Mandrake
04 April 2022
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
Read the full article04 April 2022
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
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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?
Read the full article22 March 2022
The Festival of Brexit is Unboxed
The celebration dreamed up by Theresa May has cost a scandalous £120m of public money
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Canny Cameron leaps at chance of rare good PR
The former prime minister is finding speaking engagements thin on the ground
Read the full article21 March 2022
Michael Gove concocted Boris Johnson’s bizarre Brexit analogy
The prime minister would do well to remember how Gove sold him down the river in 2016
Read the full article16 March 2022
The Daily Mail’s no stranger to verbal abuse
The paper's grandee Paul Dacre is notorious for his so-called “vagina monologues” directed at individuals who displease him
Read the full article15 March 2022
Rouble trouble doesn’t faze Ben Elliott
Former Today editor Sarah Sands still wants to go into business with the Tory party's co-chair
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Telegraph denies critical Brexit book a review
The Daily Telegraph ignores a book which challenges everything it has peddled about Brexit
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Telegraph puts Russian propaganda out of site
The Daily Telegraph has quietly removed all trace of its Russian propaganda supplement from its website
Read the full article14 March 2022
Age has not made Rupert any less ruthless
After getting the green light to merge the Times and Sunday Times, Murdoch has virtually sacked all of their directors, including his daughter
Read the full article08 March 2022
A win for Flyn, a win for Murdoch
Cal Flyn's win as The Sunday Times Young Writer of the year may have been helped by the fact that Flyn worked for the paper for five years and that her two books are published by HarperCollins - also owned by Rupert Murdoch
Read the full article08 March 2022
Lord Rothermere’s reshuffle regrets
Losing the Mail Online's Martin Clarke is a matter of profound regret for his lordship
Read the full article07 March 2022
Lord Rothermere and Rupert Murdoch clash over Boris Johnson
One thinks he's a player, while the other neglects to mention him in their Ukraine coverage
Read the full article07 March 2022
Opera’s latest critic is no critic
Nicholas Kenton's appointment as the Daily Telegraph's opera critic surprised MANDRAKE. Mostly as Kenton used to serve on the board of the English National Opera
Read the full article07 March 2022
Lord Pannick’s bloody good predictions
Gina Miller’s QC anticipated that fans of her and her court cases against the government would approve of the production of Bloody Difficult Women, and that those who didn't, would not
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Andrew Neil is still invested in GB News
Neil may have stepped down as its public face, but he still holds 62,458 shares in the company
Read the full article02 March 2022
David Cameron still has a few fans out there
One heckled at a performance of Bloody Difficult Women during some less-than-flattering comments about the former prime minister. Such is an occupational hazard of putting on political theatre
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The Daily Mail bids farewell to Baz Bamigboye
The paper will sorely miss the man a lot of actors happily spoke to even though they said they'd never dream of talking to the Daily Mail, an informant told MANDRAKE
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Eton’s no mess for The Daily Mail
Not wanting to miss an opportunity to plug the school, the paper asked the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge if they were “eyeing up Eton” for George
Read the full article01 March 2022
How Michael Gove masterminded the government’s Ukraine photo ops
Gove said the public wanted a show of solidarity such as flying the Ukrainian flag. Turns out the public wanted a lot more than that
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