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Ex-Eton head Tony Little says Johnson, Cameron and Rees-Mogg are giving the school 'a bad name'

Tony Little (pictured), who led Eton for 13 years, said it was 'unfortunate' that the trio are all Eton alumni, and admitted 'we'd be better served as a nation' if they hadn't all gone to the same school.




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Australian election king Sir Lynton Crosby loses out on running Johnson's General Election campaign 

HARRY COLE: Sir Lynton Crosby may have masterminded Boris Johnson's successful bids for City Hall and helped to put him in No 10, but I hear he will not be running his Election campaign.




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Feud between David Cameron and David Davis reignites over ex-PM's memoirs

An 'incandescent' Mr Davis is demanding that his one-time rival for the Tory crown retract claims made in his book and on television about their testy political relationship.




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Bake Off star Prue Leith's son Danny Kruger in the running for a plum Conservative safe seat

Great British Bake Off star Prue Leith's son Danny Kruger is in the running to be handed a Tory safe seat in Wiltshire at the general election.




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Jo Swinson complains it is SEXIST to shut her out of head-to-head TV debate

Jo Swinson suggested the fact she 'happens to be a woman' was the reason why she will not feature in the head-to-head being planned by ITV.




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JANE FRYER coasted to the first inland wavepark of its kind

JANE FRYER: The sky is grey, the temperature falling and the wind is whipping into a bitter swirl as I stand, in a snug-fitting wetsuit, on what was a swathe of old farmland just outside Bristol.




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Theresa May set to earn THOUSANDS after signing up to top US public speaking agency

The former prime minister, who was humiliated by 'coughgate' during her 2017 Conservative conference speech, has signed up with the Washington Speakers Bureau (WSB).




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Treasury makes routine costing of Labour's pledges but civil service BLOCKS publication of report 

Sajid Javid was locked in a furious row with the head of the civil service last night after he blocked plans to publish official costings for Labour's 'eye-watering' election pledges.




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Samantha Cameron reveals some women shun her luxury clothing line because of her husband 

The wife of David Cameron admitted her surname comes with 'baggage' and said: 'There are some people who don't shop with us because of who my husband is.




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John Bercow launches a blistering attack on 'born to rule' David Cameron

John Bercow has launched a stinging attack on David Cameron as he accused the former prime minister of believing he is 'born to rule'.




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David Mellor calls former colleague David Cameron 'fat-headed and fatuous' for calling EU referendum

David Mellor (pictured), who was pro-Europe for much of his career but voted for Brexit in 2016, said he often woke thinking 'it would have been better if he [Mr Cameron] had never lived'.




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HARRY COLE: Exclusive club for ex-Prime Ministers is rocked by a rift

HARRY COLE: Gathering last weekend for the traditional Remembrance Day commemorations, I hear things were rather tense among the former premiers.




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Fracking farce: Industry fails to live up to its promise

David Cameron's government had predicted the development of a £33billion industry with 64,500 jobs with 20 frackign wells operational by mid 2020.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Lib Dem's Sam Gyimah in a muddle over £14bn question 

ANDREW PIERCE: What a relief Sam Gyimah, once David Cameron's bag carrier and a former minister, failed so spectacularly in his bid to become Tory leader.




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How tycoon David Rowland went from scrap dealer's son to meeting the Queen at Balmoral 

EXCLUSIVE: For David 'Spotty' Rowland, a visit to Balmoral to meet the Queen in the summer of 2010 marked the peak of his social ascent.




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Nurse launches legal battle against £1.7bn leasehold fund run by Samantha Cameron's half-brother

Katie Kendrick bought her home in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire in 2014 but discovered the developer had sold the right to own it to David Cameron's brother-in-law William Astor's Long Harbour fund.




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Ex-prime minister of Saint Kitts held at Gatwick Airport after trying to leave Britain with £70,000

Dr Denzil Douglas was detained at the airport by UK Border Force three weeks ago but he could not explain why he was attempting to leave the country with the cash.




