Mandrake
23 May 2022
Evgeny Lebedev makes a rare appearance in the House of Lords
It was his first appearance in over a year. Meanwhile, his father sat alone on the cross-benches as no peer wanted to be seen dead with him
Read the full article23 May 2022
Nick Clegg’s giving “Rishi Rich” a run for his money
The former Lib Dem leader has just bagged an additional £2.7 million worth of shares in Meta, formally Facebook
Read the full article17 May 2022
Lord Rothermere gathers the troops
Almost 1000 people gathered in Claridge's to hear the non-dom billionaire declare how the Daily Mail was “calling out the charlatans”
Read the full article17 May 2022
Bloody awful man Paul Dacre’s profits are safe from low circulation
The Daily Mail’s circulation may be down but Dacre's finances are up
Read the full article16 May 2022
Jeremy Hunt’s on manoeuvres
The former foreign secretary is eyeing up Number 10 (again)
Read the full article16 May 2022
Tory party donations won’t halt Sheleg’s life of luxury
Sir Ehud Sheleg’s donations attracted the attention of the National Crime Agency but he'd still put enough aside to finance a luxury leisure complex on the grounds of his £5m Hampstead home
Read the full article16 May 2022
Gove’s not got the Midas touch
Since Gove stepped down as a member, the value the Dorneywood Trust's investments have increased by £933,000
Read the full article16 May 2022
Michael Gove’s accent madness explained
Special adviser Henry Newman suggested the levelling up minister be more of “a character” in his television appearances
Read the full article10 May 2022
Ted Verity’s mission for Daily Mail’s low circulation
Meanwhile, staff have seen very little of editor-in-chief Paul Dacre at the paper's Kensington headquarters
Read the full article10 May 2022
Dominic Cummings is no money-spinner
Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain, Boris Johnson’s former henchmen, haven't brought in as much money as speaker agency Chartwell Speakers may have hoped
Read the full article09 May 2022
Where’s Evgeny Lebedev?
He faces being dropped as a member in the House of Lords after failing to show up for an entire season - much to the disappointment of Brexiteer Lord David Owen
Read the full article09 May 2022
Genomics England comes out of hibernation
It has recently begun advertising for a communications director. But why would a serious effort to improve public health need to fret about public relations?
Read the full article09 May 2022
Murdoch and Rothermere struggle over how to defeat Starmer
The Sunday Times and the Daily Mail more or less engaged in a stand-up row over the weekend
Read the full article09 May 2022
Business adviser Baroness Mone needs advising
The highly-praised “entrepreneurship tsar” faces being struck off the register at Companies House
Read the full article03 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
Read the full article03 May 2022
There is a crisis in British journalism
Experts gathered at last weekend's Byline festival and expressed their frustrations
Read the full article03 May 2022
Blackburn turns against ravers
Downing Street parties have proven the final straw for lifelong Tory voter Tony Blackburn
Read the full article03 May 2022
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
Read the full article03 May 2022
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
Read the full article03 May 2022
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
Read the full article26 April 2022
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
Read the full article19 April 2022
Axeing of iconic train is hardly a whodunnit
Brexit has seen the UK leg of a fabled train journey quietly ditched
Read the full article19 April 2022
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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