Javid was told he must sack his aides and instead employ a team hand-picked by Johnson (for which, read Cummings). Instead, he chose to resign. It was such an open secret, in fact, that he subsequently joked in his resignation speech about “Cummings and goings” at the heart of government. … [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
Mr Johnson replied: 'Of course we are committed to phase 2B but I think she would appreciate that now, given what's happened in the past 10 years with phase 1, it is vital that we use this inflection point to make sure the taxpayer gets maximum value as we proceed.' … [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
Thank you for saving my life: Boris Johnson stops in Downing Street to deliver tribute to the ‘beating heart of this country’ NHS before heading with pregnant fiancée Carrie to Chequers by car
Convinced that European Commission spokesmen were lying and that Brussels 'panjandrums' wanted to turn the EU into a super-state, he sleuthed out secret documents. His lazy rivals, who spent much time in bars, accused him of making up his stories. These included scoops about 'the threat to British pink sausages', diktats about the shape of bananas and sizes of condoms, how women had been 'ordered to return old sex toys' and how euro notes made people impotent. … [Read more...] about Thank you for saving my life: Boris Johnson stops in Downing Street to deliver tribute to the ‘beating heart of this country’ NHS before heading with pregnant fiancée Carrie to Chequers by car
Boris Johnson says schools in England set to reopen on 1 June as planned
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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
He is listed as the owner of Robinson Webster through his investment vehicle Mountain Berg, based in St James’s, London. Under that deal, Mr Ross put in £5 million. So, too, did his friend John Robinson, Jigsaw’s co-founder, who set up the company in 1970 with its first store in Brighton, followed by Hampstead in North London two years later. … [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
