ party mutiny and bulldozes ahead with £106bn rail link
'The Review's Report is a comprehensive appraisal of a challenging project. I believe the recommendations help offer it a way forward, a means of increasing scrutiny and oversight, protecting the interests of passengers and taxpayers, and rebuilding confidence in an important piece of critical national infrastructure which will do much to rebalance the economy. … [Read more...] about ‘HS2 will be the albatross round your neck’: Tory backbencher hits out at Boris Johnson as PM quashes ‘muted’ party mutiny and bulldozes ahead with £106bn rail link
Boris Johnson says schools in England set to reopen on 1 June as planned
He said at the time: "I will only allow schools to let children, teachers and ancillary staff back into schools if it's safe to do so. This has got nothing to do with disadvantaged children or politics, it's got everything to do with the safety of children." … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson says schools in England set to reopen on 1 June as planned
Is Kate Middleton’s favourite Jigsaw falling to pieces? It’s the store middle-class women love – including the Duchess of Cambridge, who used to work there. Now seven directors have quit, leaving its backer asking why it’s coming apart at the seams
Three years later, he loaned the future prime minister his private helicopter for a trip to West Yorkshire. A business scandal in 2008, however, resulted in Mr Ross resigning from the boards of several well-known companies, including Carphone Warehouse and coach group National Express. … [Read more...] about Is Kate Middleton’s favourite Jigsaw falling to pieces? It’s the store middle-class women love – including the Duchess of Cambridge, who used to work there. Now seven directors have quit, leaving its backer asking why it’s coming apart at the seams
Coronavirus is ‘uniquely adapted to infect humans’: Top vaccine scientist says it could only have come from an animal through a ‘freak of nature’ – and the possibility it leaked from Wuhan lab MUST be investigated
She married Xi in 1987, when he was the divorced deputy mayor of the city of Xiamen. She was appointed by Margaret Chan, China’s first head of a United Nations body, who has since joined a key Communist Party policy body. Peng was reappointed to the WHO by Chan’s successor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who also tried to hand one of the posts to Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe before outrage forced a retreat. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus is ‘uniquely adapted to infect humans’: Top vaccine scientist says it could only have come from an animal through a ‘freak of nature’ – and the possibility it leaked from Wuhan lab MUST be investigated
