Tory MP fled car crash scene ‘in leather mini-skirt, high heels and pearls’
Jamie Wallis was banned from driving after he ploughed his Mercedes E-Class into a telegraph pole A Conservative MP who crashed his car and fled the scene was dressed in high heels and a “black leather mini-skirt”, a court heard on Monday. Jamie Wallis was disqualified from driving for six months and fined £2,500 after he […]
4 years ago
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 […]
4 years ago
Chris Pincher: Disgraced Tory MP was dubbed a ‘pound shop Harvey Weinstein’ by former accuser
A former party activist said Pincher told him he’d ‘go far in the Conservative Party’ as he untucked his shirt Boris Johnson is facing calls to expel Chris Pincher after he dramatically quit his role as the party’s deputy chief whip following a “drunken incident”. The MP for Tamworth is alleged to have assaulted two […]
4 years ago
Covid booster jabs to be offered to over 40s amid fears of winter surge
16 and 17 year olds should also get a second jab according to official advice. All over-40s in the UK should be offered a Covid booster jab, according to the UK government’s scientific advisors, with the aim of limiting the spread of the virus over the winter months. Evidence suggests the chance of testing positive […]
4 years ago
Tory MP slammed for ‘vile’ comment about Afghans “queueing at the airport”
Desmond Swayne’s comment was met with shouts of “disgrace” from across the Commons. Tory MP Desmond Swayne has been branded “vile” for suggesting that people fleeing Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover were wrong for doing so. MPs were recalled to Parliament on Wednesday for an emergency sitting over the crisis unfolding in […]
4 years ago
MP and co-chair of eating disorder group fat shames nurse on Twitter
He said that it looked like the health worker had eaten too many pasties. A Tory MP who is also the co-chairman of a cross-party parliamentary group on eating disorders has been accused of fat shaming after he appeared to make fun of a nurse’s weight on Twitter. MP for Blackpool South, Scott Benton, was […]
5 years ago