There are fears that Dominic Cummings (left) will mount an all-out attack on the PM rather than 'going quietly'. The new Tory 'policy board' is expected to be chaired by the MP Neil O'Brien (right), who helped former chancellor George Osborne devise the Northern Powerhouse … [Read more...] about Boris’s ‘reset’ bid to save his premiership: PM vows to ‘listen’ to mutinous Tory MPs after Cummings chaos with new ‘policy board’ to reconnect to ‘Red Wall’ and defies Treasury resistance to launch environment drive
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I see no traps… that’s why I’ll seize our day of destiny, writes ANDREW BRIDGEN, Tory MP for North West Leicestershire
The comprehensive nature of their defeat is illustrated by the fact that today, it is the Eurosceptics who will be voting for a sensible EU trade deal, while the hardline Europhiles – including Labour rebels, the SNP and Liberal Democrats – will be going through intellectual contortions to rationalise their opposition. They’re like Japanese soldiers in the jungle, still engaged in a futile fight after the war has been lost. … [Read more...] about I see no traps… that’s why I’ll seize our day of destiny, writes ANDREW BRIDGEN, Tory MP for North West Leicestershire
Tory MP John Whittingdale goes clubbing in Ibiza after getting sacked as culture secretary
Mr Whittingdale, who was a political aide to Margaret Thatcher, praised house music DJ Pete Tong for his “great set” in a message posted on social media around midnight, UK time. … [Read more...] about Tory MP John Whittingdale goes clubbing in Ibiza after getting sacked as culture secretary
Keeping schools open is ‘national priority’ and should happen even if it INCREASES R number, Tory MPs say
Pupils already face a staggered return and teachers are expected to be bumped up the vaccination list when the Oxford jab is approved. … [Read more...] about Keeping schools open is ‘national priority’ and should happen even if it INCREASES R number, Tory MPs say
Government’s Covid missteps continue to baffle Tory MPs
Among them was Neil O’Brien, only recently appointed as head of the Conservative party’s policy board. In a Twitter thread, O’Brien said the government “need[s] to do something big to slow the explosive growth and stop hospitals being further overwhelmed”, saying the current wave of coronavirus “is in many ways *worse* than the original spring surge”. … [Read more...] about Government’s Covid missteps continue to baffle Tory MPs