It was something straight from the pages of George Orwell. Ministers have been warned proposed legislation to protect workers from harassment by customers could scupper pub talk debates.
According to investigations conducted by this paper, The Mail on Sunday and other news outlets, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn appeared to be benefiting from ties to her aunt.
The Prime Minister's decision to appoint the man once dubbed 'The Prince of Darkness' to the coveted role has caused consternation, especially among his old foes in the Labour movement.
My long-term partner proposed to me a few years ago at Christmas time. Although the relationship didn't last, the ring he proposed with is still in my life.
Angela Rayner prides herself on being a plain speaker. And her comments in 2019 on Waspi women were direct. 'The Government failed the women who were born in the 1950s,' she said.
While going up in to the loft to bring down the Christmas decorations we found a Chanel bag and purse. It was wrapped up in some old sheets and put in to an old suitcase.
David Lammy is in the firing line again. On Monday the Foreign Secretary rose in the Commons to hail the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Or, as Lammy opted to describe him, 'the rat of Damascus'.