List includes former Chancellor, ‘father of the House’ and former Home Secretary Ken Clarke, former party vice-Chair Stephen Hammond, former Thatcher aide Oliver Letwin and Churchill’s grandson Nicholas Soames The […]
In spite of Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom’s statement to BBC News that rebel Tory MPs would be given another chance to back Boris Johnson tomorrow before the whip is withdrawn […]
LibDem and other centrists will now wring their hands – but Johnson’s monstrous actions are taking place in the space they created Number 10’s announcement this morning that Boris Johnson […]
Chancellor promises to end austerity post-Brexit. Ending it is a promise Tory chancellors make frequently – and never fulfil In his ‘Spring Statement’ today, Tory Chancellor ‘Spreadsheet’ Phil Hammond promised […]
The blight of Tory government on the UK and its people in a few short bullet points As the government prepares for the Chancellor’s ‘Spring Statement’, a list of Tory […]
On Wednesday night, Theresa May’s government suffered a humiliating defeat in its attempt to block an amendment to Philip Hammond’s Finance (no.3) Bill that would tie the government’s hands on […]
Chancellor Philip ‘Hapless’ Hammond received a surgical – and very funny – put-down from Speaker John Bercow in the House of Commons today after setting himself up perfectly for it, […]
The DUP has said it is abstaining on every finance bill vote tonight in order to fire a warning shot across the Tories’ bows that they are close to abandoning […]
Sports minister Tracey Crouch has resigned from the government over a delay imposed by Chancellor Philip Hammond to cuts to maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBT) – often […]
The mainstream media – abetted as usual by a selection of the ‘usual suspects’ among right-wing Labour MPs – have attempted to make mischief and distract from the flop of […]