Boris Johnson continued to favour ‘patient diplomacy’, he said. But from his tone, it was obvious that hopes of peace were now a pipe dream. The Prime Minister was making a statement on the Ukraine crisis. His voice dripped with exasperation and
Gone were the usual smiles, smirks and ho-ho-hos. Instead, the Boris Johnson in the Commons chamber yesterday was suddenly a man fighting tooth and claw for his reputation. A week of woeful headlines over his Downing Street flat’s refurbishment, not to mention
The minister hopped and jerked like a barefoot man on hot sand: HENRY DEEDES sees MPs vent their fury over the Post Office scandal By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 17:00 EDT, 27 April 2021 | Updated: 17:10 EDT, 27
Whitehall’s grandest fromage Simon Case looked affronted. Surprised, even. Dare I say it, perhaps a little hurt. The new(ish) Cabinet Secretary had just been accused by MPs of being evasive. Eh? Civil servants being tricksy? Choke! Cough! Splutter! Who could even think
From the Labour benches there came orchestrated harrumphs, spray-on shock and the sucked-in air of outrage. For the second week in a row, Sir Keir Starmer was crying foul about cronyism. After all those dog-day coronavirus months, old-fashioned Tory sleaze rows have
HENRY DEEDES: Beaming in from Liberace’s boudoir, came Boris Johnson’s dread word – ‘But…’ By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 17:27 EDT, 5 April 2021 | Updated: 02:51 EDT, 6 April 2021 On skipped the Prime Minister, with that mild