Tim Chapman1 day agoNo 10 staff furious Boris ‘got away with it’ after single partygate fineMetro - Sabrina JohnsonDowning Street staff fined for attending lockdown busting parties are ‘furious’ Boris Johnson has only been handed one fine – despite attending …
Tim Chapman3 days agoDon’t just condemn just our lying PM: save some anger for the cowards who enabled himverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jonathan FreedlandDigest for a moment the words of Sir Charles Walker, a Tory MP once bent on toppling the prime minister, but no longer. “Love him or loathe him,” says the lapsed rebel, comparing his party leader to a cricket all-rounder who averts apparently certain defeat by taking five wickets and then smashing …
Tim Chapman3 days agoCost of living: Grocery prices up by 'more than 20%' in advance of food inflation caused by Ukraine warsky.com - SkyHundreds of staple grocery items had shot up in price by more than a fifth over the two years prior to the surge in food inflation caused by Russia's …
Tim Chapman2 days agoBoris Johnson jumps out of the partygate frying pan into the inflationary flamesThe Telegraph - Jeremy WarnerThe other difference is the exchange rate. Determined to exorcise inflation, Thatcher imposed a fierce monetary and fiscal squeeze; sterling surged through two dollars to the pound, but in so doing rendered great swathes of the UK economy uncompetitive. Rarely a day passed without news of some …
Tim Chapman2 days agoRishi Sunak spends £500,000 of taxpayers’ cash on focus groups ‘to repair his image’independent.co.uk - Rob MerrickRishi Sunak is spending a further £500,000 of taxpayers’ cash on focus groups and polling, new Treasury contracts reveal, sparking a claim that he is …
Tim Chapman3 days agoTory MPs may still be backing Boris Johnson, but focus groups are showing that voters are done with the PMinews.co.uk - Paul WaughAli is a dad who rarely sees his daughter because he has taken a second job at weekends. Lucy is a mature student nurse whose childcare costs mean …
