Tory MP Louise Mensch, née Bagshawe’s, performance on Have I Got News for You this weekend, will probably be best remembered for assertion that protesters occupying the City of London who have bought coffee from Starbucks should not be listened to; ‘if they prop up a corporate titan like Starbucks they really need Continue reading
In a remarkable aside in today’s Sunday Telegraph Amanda Bowman, chief executive of Atlantic Bridge Inc., is quoted as describing her organisation’s UK charity as a ‘shell game’. So how did this confidence trick work and who was being conned? My guess is that she’s referring to the arrangement described in the UK Continue reading
In a clear act of cowardice, the Conservative Party has moved to scapegoat Ursula Brennan, permanent under secretary at the Ministry of Defence, in order to protect the prime minister from scrutiny in the wake of Dr Liam Fox’s resignation. But I can now reveal that David Cameron’s office has been fully aware Continue reading
When the war against Colonel Gaddifi began back in March, I put my money on the mad dictator. It’s good to see today that I was wrong and that on this occasion David Cameron was right to push it through. Although it would have been better if Gaddafi had been captured alive and tried. Such a Continue reading
As a former chair of the Charity Commission renews her call for a full investigation of Liam Fox’s Atlantic Bridge, the Financial Times has reported that major donor Michael Hintze had to bail the charity out after it was hit by an unexpected tax bill. The bill appears to be for tax foregone Continue reading
