Mandrake
03 May 2022
Cox sets his sights on millions
The latest payments take his earnings from the Bar to around £6.3m for the period he has been an MP
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There is a crisis in British journalism
Experts gathered at last weekend's Byline festival and expressed their frustrations
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Blackburn turns against ravers
Downing Street parties have proven the final straw for lifelong Tory voter Tony Blackburn
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The ongoing campaign of Angela Rayner
Labour's deputy leader hasn't wound up the company set up to support her campaign for the role
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Does Daily Mail boss Lord Rothermere fear Keir?
Rothermere, who pays minimal tax on account of his non-dom status, appears to be fretting about Starmer's pledge to abolish the loophole
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Isaac Levido has the Midas touch
Downing Street’s political strategist for the 2019 general election appears to make money out of anything he touches
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Is lobbying in David Cameron’s DNA?
Illumina and Complete Genomics offered similar deals for a generic sequencing project, but the former was awarded the contract. In 2017, Cameron joined as a consultant with an undisclosed salary
Read the full article26 April 2022
Lammy eyes Khan’s City Hall role
The shadow foreign secretary hasn't entirely abandoned his dream of becoming mayor of London
Read the full article26 April 2022
Fox hunts the PR pound
The disgraced former minister is topping up his income with a lucrative retainer in the world of public relations
Read the full article26 April 2022
Brexit red tape a red letter day for Tory MP
A Conservative MP has hailed the "local opportunities" crushing Brexit bureaucracy has brought to her constituency
Read the full article26 April 2022
Daily Mail falls for Boris Johnson’s apparent offer to help Ukrainian war effort
The Polish military has no shortage of tanks and the last thing they want is Britain's old Challenger 2s, one source tells MANDRAKE
Read the full article26 April 2022
The Zahawis’ conservative worth
Nadhim Zahawi is practically a pauper compared to Rishi Sunak, who sits on a £750m family fortune
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Glen Owen was following orders with misogynistic story about Angela Rayner
The idea for the story came from Paul Dacre, MANDRAKE believes
Read the full article19 April 2022
Lebedev gave the House of Lords the cold shoulder
One peer told MANDRAKE that bold claims of standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the fight for freedom of speech never came to fruition
Read the full article19 April 2022
Non-dom Akshata Murty’s investments are non-payers
The chancellor's wife has come under fire recently, but what's escaped the public eye is how the firms she's been involved in have gone under leaving behind vast unpaid sums
Read the full article19 April 2022
Whether Boris Johnson should resign faces a battle of the polls
The Times and The Daily Mail ran two different polls on the issue over the weekend, both showing different findings
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Axeing of iconic train is hardly a whodunnit
Brexit has seen the UK leg of a fabled train journey quietly ditched
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A Blunt lesson for shifting Sands
Sarah Sands, Akshata Murty’s public relations adviser, has an extraordinary ability to block out bad news
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Boris Johnson cannot live on wine and party food alone
Lady Bamford arranged for her butler to hand-deliver organic food boxes to Number 10 during lockdowns
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Jacob Rees-Mogg raids the piggy bank, again
The Brexit opportunities minister has once again dipped into his company's funds
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Gove goes clubbing
The levelling-up minister learns about life on the lower levels at 5 Hertford Street - the exclusive private members’ club in Mayfair...
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Labour MP Brennan read it here first
Labour MP Kevin Brennan was armed with Mandrake's material as he quizzed Lord Grade on his Ofcom appointment
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Dacre absent as Baz says goodbye to the Mail
The Mail chief failed to make it to the farewell party of one of the paper's last big stars
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Fatima fires back
Channel 4 News presenter Fatima Manji has written a new book explaining how difference and individuality are cornerstones of the country
Read the full article30 March 2022
Is Lord Grade up to the mark?
The recently appointed Ofcom chairman has never worked in telecommunications, the internet or social media
Read the full article29 March 2022
David Cameron’s attempt at redemption continues
The former prime minister made sure he got himself photographed on his “mercy mission” to Ukraine
Read the full article29 March 2022
Michael Gove’s up to his old tricks
The prime minister's old rival, after helpfully advising his tactless remarks on Ukraine, is once again out on manoeuvres
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The financial challenges of the chancellor’s wife
Updated insolvency records show that Digme Fitness – part-run, and part-owned by the chancellor’s wife – was £15.1m in the red when it went under
Read the full article25 March 2022
Grade appointment caps an awful week for Dacre
The man the Mail chief dubbed Britain's "pornographer-in-chief" has landed the Ofcom job Paul Dacre failed to secure
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Matt Hancock can’t quite help his friend get rich quick
Despite a £40.4m government contract to supply plastic test tubes, Alex Bourne notched up a £709,000 loss last year
Read the full article22 March 2022
Bloody Difficult Women gets a vote of confidence
Tim Walker wanted to win over the political professionals with his debut play, and now he has
Read the full article22 March 2022
Why the Daily Mail really fears John Bercow
Just why is the newspaper so keen to ensure that the former speaker is never elevated to the House of Lords?
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