Rishi Sunak might want to talk about how the country didn’t go into recession, or the mythical 40 new hospitals he claims are on the way, but the topic of the minute is why the Cabinet Office won’t hand over Boris Johnson‘s unredacted WhatsApp messages and diary to the Covid Inquiry. How bad can you look in an 80-second clip. This bad. The skill of a politician is to stick to their answer without looking like a myna bird, rocking on its perch, just mimicking human speech. ~AA pic.twitter.com/uLmCE5tWoO — Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) May 30, 2023 Reading between the lines, we believe t ..read more

Conservationist and Windermere native Matt Staniek founded Save Windermere in the face of an enormous and unsustainable increase in the amount of sewage flooding into the lake, as well as the effects of climate change and farming runoff – all of which are killing the fragile ecosystem. On Monday, supporters gathered in the area to bring attention to the campaign – and they had help from some famous faces. Some of the nation's best-known comedians are among campaigners warning of an ecological catastrophe at England's largest lake. Steve Coogan and Lee Mack explain why they've joined forces wi ..read more

On Thursday afternoon, a man crashed a car into the gates of Downing Street and was promptly arrested – although not for terror-related offences, which was the initial suspicion. Here’s how the run-up to the crash looked. This is the moment a car drives into the gates of Downing Street. pic.twitter.com/voZldcib5z — PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) May 25, 2023 In the initial aftermath, Rishi Sunak was moved to another location for protection. | BREAKING: Rishi Sunak has been evacuated from Number 10 out of the back entrance pic.twitter.com/75mUgnK0ll — Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) May 25, 2023 ..read more

As you might already have seen by now, Boris Johnson has been referred to the police by the Cabinet Office over new claims he broke lockdown rules at Downing Street and Chequers during the coronavirus pandemic. The best thing – the very best thing – about this is that the Cabinet Office was obliged to pass on the information to the police because the legal fees were being covered by the taxpayer. If he’d paid for his own lawyers, this probably wouldn’t have made it into the public domain (and you can read our 23 favourite reactions to the story here). But we mention it again because the former ..read more

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the political waters – okay, not safe, but not full of Boris Johnson‘s misdemeanours – along comes Partygate 2: The Revenge. EXCLUSIVE Boris Johnson has been referred to the police by the Cabinet Office over new claims he broke lockdown rules at Downing Street and Chequers during the coronavirus pandemic Story w/ @Steven_Swinford @Fhamiltontimes https://t.co/CkoUupnF3i — Henry Zeffman (@hzeffman) May 23, 2023 The irony is that the Cabinet Office was obliged to pass on the information to the police because the legal fees are being covered by the ..read more

You’ll know by now that disgraced former Deputy PM Dominic Raab has announced he will be stepping down as an MP, without much evidence that he ever stepped up. The statement comes just weeks after he was found to have repeatedly intimidated Whitehall staff, causing him to resign from the Cabinet. Exclusive Dominic Raab, the former deputy PM, will stand down as an MP at the next general election. Decision comes just a month after quitting Cabinet over bullying claims. Was facing a tough fight for his seat. https://t.co/mImMaPcePH — Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) May 22, 2023 The MP for Eshe ..read more

As you’ll probably already be aware by now, Britain’s waterways and coastline is currently – and let’s be frank about it – full of shit. The sterling campaigning work of people like Feargal Sharkey – @Feargal_Sharkey on Twitter – has helped make this a headline issue. So much so that today water companies in England apologised for repeated sewage spills and pledged to invest £10bn this decade in a too little, too late bid to quell widespread fury over pollution. And we mention all this because senior Conservative MP and former minister Damian Green went on ITV last night to tell everyone he re ..read more

Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith MP – no, us neither – has come up with a whizzo tactic to help beat soaring food inflation for families already struggling to make ends meet. He shared it on Iain Dale’s talkshow on LBC and it’s quite the listen. ‘Buy the Tesco value one.’ Tory MP @Bren4Bassetlaw offers up a solution for soaring food prices. @IainDale | #CrossQuestion pic.twitter.com/9cBm3jOfqv — LBC (@LBC) May 16, 2023 Of course! Own brand! Why didn’t anyone else think of that? To which the obvious answer is – they did. But BCS wasn’t done yet. Apparently under the illusion that his poin ..read more

Water companies have apologised for the amount of raw sewage that’s been dumped into the UK’s waterways and have pledged to take greater steps to clean up their act. I hear the water industry has a big announcement tomorrow. Will it be a truly radical and compelling solution to the sewage scandal or the same old rearranging of the deckchairs? My money’s on the latter. pic.twitter.com/gNCHh2MAF5 — Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) May 17, 2023 There’s one glaring problem …they plan to make customers foot the bill. After dumping sewage in seas, chemically polluting rivers, failing to upgrade ..read more

Rishi Sunak has gone to the G7 summit in Hiroshima, where the security of countries around the Pacific is near, if not at, the top of the agenda. For UK journalists speaking to the departing PM, however, the ever-present search for Brexit benefits was a hot topic. | NEW: Rishi Sunak has said Brexit is working because people can get cheaper beer and sanitary products “We cut VAT on sanitary products. This summer you will be able to get cheaper beer in pubs. “These are all very tangible benefits of Brexit that I’ve already delivered.” — Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) May 17, 2023 The 5% tax on san ..read more