Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email A military presence hangs heavy over the Chagos Islands’ crystal clear blue seas and white sand beaches amid a “hodge podge” of British and American cultures.Continue Reading
Boris Johnson has branded his former chief of staff Dominic Cummings as “weird” and compared him to a “homicidal robot” as he blamed him for his downfall as prime minister. In his new autobiography Unleashed, the Mr Johnson charted the collapse of his relationship with Cummings from the high pointContinue Reading
Minister says accepting freebies is different in government Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Labour government has agreed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure the future ofContinue Reading
The BBC has cancelled an interview with Boris Johnson after presenter Laura Kuenssberg accidentally sent the former prime minister her briefing notes. Ms Kuenssberg, presenter of the BBC’s flagship Sunday political interview show, said she sent Mr Johnson the notes “in a message meant for my team”. The BBC’s politicalContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has paid back £6,000 in gifts and hospitality as the so-called “freebies row” threatens to spiral out of control and plunge his government into chaos. The prime minister’s gesture came on a day when Tory leadership candidates described his government as “the most venal in history”. ThisContinue Reading
Keir Starmer faced a reality check on his first trip to Brussels as he appeared to come away from the European capital with only an agreement to hold further meetings with EU leaders. The prime minister travelled to Belgium for talks with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, asContinue Reading
The first charter flight carrying British citizens out of Lebanon has landed in Birmingham amid escalating conflict in the Middle East. The Dan Air plane touched down at Birmingham International Airport shortly before 8.40pm, having departed from Beirut and stopped off in Bucharest, Romania, on its journey. Foreign secretary DavidContinue Reading
Kemi Badenoch put her faltering leadership campaign back on track with a powerful speech to end the Tory conference. The former business secretary has had a difficult conference with missteps on maternity pay and her suggestion that some civil servants “should be in prison”, but her speech to close aContinue Reading
As the Conservative Party faces an uncertain political future ahead of the next general election, questions loom over its leadership and direction. The leadership contest is now front and centre, with James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, and Tom Tugendhat all competing for control. At the same time, former ToryContinue Reading
Tugendhat hits out at Jenrick for using video of dead friend in false claim on UK special forces 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 James Cleverly hasContinue Reading
