Politics

Nigel Farage could only look on, as Stephen Flynn ripped Brexit apart - and called the Reform leader a 'snake oil salesman'.

Rishi Sunak apologised for leaving 80th anniversary events in France before the main international ceremony with fellow world leaders.

It comes after the prime minister left D-Day events to record a face-saving interview with ITV.

"For a PM to apologise for such an embarrassing gaff, during an election campaign, is political suicide", Kevin Schofield said.

"It just made me realise he is not fit now to rule the country", one person said.

Mordaunt is still one of those at the top end of the market to succeed Rishi Sunak as the next Conservative Leader.

Farage was in an unstoppable position in 2015. He lost that election, and if there's a similar counter-movement, he can lose this one too.

Feminist theologian Dr Niamh M. Middleton has repeatedly warned that both the Church of England and Catholic Church, which have seen dwindling congregations for decades, face extinction within 30 years unless they radically reform to give equal standing to women. Here, Dr Middleton, author of Jesus and Women, explains why the Church’s future is important, and why it must be in female hands.

The PM said that ‘on reflection’ he should have stayed in France for the international event to mark the 80th anniversary of the allied landings.