Nicola Sturgeon says she ‘wanted to cry’ over pictures of pubgoers with no social distancing

Nicola Sturgeon said she ‘wanted to cry’ over pictures of pubgoers gathering with no social distancing at the weekend as 27 cases of coronavirus are linked to one bar in Aberdeen.  SNP MP Stephen Flynn today tweeted two photos he had spotted online of the city centre, where an outbreak took place in The Hawthorn Bar. … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon says she ‘wanted to cry’ over pictures of pubgoers with no social distancing

Nicola Sturgeon said she ‘wanted to cry’ over pictures of pubgoers gathering with no social distancing at the weekend as 27 cases of coronavirus are linked to one bar in Aberdeen.  SNP MP Stephen Flynn today tweeted two photos he had spotted online of the city centre, where an outbreak took place in The Hawthorn Bar. … Read more

SNP accuses Boris Johnson of treating Scotland like it is ‘stupid’

Boris Johnson today told Nicola Sturgeon that nowhere near enough time has passed since the 2014 Scottish independence referendum to require a rerun. Speaking on his first visit to Scotland since the general election last year, Mr Johnson said the ‘Union is a fantastically strong institution’ as he outright rejected the SNP leader’s demand for … Read more

SNP accuses Boris Johnson of treating Scotland like it is ‘stupid’

SNP accuses Boris Johnson of treating Scotland like it is ‘too wee, too poor or too stupid’ to cope on its own as the PM visits north of the border to tell them being part of the Union saved 900,000 Scottish jobs during coronavirus crisis Boris Johnson visiting Scotland today for first time since 2019 … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service 

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 23:44 BST, 21 July 2020 As a cast of characters goes, even that masterful spy scribe John Le Carre might have struggled to improve upon … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service 

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 As a cast of characters goes, even that masterful spy scribe John Le Carre might have struggled to improve upon … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon receives 50th birthday card branding Boris Johnson a ‘first class clown’

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband proudly shows off a birthday card branding Boris Johnson a ‘first class clown’ as Scotland’s First Minister turns 50 Peter Murrell posted a picture on social media showing her birthday cards One showed a caricature of Mr Johnson getting stuck on a zipwire in 2012  Also had the message message: ‘I’ve hired a … Read more

Julian Lewis accuses PM of ‘improper’ bid to seize control of security watchdog

A long-awaited report on Russian electoral interference will be published within days after an ‘improper’ bid by Boris Johnson to seize control of Parliament’s intelligence watchdog failed. The cross-party committee Intelligence and Security Committee has announced that the assessment – which Mr Johnson has been accused of delaying – will be released before the Commons … Read more

HENRY DEEDES sees a moment of merriment during a routine PMQs 

Sir Ed Davey’s face was a picture. A whirling, twirling swirl of yee-haw, whoop-dee-doo delight. Golfers know the one: that pop-eyed look of pleasure that players pull, half shock/half ecstasy, as their ball plops into the hole from long distance. Like the novice hacker who’s just chipped in from a bunker, the acting Lib Dem … Read more

Julian Lewis kicked out of Tories for ‘working with Labour’

A Tory MP has been kicked out of the Tory party tonight for ‘working with Labour and the opposition’ after he beat Boris Johnson’s pick Chris Grayling to the chairmanship of the powerful Intelligence and Security Committee. Dr Julian Lewis secured the role despite widespread expectation that Mr Grayling would receive the backing of the … Read more