It comes after Thangam Debbonaire said Boris Johnson should spend some time “studying at the Gareth Southgate school of leadership”.

Countries are falling foul to the “dangerous assumption” that “everyone is protected” as cases spike, he said.

Recruitment firms are reporting acute hiring struggles across the economy as Brexit and Covid start to bite.

“Instead of pressuring drivers to drive in unsafe conditions, we should think about why these shortages exist," Labour's Alexandra Bulat said.

"Starting a petition for him to be the nations designated driver on Sunday seeing as he'll be at a loose end," one person said.

The average body size has fluctuated over the last million years and is strongly linked to temperature, according to a new study.

"The UAE is a deeply illiberal state with a zero-tolerance stance on free speech and critical thought, and it deals with its critics in the most brutal fashion imaginable through torture and forced disappearances.”

Lawrence Schimel, the book’s author, said in an email that requiring the labelling of books with content that deviates from the norm is “a pernicious concept, often used as a weapon to try to cultivate or justify prejudice and intolerance”.

The Commons Committee on Standards said it was “regrettable” that a full explanation of the funding of the Mustique trip had not been provided long ago.