Former cabinet minister Michael Gove has been appointed as editor of The Spectator magazine, replacing Fraser Nelson, who ran Britain’s oldest magazine for 15 years. This comes after the Tory bible was bought by GB News co-owner Sir Paul Marshall. Gove will start his new job on 8th October. All change at Old Queen Street…
UPDATE: In a very gracious article by him on vacating the editor’s chair Fraser Nelson says:
“There’s never a good time to leave a job like mine but, after 15 years and a new owner with big ambitions, there is an obvious time.”
Fraser also write that Charles Moore will be the new chairman, replacing Andrew Neil, and that he has been offered the role of associate editor.
Labour Conference has now voted against the leadership by supporting a non-binding motion by Unite and the Communication Workers Union to reverse the winter fuel cut. Posturing – what they do best…
Sadiq Khan has once again jetted off on an eco-jolly, this time ditching the Labour conference early to rub shoulders in New York. Instead of “having fun with my friends in Liverpool”, as he said, he’s chosen the bright lights of the Big Apple to show off his green credentials. Nothing says environmental warrior quite like hopping on a plane across the Atlantic…
So inspiring to visit the Billion Oyster Project in New York today and see how they’re embracing nature to clean up the Hudson River and increase biodiversity.
Re-introducing wildlife such as water voles, eels and otters will help us to restore London’s waterways. pic.twitter.com/xcbDQ1tRIY
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) September 24, 2024
Taxpayers will be pleased to hear Khan is enjoying his latest vanity trip, this time involving a boat ride to celebrate… voles and eels – an excursion the Mayor found “so inspiring”. Perhaps less inspiring than the city he left behind, where knife crime involving large blades has doubled in the last five years…
Starmer said too many journalists were outside his house and his son needed somewhere quiet to study for his GCSEs. Who else but Lord Alli was there to provide…
Alli’s £18 million penthouse in Covent Garden is the perfect choice for any studious 16-year-old. Of Alli’s known properties (the other is a Kent mansion) this is the most likely – it’s one Starmer already admitted using for meetings and on election night. With three en-suite bedrooms to choose from, the flat offers panoramic views of London from no fewer than two terraces, all to help soak in crucial facts…
After a few hours of work in the spacious office any teen would let off steam in the games room before settling down to watch some telly in the dedicated TV room. A large roof terrace offers yet another study location with “lush evergreens” to keep the air fresh…
With 5,000 square feet of space there’s little chance a revising teenager would be disturbed by anyone else using the property, like Starmer and his team. Imagine how big the house is going to have to be for A-Levels…
Immigration minister Angela Eagle accused Donald Trump of fuelling “overt racism” in the UK at Labour conference and unsurprisingly it didn’t go down well with former President. Trump’s spokesman hit back with a damning response:
“Nobody knows who this random person is or cares what comes out of her mouth. Who is she and what does she do?”
The Donald entirely correct on this one…
This morning, Keir Starmer was out justifying the £20,000 in “donations” from Labour peer Lord Alli towards accommodation, spinning the tale that his son needed a quiet place to study for his GCSEs. Cue the violin. Speaking to the Today Programme, Starmer said:
“My boy, 16, was in the middle of his GCSEs. I made him a promise, a promise that he would be able to get to his school, do his exams, without being disturbed. We have lots of journalists outside our house where we live and I’m not complaining about that, that’s fine. But if you’re a 16-year-old trying to do your GCSEs and it’s your one chance in life…I promised him we would move somewhere, get out of the house and go somewhere where he could be peacefully studying.”
Naturally, Guido had a peek at the records. The dates of their luxury £20,437.28 stay? From 29th May 2024 to 13th July 2024. The first GCSE exam was on 9th May 2024, and the final one wrapped up on 19th June 2024. So, not only did Starmer’s son start exams weeks before they checked in, but his last paper was nearly a month before they checked out. How much “revision” time do you need in a five-star pad post-GCSEs?
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”
