Mild-mannered chancellor Alistair Darling is rarely given to violence (as far as we know) but, in his private moments, must wish he could exact his own version of the Glencoe Massacre on the Office of National Statistics.
The ONS has just …
Mild-mannered chancellor Alistair Darling is rarely given to violence (as far as we know) but, in his private moments, must wish he could exact his own version of the Glencoe Massacre on the Office of National Statistics.
The ONS has just …
By all accounts former PM Tony Blair has been burning the midnight oil recently trying to scramble together a case for his mendacious behaviour (and misleading statements to Parliament) over the Iraq War.
He’s due to appear before the Chilcot Commission …
Russian media magnate and London Evening Standard owner Alexander Lebedev is thought to be close to buying the Independent titles, with a view to making the Indy, like the Standard, free.
This is making the blood run cold all over Fleet …
Manchester United, freshly dumped from the FA Cup, continue to maintain that servicing the debts the owning Glazer family took on to ‘buy’ the club is not a problem and that there is plenty of cash left in the kitty …
Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant, now in charge at Portsmouth, is in a good position to reflect on football’s haves and have nots.
Pompey definitely come into the latter category, having being served with a winding up order by Her Majesty’s Revenues …
Sir Frank Lowe is leaving his latest agency The Red Brick Road although he’s staying on as a shareholder.
Frank’s 68 now and he’s had a rough year, his fifth wife, the delightful Pat Booth, died suddenly of cancer in the …
Mark Hughes was fired tonight as manager of Manchester City by Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi, who, as far as we know, has no track record as a football fan.
He’s advised by his chief executive Gary Cook, who’s a former Nike executive. …
Alexander Lebedev is the newish owner of the London Evening Standard (now free) and he’s also trying to buy the Independent and (presumably) Independent on Sunday.
The Indies already lodge in Associated Newspapers’ Kensington HQ with the Standard (formerly owned by …