A former Tory MP has complained he has not been able to get a teaching job because of the “woke agenda entrenching the education sector”. Jonathan Gullis said he has been unemployed since losing his Stoke-on-Trent North and claimed his political views have stopped him from getting interviews. The outspokenContinue Reading
Robert Jenrick has said the Star of David should be displayed at every point of entry to the UK to show “we stand with Israel”. The Tory leadership frontrunner told a Conservative Friends of Israel event he wanted Britain to be “the most welcoming country in the world for IsraelisContinue Reading
Immigrants who see Israel as enemy ‘not welcome’ in UK says Kemi Badenoch Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Kemi Badenoch has sparked controversy after describing maternityContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has launched a fightback against accusations his government is mired in “sleaze, nepotism and avarice” with an announcement that the rules on declaring donations and gifts will be changed. The prime minister and a succession of cabinet ministers have been criticised for accepting thousands of pounds inContinue Reading
Kemi Badenoch has been forced to stress that she does believe in maternity pay after she sparked fury by saying it was “excessive”. The Tory leadership contender on Sunday said the government was doing “too much” on statutory maternity pay, before quickly backtracking on the remarks. Describing statutory maternity payContinue Reading
James Cleverly is the preferred candidate to win the Tory leadership race amongst the British public, a new poll has shown – but a majority of respondents said they don’t know who they would support. Asked which candidate would make the best prime minister, new polling by Techne put theContinue Reading
Immigrants who see Israel as enemy ‘not welcome’ in UK says Kemi Badenoch Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email MP Rosie Duffield has launched a scathing attackContinue Reading
Keir Starmer refuses to apologise to pensioners over winter fuel payment cuts Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Kemi Badenoch has warned that Tory members will beContinue Reading
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national election for the first time on Sunday, tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns following recent gains for the hard right elsewhere in Europe. Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister and longtime campaign strategist who has led theContinue Reading
Former prime minister Boris Johnson has said he believes the Covid pandemic was caused by a leak from a laboratory in China, and did not originate in unsanitary conditions in a Wuhan market. He joins Donald Trump in dismissing evidence suggesting that the virus was transmitted “zoonotically” from infected animals. The US formerContinue Reading
