Prince Andrew has been given '100 per cent' backing from the Queen as he comes under increasing pressure to quit his trade envoy's job, the Standard can reveal... more
BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg’s gaffe, that BP does care deeply about the “small people”, has been likened to New York hotelier Leona Helmsley... more
Our London election poll yesterday put the Tories grudgingly ahead. David Cameron has won minds but not enough hearts - that's where Boris comes in... more
Nicholas Soames, grandson of Winston Churchill, has entered the race to be chairman of the 1922 Committee, the influential group representing backbench Tory MPs... more
Amid the sound and fury over Nick Griffin, there's a sad but unnoticed fact: it has taken this fiasco to make politicians talk about the impact of immigration... more
The family of Sir Winston Churchill today described as "offensive and disgusting" a decision by the BNP to use his image in a party election broadcast... more
The family of Sir Winston Churchill described a decision by the BNP to use his image in a party election broadcast as "offensive and disgusting"... more
A Battle of Britain war hero is to be honoured with a temporary statue on the fourth plinth after a dispute over the commitment to contemporary art in Trafalgar Square... more
Novelist Frederick Forsyth and retired military leaders pledged support for a statue of Battle of Britain hero Sir Keith Park on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth as art experts meet to consider the scheme... more
For years everyone has known she was a favourite of Prince Charles, but yesterday it emerged that Elizabeth Buchanan, his private secretary, is resigning.
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Forget the Commons - London's finest restaurants are where all of the real political scheming takes place, as former Labour minister Gerald Kaufman reveals.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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