Enter Eric Pickles, the thinking man’s John Prescott, writes HENRY DEEDES

Ey up! Who was this cheery peer beaming at us down the Zoom lens, with eyes like hooded ping pong balls, forehead shiny as a linoleum floor? Why it was Eric Pickles – ex-Tory minister, government flak jacket and seasoned Westminster trencherman. Been a while since we heard owt from ‘Uncle Eric’, as the former … Read more

Enter Eric Pickles, the thinking man’s John Prescott, writes HENRY DEEDES

Ey up! Who was this cheery peer beaming at us down the Zoom lens, with eyes like hooded ping pong balls, forehead shiny as a linoleum floor? Why it was Eric Pickles – ex-Tory minister, government flak jacket and seasoned Westminster trencherman. Been a while since we heard owt from ‘Uncle Eric’, as the former … Read more

Government watchdog Lord Pickles slams civil service ‘double jobbing’

Boris Johnson today backed Lord Pickles after the government watchdog warned over a lack of ‘boundaries’ in civil service links to business and said ‘excuses’ are being used to avoid checks. The PM said he ‘thoroughly’ agreed after the peer, head of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, delivered a damning assessment of the revolving door … Read more

Hailey Bieber snacks on pickles and talks future children with her husband Justin Bieber

Hailey Bieber made two references to her future children with husband Justin Bieber in her cover story with Vogue India, which hits newsstands on August 10. First, the 23-year-old IMG Model said that she and the 26-year-old Grammy winner will raise their kids to have respect for the Black Lives Matter movement. ‘They will be … Read more