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David Cameron congratulates Boris Johnson for 'extraordinary result'

Former prime minister David Cameron, who resigned after the UK voted for Brexit in 2016, said the Conservative majority win today was an 'extraordinary' and 'powerful' result.




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Boris Johnson's girlfriend Carrie Symonds opted for a more casual election victory look

Carrie Symonds, 31, was the picture of laid back style as she joined boyfriend Boris Johnson, 55, on the steps of Number 10 this morning, hours after the Tories' landslide victory.




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HARRY COLE: Boris Johnson parties on and gets a 'man hug' from old foe David Cameron 

HARRY COLE: The victorious Prime Minister hit the town on Friday night to go to a party for Tory staff at Mayfair hotel Brown's, hosted by billionaire Sir Rocco Forte.




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Donald Trump tweets that reelection in 2020 would be greater victory than BREXIT

US President Donald Trump tweeted this morning that a 2020 reelection win will be greater than Brexit as he quoted the former British Prime Minister's director of strategy.




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Arise, Sir Iain Duncan Smith: Former Conservative leader receives knighthood

Former Tory Party leader Iain Duncan Smith - the self-declared 'quiet man' of politics - receives a knighthood. He has been regarded as the 'architect' of universal credit.




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More than 100,000 people sign a petition to block Iain Duncan Smith's knighthood

The petition, which had more than 170,000 signatures by 2am today, claimed that as work and pensions secretary under David Cameron, Sir Iain was the architect of 'cruel welfare reforms'.




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The £1.5million mouse trap

Official figures have revealed that Defra paid £1,533,122 for a project on Gough Island in the Atlantic to get rid of the mice over the past two years.




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Samantha Cameron models £290 maxi dress from Cefinn range ideal for 'covering up Christmas excesses'

The London-born wife of former prime minister David Cameron shared a snap of her modelling a new blue maxi dress for her fashion range Cefinn on Instagram, praising its loose, relaxed fit.




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You were the future once! Jose Mourinho relishes being the underdog but Jurgen Klopp is king

ROB DRAPER AT ANFIELD: Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp don't quite play the same roles in life experience. Yet the line fits in terms of respective career trajectories.




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Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne apologises after he branded poor people 'the fattest'

Sir Desmond Swayne, Tory MP for New Forest West, Hampshire, said he 'apologised to anyone whom I gave offence' after he was blasted for saying low income families are 'among the fattest.'




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Holly Willoughby is likened to 'a Victorian school mistress and a NUN'

The TV stalwart, 38, donned a £390 dress from Cefinn, the womanswear line helmed by former Prime Minister David Cameron's wife Samantha, however the dress was met with mixed responses




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Holly Willoughby wins over fans with her leggy cream miniskirt on This Morning

The presenter opted for a tasteful cream skirt and sheer shirt from popular womanswear brand & Other Stories ahead of her appearance on the ITV show.




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Donald Tusk describes the ancient city's architecture as 'a circle of boring identical facades' 

Donald Tusk described the The Circus in Bath, Somerset, as a 'circle of boring identical facades' and said 'god knows why' it has heritage status, in his memoir Szczerze.




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HARRY COLE: Fresh storm over the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis stopped with wads of cash 

HARRY COLE: Given the National Crime Agency, the UK's FBI, is probing where the cash is from, is such behaviour becoming of a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council?




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David Cameron backs Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision to quit royal life

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: As Prince Harry licks his wounds after admitting he 'had no option' but to quit royal duties, David Cameron offered him some support.




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David Cameron hails 'very big day' for Britain as he predicts UK will make success of Brexit

David Cameron today insisted he believes the UK will be able to make a success of Brexit as he hailed the 'very big day' for Britain.




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He's earning shed-loads! Ex-PM David Cameron's company made more than £800,000 profit last year

Mr Cameron earned £150,000 before quitting over his failure to see off Brexit, but that was small fry compared to his current income. And Mrs May has made almost £400,000 since leaving No10 in July.




