Boris’s mane man

VETERAN hairdresser Simon Dolin, who has sold his Islington business Barnaby’s after 25 years, was one of the early curators of Boris Johnson’s distinctive blond mane. Dolin said of the PM’s mop: ‘I think nature created it. I just tried to tame it.’ I’ve no doubt Mr Dolin did a terrific job — but the Boris ‘do’ is wild at heart. IN AN article last November complaining about budget cuts, Camden Council leader Georgia Gould wrote that ‘austerity ... is not over, and it’s deepening’.

So how surprising that last week, in a closed session, her Labourcontrolled council proposed raising the annual allowances for Guests at the party to celebrate Boris Johnson’s election as tory leader toasted his victory with salmon mousse and premium rosé champagne. seemingly rather a lot of the latter. the bill for the event at Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair was £12,000, paid for by the hotel owner. Obviously, quite a night!

BIZARRE CLAIM OF THE WEEK: Paul Sweeney, Labour MP for Glasgow North East, muses: ‘All countries should be abolished as an eventual goal for human civilisation over the next few centuries.’ Would he like to start with Scotland? committee chairmen by an eyewatering 65 per cent to £9,000. Cabinet members could enjoy a rise of more than 50per cent to £25,000, while Gould — daughter of the late New Labour founder Lord Gould — could see an increase from £29,300 to £40,000. So much for deepening austerity. AN OVERWHELMING victory for the redoubtable Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe in an Oxford Union debate attacking the trend for students to ‘no-platform’ controversial speakers. In a blistering tour de force, Widders cried: ‘You succeed by defeating your opponent — not by wishing him away.’ Take note Labour MP Naz Shah. She pulled out of the debate after objecting to the presence of Right-wing firebrand Katie Hopkins.