Under intense pressure to get a grip after his party’s abysmal performance in the Hartlepool by-election and local elections, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is seeking tried-and-tested talent. A new key appointee is Deborah Mattinson as director of strategy. Supporters point to her work as pollster and strategist for former Labour leaders including Neil Kinnock, … Read more
Under intense pressure to get a grip after his party’s abysmal performance in the Hartlepool by-election and local elections, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is seeking tried-and-tested talent. A new key appointee is Deborah Mattinson as director of strategy. Supporters point to her work as pollster and strategist for former Labour leaders including Neil Kinnock, … Read more
No smoke without fine! Tory MP Richard Holden is hit with £100 penalty notice for littering after dropping cigarette butt outside North-West Durham election count Richard Holden was hit with the charge in his constituency in County Durham He has previously posted images of himself on social media litter picking The MP was given ten … Read more
It’s just gone 9.30am but Trevor and Joe are already enjoying their first pint of the day. ‘I’ll be voting Tory,’ Trevor, a master craftsman, tells me. ‘I voted Labour in the General Election, but we’ve got a Conservative council round here now, and they’ve done more in the past couple of years than Labour … Read more
It’s just gone 9.30am but Trevor and Joe are already enjoying their first pint of the day. ‘I’ll be voting Tory,’ Trevor, a master craftsman, tells me. ‘I voted Labour in the General Election, but we’ve got a Conservative council round here now, and they’ve done more in the past couple of years than Labour … Read more
What would Boris Johnson have to do, I wonder, for his critics to take him seriously? For weeks he’s been battered by dreadful headlines, culminating in the Mail’s revelations of his alleged use of donations to pay for the redecoration of his Downing Street flat. Day after day, his critics hammered away at the issue … Read more
What would Boris Johnson have to do, I wonder, for his critics to take him seriously? For weeks he’s been battered by dreadful headlines, culminating in the Mail’s revelations of his alleged use of donations to pay for the redecoration of his Downing Street flat. Day after day, his critics hammered away at the issue … Read more
Boris Johnson defied political gravity yesterday as the Conservatives racked up a string of stunning poll victories. Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election, with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000 in a seat the Tories had not held since 1964. Tory Ben Houchen won a second term as mayor of Tees Valley in … Read more
Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with Nicola Sturgeon if she pushes ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum – which the PM has called ‘irresponsible and reckless’. Counting continues in the Scottish parliamentary contest, with the SNP leader’s hopes of achieving a majority on a knife edge, … Read more
Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with Nicola Sturgeon if she pushes ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum – which the PM has called ‘irresponsible and reckless’. Counting continues in the Scottish parliamentary contest, with the SNP leader’s hopes of achieving a majority on a knife edge, … Read more