Joe Murphy
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United Kingdom
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In Westminster Hall, the magic of the monarchy lives on after 900 years
In the dark hours after midnight, the quiet that envelops Westminster Hall is felt rather than heard. Like any great seat of power — for that is what the hall has always been, despite its cathedral-like stained windows and monumental stone walls — it is never really silent. Even in the smallest hours there are scurrying feet carrying messages, the tread of security patrols or the trudge of weary… → Read More
Her Majesty watched political eras come and go while keeping the secrets of 15 prime ministers
She was a mentor to a record 15 prime ministers — and never breathed a word about the secrets that they divulged to her. → Read More
Boris Johnson hired his own executioner when he appointed Nadhim Zahawi
In the end it took a politician as ruthless and ambitious as Boris himself to deliver the coup de grace. In appointing Nadhim Zahawi as Chancellor, the Prime Minister hired his own executioner. → Read More
Boris Johnson resigns: the rise and fall of a maverick sunk by sleaze and scandal
He was elected in a landslide, got Brexit done and led the vaccine rollout, but accusations of impropriety – and his myriad weaknesses – proved his undoing. By Joe Murphy → Read More
Farewell to Westminster: I’m the last political editor left not to have been to university
Retirement is wasted on old people. Which is why in seven days I will trade being Political Editor of the Evening Standard for a gap decade. After 32 years at Westminster, I’m savouring every last moment, especially the return of high-octane gossip after Covid hibernation. There is no better company than politicians and journalists, and I’ve been lucky to spend half a lifetime with both. People… → Read More
London doctor’s surgeries ‘unfit for purpose’ with many in cramped residential buildings
Thousands of London’s family doctor surgeries were branded “unfit for purpose” on Friday as a survey revealed nearly four in 10 are in converted residential buildings. → Read More
Double-jabbed Britons given holiday green light as amber list quarantine scrapped
Double-jabbed Britons have been given the green light to jet to holiday hotspots like Greece and Italy this summer without quarantine. → Read More
Boris Johnson rapped over lavish Caribbean holiday
Boris Johnson has been rapped on the knuckles over his declaration of a lavish New Year’s holiday in the Caribbean. → Read More
Exclusive: Camera ‘switched to catch Matt Hancock’
CCTV ‘deliberately turned from balcony to door where minister kissed aide’ → Read More
Labour policy roadmap: Khan’s ‘record sums’ for green plans considered
Labour’s new policy review will consider “record sums” for cycling and green jobs in an echo of Sadiq Khan’s plans for London, new party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds said today. → Read More
Boris Johnson described Matt Hancock as ‘totally f***ing hopeless,’ according to Dominic Cummings leak
Latest London news, business, sport, showbiz and entertainment from the London Evening Standard. → Read More
PMQs Sketch: Sir Keir Starmer misses an open goal as Dominic Cummings passes him the ball
It’s Wednesday, it’s twenty to midday, and out of the blue Dominic Cummings reveals that Boris Johnson called Matt Hancock “totally f***ing useless”. → Read More
Shockingly low Covid vaccine rate in London care home staff leads to moves to make jab mandatory
Shockingly low vaccination rates among care home staff in London are behind moves to make the jab mandatory for people working in the sector, it has emerged. → Read More
Give us the right vaccines to open up London
London health officials are understood to have requested 367,000 extra Pfizer and Moderna doses → Read More
Michael Gove: We may have to accept more deaths from Covid-19 when restrictions are lifted
A member of Sage has warned there could be hundreds of deaths every day from the disease → Read More
Race to double vaccinate 10m in four weeks ahead of delayed lockdown reopening
London in a race to catch up with rest of country as first doses in capital lower than every other region → Read More
Matt Hancock: Asymptomatic Covid spread dismissed as ‘mistranslation’ in early stages of pandemic
Matt Hancock has revealed early signs that Covid could spread asymptomatically were played down by global health chiefs who believed it was a “mistranslation” of a Chinese report. → Read More
Thames flotilla remembers Mayflower return 400 years ago
A flotilla of small boats on the Thames will on Friday commemorate the safe return to London of the Mayflower 400 years ago. → Read More
Boris Johnson woos Joe Biden on Covid vaccines and Putin ahead of G7 Summit
Row over Brexit and Northern Ireland casts cloud over G7 as PM pledges to be key U.S. ally → Read More
Sketch: Mount Hoyle belches fire as Boris Johnson ignores the questions again
Like a rumbling Mount Vesuvius overlooking the last days of Pompeii, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle smoulders from his chair over Prime Minister’s Questions, occasionally belching out sulphurous smoke. → Read More