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After prime ministers waddle out of Downing Street for the final time there’s a tendency for their looks to, well, go to pot. Think Gordon Brown’s haunted features or Tony Blair’s stocking-over-the head visage. So when David Cameron appeared before the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy yesterday I was expecting an ungainly mass of cookie dough slumped in front of us. Instead, he looked in remarkably fine fettle. The hairline’s holding firm. Those apple cheeks noticeably less...

Coalition-era PM slams “very bad” error of combining cab sec and national security adviser roles plus merger of DfID and FCO

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:02 UTC Carrie on plotting: Boris Johnsons fiancée Carrie Symonds tried to damage career of top woman civil servant who refused to sign off No 10 flat refurb and made crude sexual insult about another woman tipped to become his Cabinet SecretaryBoris Johnsons fiancee Carrie Symonds tried to damage the careers of Britains top two female civil servants by manoeuvring against them and making offensive remarks. Miss Symonds urged the Prime Minister to sack a female Whitehall off...

DAVID Cameron has called the coronavirus pandemic the “greatest difficulty” confronted by a government in the past 50 years and admitted a…

DAVID CAMERON had a subtle dig at Donald Trump as the former Prime Minsiter dismissed chances of the US President returning to the White House.

Former PM says handing role of National Security Adviser and Cabinet Secretary to one person 'weakened' the UK's national security set-up

Carrie on plotting: Boris Johnsons fiancée Carrie Symonds tried to damage career of top woman civil servant who refused to sign off No 10 flat refurb and made crude sexual insult about another woman tipped to become his Cabinet Secretary Carrie Symonds tried to sack a Whitehall official who refused to sign off a bill Also made a crude remark about mandarin tipped to become first female head of the Civil Service  Revelations come afteran  inquiry was called into her perceived power in No10 

That seems to be the Brave New Normal on offer…..and the chances are, it’s going to be our fault. To save the sanity of those born in the Age of Enlightenment, The Slog plumps for hilarity and going down laughing Unfortunately, this extract from Saturday’s  Daily Twinsegraph is genuine: You read it here first: ‘…if you hide from a virus, it will just come back with greater force later’. I can imagine how the Pharmafia will spin this one to their advantage, although I don’t reall...

Conservative peer will become Cabinet Office minister tasked with overseeing future EU relations

Matthew Parr is suing the Home Office for what he claims was a 'ham-fisted' attempt to cut his pay