EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Lady Hussey’s departure a sign of royal service? By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 20:19 EST, 5 December 2022 | Updated: 20:19 EST, 5 December 2022 Queen Mother biographer William Shawcross leaps to the defence of Susan Hussey insisting she isn’t racist, adding: ‘The attacks on …
Read More »DOMINIC LAWSON: Don’t get me started on our delivery firms
Ah, Christmas, a time for giving and receiving. Or perhaps not. The industrial action planned by Royal Mail workers over pay and working conditions does not just threaten to play havoc with Christmas card deliveries, it is also a big problem for the countless small enterprises whose trade depends so …
Read More »DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It’s time for Harry to give up his royal titles
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It’s time for Harry to give up his royal titles By Daily Mail Comment Published: 19:32 EST, 2 December 2022 | Updated: 02:33 EST, 3 December 2022 It’s time for Harry to give up his royal titles As this tumultuous year edges towards a close, there can …
Read More »Royal Mail warns as final postal dates moved forward amid workers planning six days of strikes
Post your Christmas letters and presents early, Royal Mail warns as it brings final postal dates forward amid warnings of mail meltdown with workers planning six days of strikes People are being warned to send parcels and Christmas cards early this year Dates for sending second-class post has been brought …
Read More »Piles of post stack up as Royal Mail strikes threaten Christmas mail and Sunak sets up task force
Piles of undelivered post have been pictured stacking up at depots across the country as Royal Mail strikes threaten to cause havoc over Christmas. Images, taken in the last few days, appear to show mail bags piling up in North West England, South West London and Essex. More than 100,000 Royal Mail workers will …
Read More »Rail, Royal Mail and Eurostar staff ALL announce walkouts over festive period
Strikes could cause havoc over Christmas as rail, Eurostar and Royal Mail staff will walk out over the festive period – putting present deliveries at risk. Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) working for Eurostar will walk out on December 16, 18, 22 and …
Read More »Royal Mail staff, university lecturers and sixth-form college staff will strike again TOMORROW
More strikes will be held across the country tomorrow as unions gear up for Christmas walkouts – including 100,000 nurses in mid-December. Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and sixth-form college staff will take action on one of the biggest walkouts on the same day. Picket lines will be mounted outside …
Read More »Unions told ‘there simply isn’t the money’ to give public sector workers inflation-busting pay rises
Union leaders were warned that the Government cannot afford inflation-busting pay rises for public sector workers today as the country braces for a wave of brutal Christmas strikes. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said he did not have ‘a bottomless pit of taxpayers money’ to hand out to rail workers, nurses …
Read More »Fans go wild for ‘new favourite royal’ Sophie Wessex and call for her to be made a Duchess
‘She deserves to be a Duchess!’ Fans go wild for ‘new favourite royal’ Sophie Wessex and call for her to become Duchess of Edinburgh The Countess has been hailed as a ‘wonderful member of the royal family’ Sophie Wessex, 57, visited London Zoo with children who are unwell Royal fans …
Read More »When are the Royal Mail postal strikes in December? Will it ruin Christmas?
New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple railways, impede deliveries over Christmas and force students and …
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