Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s conference speech was a major opportunity to reset his premiership after a tumultuous first year. The prime minister was hoping to brush off days of party infighting and speculation about the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Battling gloomy polls and mounting doubts, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday urged skeptical voters, and his own Conservative Party: Keep me in office and I’ll offer you change. In his first […] More
Rishi Sunak’s wife, Akshata Murthy, made a surprise speech at the Conservative Party conference to support her “best friend”.Ahead of the prime minister’s long-awaited address, Ms Murthy took to the stage to explain that her husband has “honesty, integrity and a firm understanding of right and wrong”.“Rishi cares deeply about this party and the values that underpin it. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support you’ve already shown him,” she said.“Please know, that Rishi is working hard to do the right thing for the country, not just for now, but for the long term.” More
Rishi Sunak confirms HS2’s Manchester leg will be scrapped More
Conservative MP Lee Anderson mocked Bradford during a discussion about HS2.In a fringe event at the Tory conference in Manchester on Tuesday 3 October, the deputy chair of the party was questioned about the possible scrapping of the high-speed rail line between Birmingham and Manchester and how it would affect services in places like Bradford.“Would you want to get there quicker?” Mr Anderson responded, sparking laughter from the audience, which was made up of Tory members and activists.“That’ll be on the front of The Guardian tomorrow,” he then added. More
BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire clashed with Conservative MP Michelle Donelan as she accused the political party of “making things up”.Ms Derbyside showed Ms Donelan three clips of MPs at the Conservative Party Conference discussing the public sorting their rubbish into seven different bins, councils limiting how many times people can go the shops, and Labour taxing meat.She then asks Ms Donelan: “How can you be the party of facts when none of that is true?“I am not going to let this go. They are fiction. It is really disrespectful to voters.” More
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Watch live as day two of the UK Covid inquiry gets underway on Wednesday 4 October, after former prime minister Boris Johnson was accused of ‘bipolar’ decision-making The […] More
English rock band Toploader performed their famous hit “Dancing in the Moonlight” at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.The footage was shared by media personality Emily Hewertson online with the caption: “10/10 performance from Toploader at Party Conference.”Footage from another party in the city went viral earlier this week, when Nigel Farage and Priti Patel were spotted dancing together.The final day of the conference takes place on Wednesday 4 October, with prime minister Rishi Sunak expected to finally confirm he will scrap the HS2 rail link to Manchester. More
