Under fire: No. As chief executive of the SNP, he has transformed its fortunes, creating a formidable electoral machine. Mirza was Johnson's deputy for 8 years, when he was Mayor of London. 10 adviser Dominic Cummings and his wife Mary Wakefield, commissioning editor of the Spectator, made headlines for all the wrong reasons when it emerged they had broken quarantine rules and travelled across the country with suspected Covid-19. According to the Mirror, Smith has been given a Number 10 pass and a desk in Johnson’s most senior political office. Dougie Smith is also a co-founder of “Fever Parties”, a company offering high-end sex parties for couples in London. Before moving into Tory politics in 2003, Dougie Smith co-founded Fever Parties, an agency which organised sex parties for up to 50 couples at … The prospect of border agents again turning away children is likely to renew pressure on the Biden administration. In a 2017 piece for the Sun, Ms Mirza said that anti-racism campaigners have a ‘culture of grievance’ and appeasing them was ‘not making Britain a fairer place but harming the very people they aspire to help’. Unsurprisingly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, and his politically-savvy fiancée Carrie Symonds, 32, lead the way when it comes to political power couples. Until I remember that one of the founding lights of the organisation was Dougie Smith, who the Sunday Times revealed last year to be also one of the founding lights of the up-market, posh sexy swingers Fever Parties. The affair came to light in September 2018 and Mr Johnson’s marriage to Ms Wheeler broke down shortly afterwards. Baroness Harding was appointed CEO of TalkTalk in 2010, serving in the role for seven years, during which the company was the victim of a cyber attack that saw the personal and banking details of 157,000 customers accessed by hackers. . She also thinks that workers have too much maternity leave, despite admitting being the boss has allowed her to successfully juggle her own career with spending time with the two daughters she has with her husband, John Penrose, the Conservative MP for Weston-super-Mare. Pictured, with Sayeeda Warsi, Boris Johnson, Peston and Ed Balls. In June she was asked to set up the new race inequality commission. Pictured, in 2010. Then on Easter Sunday he travelled to nearby Barnard Castle to test his eyesight before driving back to London. The mother-of-two was rumoured to be in the running to become the next Governor of the Bank of England, a £480,000-a-year role. Seth Aaron Ator The scientists who study 'Superposition' suggest that a tiny object can exist in multiple places or states all at the same time. Speaking of family. Celebrating diversity, exposing austerity, and tackling global problems. Returning from that trip, Mr Cummings stopped the car so his son could go to the toilet on the side of the road, but insisted nobody was nearby at the time. The only Labour couple to make the list is Labour heavyweight Yvette Cooper and politician-turned-broadcaster Ed Balls. 10. The line between professional and personal becomes a blurry one after drinks in Strangers’.’. Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and Peter Murrell CEO, the Scottish National Party, Allegra Stratton, new No.10 spokeswoman; former director of communications for the Treasury and James Forsyth political editor, The Spectator, Dominic Cummings, director of strategy, No.10 and Mary Wakefield commissioning editor, The Spectator, Dido Harding, Conservative peer; head of the NHS test and trace programme; and John Penrose, former cabinet office minister; MP for Weston-super-Mare, Yvette Cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee; MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford and Ed Balls, former Home Secretary turned broadcaster, Michael Gove, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Sarah Vine, Daily Mail Columnist, Fashionable first lady: Unsurprisingly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, and his politically-savvy fiancée Carrie Symonds, 32, lead the way when it comes to political power couples. We want climate action, the end of austerity, and a pro-European future. He was promoted to Deputy Editor, Online the following year and named Political Editor in 2008. A powerful figure, she refuses to believe her gender has ever held her back, nor will she endorse female quotas on company boards, which she sees as political meddling. He was responsible for hosting orgies for the beautiful and wealthy in Mayfair