Articles tagged "Tories"

Tory Ministers to Stop Supply of Free Covid Tests to Universities in England with just 48 Hours Notice

Education leaders criticise ‘reckless’ move, after first case of ending mass distribution of LFTs (Lateral Flow Tests)

Tory Prime Minister's Office Pressured Me to Drop Anti-money Laundering Measures, says Ex-minister

UK ‘laughing stock’ for failure to stem ‘dirty money’, says Lord Faulks QC, who was told to drop register by Theresa May’s No 10

Another Country - Not the One I Represented as a Diplomat for 30 Years

Alexandra Hall Hall, who resigned from the Foreign Office over Brexit lies, now thinks the British malaise is much deeper than that or Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson Accused of Corruption as he Tears up System to Fight Westminster Sleaze

Boris Johnson tore up the independent system for combating sleaze in parliament on Wednesday as he threw the government’s weight behind protecting a Conservative MP who was found to have repeatedly breached lobbying rules.

Boris Johnson's Tory Conference Speech ‘Economically Illiterate’

Business leaders rounded on Boris Johnson for lacking a coherent economic plan after he delivered a boosterish conference speech that made barely a mention of the supply chain crisis.

I Called Out the Prime Minister for Lying & Got Thrown Out of Parliament

Boris Johnson has lied to the country & to the House of Commons repeatedly for years

The Moral Vacuum of English Politics is a Replica of Trump’s America

Britain's death of the gentlemen's agreement. Truth, decency & democracy have little currency in Boris Johnson’s rump Trumpocracy

Peerage, Barron Cruddas & 3/4 of a Million Pounds Donated to the Conservative Party

He was crowned, or whatever happens to them, ‘Baron’ Cruddas on 2 February 2021 and a few days later, on 5 February 2021, he gave the Tories another half a million

UK High Court Day 4 Tory - 'VIP Lane' Covid-19 Contract Awarding Process

Government's defence of the “VIP” Lane is apparently determined to keep quiet the details of the politically-connected beneficiaries - and which Ministers or senior officials referred them.

Outsourced, Tory Preferred Private Provider Serco's Test-and-Trace Mistakes Blamed for Spread of India Covid Variant

Tory government’s £37bn test-and-trace system has helped fuel the spread of the highly-transmissible Covid-19 Indian variant

Confusion & Caution Mark Boris Johnson's Approach to Lifting Covid Lockdown

Mixed messages from the Tory government while loosening of measures in England and Wales hedged with contradictory advice – but Boris Johnson sticks to dates (not science, again)

PPE Scandal: Next Week’s Hearing in the United Kingdom

On Tuesday 18 May 2021, the Good Law Project's legal challenge to the PPE procurement scandal will be heard in the High Court. It’s the first day of a mammoth 5 day hearing.