Politics
Two thirds do not believe Johnson’s partygate defence, polling suggests
Ex-PM Boris Johnson defended various events, including his birthday party for which he was fined, as being ‘necessary for work purposes’.
Rishi Sunak’s meeting with Albanian PM prompts a lofty social media reaction
Edi Rama used his visit to No 10 to stress that just as all Britons are not Mr Bean, not all Albanians are characters from the thriller Taken.
People think Nadine Dorries is in contempt of parliament over TalkTV remarks
"I reckon this could prove to be the magic bullet that gets Nadine Dorries booted out of politics and barred from the House of Lords", one person said.
‘You take us for mugs’: Tory gets destroyed for not answering question on #BBCQT
It comes as the privileges committee of MPs is trying to determine whether Johnson deliberately or recklessly misled parliament.
Starmer’s earnings are smaller than Sunak’s but his effective tax rate is way higher
“The tax system favours capital gains. I think maybe people would regard that as unfair," Dan Neidle said.
Starmer follows Sunak in publishing tax return summary
Starmer released a summary of his tax return covering the period he has been Labour leader, in response to Sunak publishing his own.
Majority Tory #BBCQT audience don’t believe Johnson
"Wow" said Fiona Bruce after asking for a show of hands on the former prime minister's response to partygate questions.
Carol Vorderman in Twitter row with women’s minister over menopause hearing
The former Countdown star said had been blocked by Maria Caulfield and called on her to ‘show some respect and resign’.
Mordaunt: I pity Andrew Bridgen if he believes Covid conspiracy theories
"He might like to do some research as to the origins of some of the things that he has been putting on his Twitter account," Mordaunt suggested.