townhouses. However, anyone assuming that Murrell’s only role is that of dutiful house-husband would be sorely mistaken. She left her job as chief executive of Ofcom to take over from current chairman of the retailer Sir Charlie Mayfield at the start of this year and was what her predecessor described as an ‘unlikely candidate’ thanks to her lack of retail experience. of a group running orgies and swingers parties for the rich, had been given a job at No. Many analysts thought Labour’s power couple had chosen the wrong person. Mary is the daughter of Baronet Sir Humphry, 84, a former soldier and interior designer. Ms Symonds has been dubbed the ‘Duchess of Downing Street’, a reference to the similarity of her fashion to Kate Middleton, as well as a nod to her growing power behind the scenes at Number 10. Federal Court Lifts Block on Trump Policy Expelling Migrant Children at the Border, In L.A., the Virus Is Pummeling Those Who Can Least Afford to Fall Ill, A Georgia Chicken Town Reels After a Plant Disaster, G.O.P. We run campaigns that allow us to work together to fight back. He has now landed a position as a strategist and opposition researcher in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior political office. She married Dougie Smith, Cameron speechwriter and co-ordinator of Tory thinktank Conservatives for Change (Cchange), on whose board sat Nick Boles, along with politicians such as Francis Maude and Theresa May – as well as once running Fever Parties, a London-based organisation that apparently hosted “five-star” orgies for swingers. Some say the similarity extends further. In a newly unearthed video from 2018, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that 9/11 was a hoax, President Barack Obama was a Muslim and... We want to hear from those who have lost a teacher, a brother, a bandmate or any of the other more than 430,000 Americans... You have entered an incorrect email address! Munira Mirza, the wife of Dougie Smith – one of Dominic Cummings’ ‘weirdo and misfits’ recruited to the Conservative government – will lead the government enquiry into racism Speaking of his relationship with Ms Rogers, head of strategy and communications at Deliveroo, 49-year-old Mr Osborne said: ‘I probably have never been happier in my life’. No.10 newbies: Much fanfare surrounded the news that Dougie Smith, the co-founder of a group running orgies and swingers parties for the rich, had been given a job at No. Not at first glance the most exciting party to be invited to. Her association with Mr Johnson dates back to 2012, when Ms Symonds worked on the now-PM’s successful second London mayoral campaign. . But it’s not all been plain sailing, with the couple having a well-publicised plate-smashing row recorded by neighbours who claimed she yelled ‘get off me’ and ‘get out of my flat’ while he stayed at her flat in Camberwell, south London last year. A former jockey, she studied Policy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, alongside David Cameron. Meek, myopic and chubby, Penfold dutifully shouts ‘Coming chief’, whenever his superior summons him in the cartoons. Fever, an orgy society formerly run by David Cameron's speech writer Dougie Smith, made the donation after Christmas. Pictured, the couple in March this year (left) and entering Downing Street (right), Family time: The couple on holiday in Scotland with their dog Dilyn and son Wilfred, pictured. Previously she was the Guardian’s political correspondent and presented the newspaper’s Politics Weekly podcast with Tom Clark. A passionate conservationist, she had a direct impact on government policy after a badger cull in Derbyshire was called off, a move that saved thousands of the animals. Mr Balls was unseated in the 2015 election and has forged a career as a broadcaster after a successful stint on Strictly Come Dancing. Similarly, she likes to live her life away from the limelight. Writing news and running campaigns to change the status quo. This power couple is set to see their political cache rise even further when Allegra Stratton starts her new £100,000-a-year role as No. They have since divorced. Nigel Farage opens up about alleged Tory party bribes 5 December 2019, 21:16 Nigel Farage opened up about the alleged offers of peerages from Number 10 in exchange for him standing down, and said Sir Edward Lister and and Dougie Smith were involved in the negotiations. The revelation caused some embarrassment, but not much: these new generation Tory swingers showed that the Tories have moved