The Conservative Party Chairman, Lord Feldman, has privately admitted speaking to journalists who reported a senior Tory figure describing local party activists as “swivel-eyed loons”, it emerged on Sunday.
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Misjudged dress: Ahoy there WI mateys, tha’s no olde time pirate
Thursday 02 May 2013
Members of a Women’s Institute who thought it would be fun to dress up as pirates for a meeting were left feeling embarrassed when their light-hearted gesture went wrong.
Ken Clarke calls Ukip 'a collection of clowns' and claims some of the party's supporters are racist and wouldn't vote Tory
Sunday 28 April 2013
Clarke also agreed with David Cameron's view that the party contained 'fruitcakes and closet racists'
Global growth continues for AMBA
Friday 12 April 2013
The international authority on postgraduate business education, the Association of MBAs (AMBA), has reported a 17 per cent growth in membership numbers.
Julia Gillard makes national apology over forced adoption policy, as she survives leadership challenge
Thursday 21 March 2013
Julia Gillard remains Australia's prime minister after she threw her job open to a leadership ballot but no one was willing to run against her.
Lord Patten under fire as 'dysfunctional' BBC faces Savile report
Friday 22 February 2013
Reams of 'unedifying' internal documents show corporation's 'meltdown'
Market Report: Icap falls as Libor concerns persist
Tuesday 12 February 2013
City scribblers think the time to buy Icap will come, but it is not quite yet. The interdealer broker has been caught up in the Libor scandal and US authorities are now reportedly investigating it as part of a widening inquiry into Libor interest rate rigging.
Spanish party treasurer grilled as corruption scandal grows
Wednesday 06 February 2013
Protesters yell 'thief' as former banker Luis Barcenas leaves after three-hour examination
Spanish corruption scandal further dents support for Rajoy government
Monday 04 February 2013
Spain's opposition Socialist Party called yesterday for the resignation of the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, over a corruption scandal as a poll showed the lowest support on record for his centre-right People's Party (PP).
BBC and ITV apologise as Lord McAlpine settles libel actions
Tuesday 18 December 2012
The BBC and ITV formally apologised to Lord McAlpine at the High Court today for “disastrously” and falsely linking him to child sex abuse allegations at a Welsh care home.
Postcard from... Potsdam
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Germany's Greens are proud to be Europe's most powerful environmentalist party but as is often said: pride comes before a fall.
It's going to be expensive: BBC has already spent £200,000 on staff legal costs in Jimmy Savile inquiries
Tuesday 27 November 2012
The BBC has already spent more than £200,000 in legal fees investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.
Political party of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy go to war over who should succeed him
Monday 26 November 2012
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire is accelerating towards self-destruction
Republicans pin hopes for win on a third Bush
Monday 26 November 2012
It has been less than a month since Mitt Romney was forced to abandon his 1,118-word victory speech, but already the Grand Old Party has begun the search for its great new hope, with Republican heads turning in the direction of Texas and the name Bush.
Republicans pin their hopes on a third George Bush
Sunday 25 November 2012
Grandson of one President – and nephew of another – signals that he is ready to run for political office
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The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey pays more income tax than big cities of the North
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Austerity has hardened the nation's heart
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Tottenham to smash pay scale with £150,000-a-week contract in attempt to tie Gareth Bale to club
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The moral case on tax avoidance is overwhelming - and we all know Google wants to do the right thing
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Sam Wallace: The second coming of Jose Mourinho at Chelsea will be a reunion that can only end in tears
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