Hungary’s leader and Fox News are natural bedfellows in peddling paranoia politicsTucker Carlson is not much to look at. A little man with a face screwed into the scowl of a junior manager passed over for promotion, you might walk by him in the street …
The liar, the witch and the wardrobe – cartoon
Boris Johnson, Priti Patel and the Conservative party give their own take on Narnia• You can order your copy of this cartoon Continue reading…
Dear Gavin Williamson, if Latin is about levelling up, I have other ideas | Michael Rosen
Why not emulate private schools with class sizes, playing fields, music facilities and modern languages?Just as many of us are thinking ahead to winter and a possible next wave of Covid, worrying about whether schools have proper ventilation and what e…
Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson’s Thatcher coalmines gaffe– cartoon
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Anger as Boris Johnson does not isolate after staffer’s positive Covid test
Exclusive: PM continued tour of Scotland despite at times being ‘side-by-side’ with official, source saysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson is facing mounting anger after it emerged he continued with a tour of Sco…
Keir Starmer calls on Boris Johnson to say sorry for coalmines joke
Labour leader says remarks about pit closures ‘utterly shameful’ and shows prime minister ‘out of touch’Keir Starmer has called on Boris Johnson to apologise for joking about Margaret Thatcher closing coalmines, describing the remarks as “utterly shame…
‘It’s offensive’: Wakefield residents on PM’s pit closures joke
Boris Johnson’s comments come as ex-miners fight to save their ‘raided’ pension fund In a neatly decorated terraced house in the old mining village of Stanley on the outskirts of Wakefield, 64-year-old ex-miner Ian Hoggan pulled out a banner showing a …
UK government spends more than £163,000 on union flags in two years
Purchases have increased across departments, revealing embrace of the flag under Boris JohnsonRobert Jenrick criticised BBC presenters for daring to gently mock the size of his, Grant Shapps has a little plastic replica one on his bookshelf, while Matt…
Johnson’s coalmine quip shows he thinks the climate crisis is a joke | Ellie Mae O’Hagan
The prime minister was asked about his plans for transitioning away from fossil fuels. He chose to distract, not answerAllow me to let you in on a little secret. Many people working in politics and the media openly discuss the fact that Boris Johnson’s…
Johnson and Sunak urge UK pensions to back riskier investments
PM and chancellor aiming to ignite ‘investment big bang’ to fuel post-pandemic economic recoveryBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will urge UK pension schemes to back Britain’s “entrepreneurial spirit” with billions of pounds of savers’ funds to fuel the e…