on, morally – although not that much. On the up: Baroness Harding of Winscombe, 53, the new head of the UK’s test and trace programme is married to John Penrose, the Conservative MP for Weston-super-Mare. The PM is certainly living up to his reputation. Your email address will not be published. This reminder of Berlusconi’s ‘Bunga-Bunga’ parties nicely symbolises the avarice and appetites at the heart of this government. She was subjected to repeated blackmail attempts after the hack, with demands for Bitcoins in exchange for stolen data, which included customers’ names, email addresses, mobile numbers, home addresses and dates of birth. By day Dougie Smith, 41, is the respectable co-ordinator of Conservatives for Change (Cchange), the influential Tory think tank whose board members include Theresa May, the Conservative party chairman. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Before moving into Tory politics in 2003, Dougie Smith co-founded Fever Parties, an agency which organised sex parties for up to 50 couples at a time from London’s ‘fast set’. Miss Symonds had worked as a Conservative staffer since 2009. (However, Smith appears to be secure in his job.) . In fourth place is Munira Mirza, No 10’s director of policy, and her husband, the Downing Street strategist Dougie Smith, who was the co-founder of Fever parties… The couple, who welcomed son Wilfred in April, met while Mr Johnson was still married to his second wife, Marina Wheeler, the mother of four of his children. Pictured, Peter plants a kiss on Nicola in November 2014, By her side: Softly spoken, bespectacled and almost unknown outside the Scottish political village, Mr Murrell can walk the busiest streets in Scotland without being recognised unlike his high-profile wife, Nicola Sturgeon. His wife, Munira Mirza, holds the important role of head of Mr Johnson’s policy unit. Mr Penrose was once Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Labour heavyweights: The only Labour couple to make the list is Labour heavyweight Yvette Cooper and politician-turned-broadcaster Ed Balls. Dougie Smith, drifted into Conservative Party politics in 2003, after a career as co-founder of Fever Parties, an agency which organised sex parties for the rich and hosted orgies in the townhouses of Mayfair, Chelsea and Kensington. The highly-rated PR guru, a former BBC and ITV News journalist, was given the job by Boris Johnson after working for the Chancellor as director of communications at the Treasury. In 2003, it was revealed that Smith was the co-host of Fever Parties – a company that organised sex parties for the rich. She was elected chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee in 2016. Fledgling romance: George Osborne is dating his former chief of staff Thea Rogers who helped to overhaul his image when he served as Chancellor. SNP colleagues revealed in 2015 that within the party, Murrell is affectionately nicknamed Penfold, after Danger Mouse’s loyal hamster sidekick in the 1980s cartoon series. REGISTER FOR FREE, UNLIMITED ACCESS TO ALL SCRAM NEWS ARTICLES. Camelot’s Odd Couple : Danny & Dougie News reaches Guido of an amusing coupling in the inner counsels of Dave’s Camelot. ‘Whether you’re a journalist, adviser or politician, you will be working very long hours in a space the size of a small village. Published: 13:52 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 13:52 BST, 20 October 2020. SNP colleagues revealed in 2015 that within the party, Murrell is affectionately nicknamed Penfold, after Danger Mouse’s loyal hamster sidekick in the 1980s cartoon series. In the end, with Diane Abbott as the only woman on the ballot paper, Mr Balls finished a distant third behind the two Milibands. In 2015 Ms Cooper announced she would run for leader of the Labour party but ultimately lost to Jeremy Corbyn. The list, compiled by glossy political magazine Mace, features both established marriages and fledgling romances, like the relationship between George Osborne and Thea Rogers, his former adviser. Ms White graduated from Cambridge with an economics degree before studying for her Master’s at University College London. Fever Parties "A SENIOR Tory strategist revealed yesterday that he leads a double life as Britain's leading organiser of upmarket sex parties. In 2003, it was revealed that Smith was the co-host of Fever Parties – a company that organised sex parties for the rich. Forsyth launched the Spectator’s Coffee House political blog in 2007. 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