The minister was asked to defend the decision by the Conservative Party to accept an £80,250 donation from the wife of one of Vladimir Putin’s former Deputy Finance Ministers. Figures released by the Electoral Commission on Wednesday show Lubov Chernukhin donated to the party
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev who is close friend of Putin is forced to resign as honorary president of Edinburgh International Festival after invasion of Ukraine Gergiev was made honorary president of Edinburgh International Festival in 2011 Gergiev – seen as Russia’s star
Boris Johnson signs up ‘Wizard of Oz’ election ally David Canzini to overhaul No10 David Canzini will start as the deputy chief of staff in Downing Street this week One MP called Mr Canzini ‘a hard man’ able to dispense advice in
Republican House hopeful Lee Murphy used to take President Joe Biden’s ticket when the then-senator commuted to Washington aboard an Amtrak train – now he’s hoping to take out the president’s home state ally in Delaware’s Congressional race. Murphy is again challenging
Comedian and political pundit Jon Stewart is laying into Donald Trump, accusing the 45th president of aligning with Vladimir Putin by praising the Russian leader for his ‘genius’ invasion of Ukraine. The former Daily Show host also hit out at Fox News
Hardline Europe minister Clement Beaune accused Britain of being in breach of the Brexit trade deal and insisted Paris would not be intimidated into dropping its allegations. He said: “We won’t be intimidated by these manoeuvres.” Mr Beaune, a close ally of
The French European Affairs Minister said he supported MEPs’ vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement on Wednesday as he stressed the commitments signed by the UK will be upheld with “vigilance”. He wrote on Twitter: “I welcome the very clear vote of
Dominic Cummings ‘has audio recordings of key government conversations’ and ‘can back up a lot of his claims’, ally of the former chief adviser says Dominic Cummings kept audio recordings of key conversations, an ally claims Former chief adviser is locked in
Donald Trump was on Sunday pictured golfing with close ally Jim Jordan days after the Republican congressman’s furious spats with Democrats Val Demings and Maxine Waters over police reform and COVID-19. The two men were seen at Trump International in West Palm Beach,
Lee Cain was forced to leave his job last autumn along with senior aide Dominic Cummings after a power struggle in Downing Street. The pair had been close allies, working together on the 2016 Vote Leave referendum campaign. The former political adviser