Labour leader Keir Starmer says ‘it’s clear that this government is now collapsing’
The Tory party is in free fall Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has said it is now “clear that this government is collapsing” under the weight of its own “sleaze, scandal” and “failure”. Shortly after the news of health secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s resignations, ITV’s Paul Brand shared a statement from […]
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Rishi Sunak has resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer
The dominos have begun to fall Rishi Sunak has resigned as Boris Johnson’s Chancellor in the wake of the Chris Pincher scandal. His letter follows the resignation of Sajid Javid as Health Secretary. Writing on Twitter he said: “The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. “I recognise this may be […]
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Someone has just set pictures of glum-looking Cabinet ministers to the Succession theme tune
Boris Johnson’s administration has been rocked by yet another scandal. Allegations that Boris Johnson knew about an inquiry into Chris Pilcher in 2019 have rocked the Conservative administration. In an extraordinary intervention, Lord McDonald, the former permanent secretary in the Foreign Office for nearly five years, claimed that Downing Street may have lied over whether […]
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Dominic Raab may just have delivered the ‘car crash interview of the year’ over Chris Pincher scandal
“Was he guilty of inappropriate behaviour or not?” Dominic Raab has insisted Chris Pincher was not “guilty” of sexual misconduct in 2019, despite an internal investigation upholding a complaint of misconduct against him. In a car-crash interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, the deputy prime minister quibbled with presenter Susanna Reid over use of the […]
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Chris Pincher: Six new claims of inappropriate behaviour levelled at former Tory deputy chief whip
Some of the allegations date back as far as 2017 Six new claims of inappropriate behaviour by disgraced former Tory MP Chris Pincher. The MP for Tamworth, who has been dubbed a ‘pound shop Harvey Weinstein’ in the past, announced his resignation on Thursday. This came after he is alleged to have assaulted two men […]
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Chris Pincher loses Conservative whip following sexual assault allegations
About time MP for Tamworth Chris Pincher has had the Conservative whip removed following allegations of sexual misconduct. A spokesperson for the Chief Whip said: “Having heard that a formal complaint has been made to the ICGS, the PM has agreed with the Chief Whip that the whip should be suspended from Chris Pincher while […]
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