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Boris Johnson asked David Cameron and William Hague to do UN climate change summit in Glasgow

Boris Johnson's approach to David Cameron suggests he has healed a rift with his former Eton friend which formed during the 2016 Brexit referendum.




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John Bercow will be paid to headline for one obscure travel trade body

GUY ADAMS: In June, Bercow will be paid an undisclosed sum, thought to be in the region of £10,000, to headline its annual conference in Istanbul.




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David Cameron's bodyguard leaves gun in jet toilet

The gun is believed to have been a 9mm Glock 17 pistol. The officer is thought to have taken off his weapons holster while using the toilet and has been suspended from frontline duties.




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David Cameron 'turned down Boris Johnson's plea to head climate change summit'

Boris Johnson had hoped his predecessor and long-standing rival would be a 'big hitting' president of the crucial UN conference - known as COP26.




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Man who found gun left by David Cameron's bodyguard in jet toilet 'was told he'd be kicked off'

Ben McDonald, from Sussex, said BA staff on the New York to London jet wanted to remove the 'shaken' man instead of David Cameron's bodyguard who had left the gun in the loo.




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Boris Johnson calls Nicola Sturgeon 'that bloody Wee Jimmy Krankie woman'

The UN summit, known as COP26, has become mired in controversy after David Cameron and William Hague both refused to host it in Glasgow in November.




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Downing Street is urged to appoint Theresa May to head up major UN climate change summit

There is a vacancy for the president of the COP26 summit, due to be held in Glasgow in November this year, after former Tory minister Claire Perry O'Neill was sacked.




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Smartwatch that could 'revolutionise' detection and treatment of dementia is unveiled

The £100million project, to be trialled on Britons, has the backing of Bill Gates and former prime minister David Cameron. The wrist-worn device uses artificial intelligence to monitor more than 30 indicators.




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Ex-PM's right-hand woman KATE FALL recalls reshuffle that drove a knife through the Tory party

KATE FALL: Trouble began to brew from early 2012, with a flow of briefings allegedly from Michael's operation. People seemed to be picked out for special treatment.




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Great British Boltholes: A review of the Kingham Plough in Kingham, Oxfordshire

The Mail on Sunday's T.D.Isacke checked into The Kingham Plough in Oxfordshire. He says the 17th Century stone pub has six 'comfortable' rooms and food that 'suits the rustic setting'.




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David Cameron's former right-hand woman reveals the betrayal that ripped the Tories apart

Kate Fall reveals how, even though the Conservatives had won an unexpected majority in the 2015 General Election, the issue of Europe quickly began to divide David Cameron's key allies.




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How senior economic adviser Dr Tim Leunig is a brainbox

Dr Tim Leunig holds an unusually powerful position in Whitehall, with footholds in the departments of Education, the Environment and the Treasury.




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UK ready to QUIT European Convention on Human Rights

UK negotiators are said to be ready to reject clauses requiring the country to sign up as part of a trade agreement with Brussels, with Home Secretary Priti Patel among the convention's critics.




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Onshore wind farms revived: Turbines are to receive a cash boost in reversal of David Cameron policy

Ministers have performed a dramatic U-turn on the future of onshore wind farms and announced that they will free up public cash to help Britain cut greenhouse gases.




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Samantha Cameron's sister gets £60,000 for 'positive' news app from fund meant to help local papers

Emily Sheffield, a former deputy editor of fashion bible Vogue, was awarded the money for her app - ThisMuchIKnow - after successfully navigating a bizarre interview process.




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STEPHEN GLOVER: Rishi Sunak's Budget wasn't just a vast splurge

STEPHEN GLOVER: Rishi Sunak's first Budget confirmed what we had suspected. Boris Johnson's Tories are not the party of Margaret Thatcher, or even David Cameron.