“A source told the Mail on Sunday: “Liz used Chevening as a mini Number 10, holding meetings with her inner circle which often turned into parties in the evening. The Cabinet Office was told by staff at the house that items such as towelling robes and even slippers vanished during that period, and have asked her to cover the cost.”
" The answer is to align all government activity around five “missions”, to be pursued over two terms of a Labour government.
The “missions”—covering growth, the National Health Service, decarbonisation, crime and education—will come with single audacious targets, such as halving serious violent crime and achieving the fastest sustained growth in the G7."
Coronation Day could expose more fractures in the UK, including the response to the request to chant allegiance to the throne.
Don’t expect much north of the English border. Celtic fans at a recent game sang ‘You can shove your foreign nation up your Rrs’ , to the tune of She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain
The timing of her resignation was a bit sus. There she was, electorally successful, on a mission to champion Scottish Independence, like a 21st century William Wallace , an ideologue, then abruptly “drops the mike” without achieving the Holy Grail.