The MP said the idea of leadership had become about “fairy tales” and the leader “the person that can produce the most absurd and extravagant fairy tale”.

Patel worked as a “strategic adviser” to Viasat from 1 May to 31 July, earning £5,000 a month for “an expected commitment” of about five hours a month.

Names being touted for peerage include Wetherspoons pub chain boss Tim Martin and Brexit-backing hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey.

Brits will spend three-and-a-half hours a day on their phone while on holiday, a study has found.

Merseyside voted to Remain in the EU referendum, but would likely have backed Leave by 60 to per cent without the boycott of The Sun.

Studies have suggested costs could be intentionally underestimated to secure project approval.

Most are choosing to disregard the potential impact a no-deal Brexit could bring, new research has found.

"It goes without saying that this game is entirely uninterested in trying to understand what socialism actually is and how it might function".

The Amazon rain forest - the lungs which produces 20 per cent of our planet’s oxygen - is on fire. It is an international crisis.