West Oxfordshire Conservatives are paying for Facebook ads to campaign against building flats on a car park in Witney. It happens to be a brownfield site…
If you open a dictionary and look for the definition of ‘NIMBY’, you’ll probably find that advert…
Another fail at Guardian towers over an extremely unsavoury article which appeared to justify vandalism on a branch of Gail’s bakery. The paper suggested opening a Gail’s near a Palestinian-owned cafe was provocative and said the Israeli-founded chain’s expansion was “aggressive”…
A spokesperson for the Israeli Ebassy said the article was “an astonishing exercise in bigotry disguised as moral commentary.” Inevitably a correction has been issued and reads:
“This article was amended on 17 March 2026. A reference to the arrival of Gail’s feeling like “an act of heavy-handed high-street aggression” has been repositioned to clarify it meant to refer to the described fears about the chain’s impact on small traders. Also, a comment contrasting activism that is capable of influencing global events with “small acts of petty symbolism”, which was not intended to minimise local vandalism but rather to suggest its misdirected futility, has been removed to avoid misunderstanding.”
Sure it meant that. Sure it did…
Scammers are targeting the X accounts of hacks and politicians across SW1. Nadhim Zahawi is the latest victim…
Esther Webber’s account was also compromised this morning. The messages are always the same, and it’s been going on for several weeks. Sometimes the account holder wrestles back control, sometimes they don’t…
Downing Street is suddenly very coy about supporting the Home Office’s proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain. Speaking at the post-PMQs Lobby huddle of political hacks, Number 10’s political spokesman refused to back Mahmood’s plan to double the time it takes to qualify for permanent residence:
“We’re a proud, tolerant, generous country. Labour has always been the party that celebrates the contribution migrant communities have made to our national story. In the four years before the election we saw record levels of immigration. In the manifesto we promised to deliver a fair and properly managed immigration system. We are considering responses to the Home Office consultation, and will respond in line with our principles and values.”
Just last night Angela Rayner declared the plans “un-British“. No10 also said the PM “would like to see her return to the Cabinet” at some point. Looks like she’s basically the Home Secretary already…
Crispin Blunt has been charged with four drug offences, including the possession of meth and cannabis. The ex-justice minister is due in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 25th March…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”
