6 h. ago Angela Rayner should come clean on her house scandal in memoir, says Lord Ashcroft

The former deputy Prime Minister confirmed last week that she has signed a deal to write an 'authentic' book about her rise from working class roots to the Cabinet - and then her resignation

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10 h. ago LORD ASHCROFT: Pollsters ask daft questions at Christmas... but the answers speak volumes about the state of our Government

LORD ASHCROFT: My first poll of 2025 put Labour comfortably in first place. This month we find it in a sportsmanlike fourth position, behind Reform, the Conservatives and the Greens.

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4 d. ago Which football match were Wham! watching when they wrote Last Christmas? | The Knowledge

Plus: which European champions were top at Christmas, players giving each other presents and other festive triviaMail us with your questions and answers“Just reading a book about Christmas No 1s,” begins Paul Savage. “The section about Wham!’s Last Christmas says Andrew Ridgeley was watching football at George Michael’s parents on a Sunday, when George got the melody and wandered off to record it upstairs. Greatness obviously awaited but I want to know: which match was it? It’s 1984, a Sunday and presumably on terrestrial TV. Was the second half worth Ridgeley not getting involved in the recording?”Last Christmas by Wham! didn’t become a Christmas No 1 until 2023, having been kept off top spot by Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas in 1984. As Paul mentioned, George Michael wrote the song in his childhood bedroom while his parents and Andrew Ridgeley watched football on TV downstairs. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The secret burning of the bones of 42 lions: LORD ASHCROFT on why he'll never stop fighting the monsters who breed these majestic animals solely to be shot by wealthy tourists

Amid great secrecy, in the presence of just a few others, I witnessed a scene that's never occurred here or anywhere else in the world before: the burning of dozens of lion bones.

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1 week ago Can you solve the GCHQ Christmas puzzle? Answer these seven questions from the spy agency

The spy agency's "Chief Puzzler" said the notoriously tricky puzzles are designed to test "the same blend of skills our teams use every day to keep the country safe”

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2 w. ago The 'Grumpy Trumpers' could ignore all the mad stuff if he made them feel better off. Perilously for him, he doesn't, writes LORD ASHCROFT

Has the red-hot glow of the MAGA movement in America given way to a new and less enthusiastic band of devotees to The Donald: the 'Grumpy Trumpers'?

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2 w. ago The 'Grumpy Trumpers' could ignore the craziness if he made them feel better off: LORD ASHCROFT

Has the red-hot glow of the MAGA movement in America given way to a new and less enthusiastic band of devotees to The Donald: the 'Grumpy Trumpers'?

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2 w. ago Victoria Cross awarded to WWI hero who took on 100 Germans armed with machine guns sells for £320,000

His medals had resided in Lord Ashcroft's VC Gallery at the Imperial War Museum until its recent controversial closure. His family decided to sell it through London-based auctioneers Spink & Son.

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3 w. ago 'I bought M&S Christmas turkey but now I'm questioning the baffling price'

A shopper was left questioning their decision after they pre-ordered their Christmas turkey from M&S, as they shared their concern in a post online where they shared what they'd spent

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3 w. ago Dad 'instantly devastated' after checking his shop's CCTV cameras

Ranjan Ramsey has been left questioning Christmas

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3 w. ago AI ruining Christmas for kids as ruthless 'Grinch bot' answers THAT Santa question

Christmas is one of the most joyful and happy times of the year, but artificial intelligence has other ideas and has gone out of its way to destroy many children's fun

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3 w. ago Festive Brits start putting up their Christmas decorations more than FIVE weeks before the big day

Brits are getting into the festive spirit as Christmas trees have started to go up - a whole five weeks in advance of the big day. So it begs the question: When is it too early to put up your Christmas tree?

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last month Food pro settles debate over whether Christmas chocolate should be refrigerated & says wrong way leaves it ‘tasteless’

IT'S the food debate that's been discussed for decades. Whether you should keep your chocolate in the fridge or in the cupboard - with some saying it tastes better cold while others prefer it at room temperature. But now one food expert has finally settled the question once and for all ahead of Christmas, and...

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