Never miss a moment Stay ahead with live news updates in our award-winning app Enjoy a full year’s access to The Telegraph for £29. | | Boris Johnson robustly defended his government’s record during the event |  | Gordon Rayner Associate Editor | When Danny Kruger said the Conservative Party “is over” as he defected to Reform UK this week, he was speaking as someone who has seen the innards of the Tory machine and thinks they are beyond repair.
On Tuesday night, evidence of why he has come to that conclusion was provided by Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and other Tory big beasts when they were invited to a dinner and used it as an opportunity to blame each other for the party’s parlous state.
The get-together had been organised by the US broadcaster Newsmax, to celebrate the state visit of Donald Trump. Gathered at the Peninsula Hotel in Mayfair were Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, Nigel Farage and other Reform UK stalwarts, as well as the hefty Tory contingent.
At first everyone was on their best behaviour: champagne and canapés were consumed in good cheer, and Messrs Rubio, Bessent and Farage left for other engagements before dinner was served.
But the mood changed when the remaining guests sat down to their steak and burrata. Mr Johnson, invited to speak by Newsmax founder Chris Ruddy, used the opportunity to defend his record in government, particularly over Brexit and Ukraine.
Mark Harper, the former transport secretary, spoke up about the need for welfare reform and immigration control, which prompted another of the guests, the broadcaster Andrew Neil, to ask why the Tories had not sorted those problems out during 14 years in government. Fellow guests have described “real anger” in the room as Mr Johnson, Ms Truss and Mr Harper reignited debate about the failings of the Conservative regime, while Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg tried his best to press the case for uniting the Right.
Read the full story here ➤ | | The King and Queen were joined by the US president and the first lady for a state banquet at St George’s Hall | Donald Trump was treated to an unprecedented display of military pomp and pageantry yesterday as his historic second state visit began with a spectacular ceremonial welcome.
The day started with a carriage procession through the grounds of Windsor Castle accompanied by a sovereign’s escort of 80 mounted soldiers and a 120-strong guard of honour, the largest staged for a state visit in living memory. In total, some 1,500 troops were involved.
The US president described his second state visit to the UK as “truly one of the highest honours of my life” in a speech last night at a sumptuous state banquet.
A US president feted by the King, in a state visit which has pulled out all the diplomatic stops.
George Washington and George III could not possibly have imagined such scenes, the King said. He delivered a warm speech for his American guests, joking that it was “remarkable to think just how far we have come”.
Mr Trump echoed the King’s sentiment, describing the bond between the US and the UK as “priceless and eternal”.
| The King and the president make a toast at the state banquet | The president also spoke from the heart, paying lavish, lengthy tribute to the King’s personal qualities.
He raised a “remarkable son”, Mr Trump said, addressing the Prince and Princess of Wales as “William and Kate”, with a daughter-in-law “so radiant, so healthy and so beautiful”.
| Mr Trump told the Princess of Wales that she looked “so beautiful” as he arrived on the Windsor estate | Singing the praises of the British Empire around the world, Mr Trump touched on Shakespeare, the Magna Carta and Francis Bacon in a tour-de-force of the UK-US special relationship.
“For many decades, His Majesty the King has epitomised the fortitude, nobility and the spirit of the British monarchy and the British people,” the president said, marvelling that the King had seemed to know “every single person and every single company” despite “some of them having bad names, like XYZ dash Q3”.
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Continue reading ➤ | Chores for children Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal Reader Correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
Although this isn’t mentioned in the modern parenting guides I’ve read since becoming a father, I was under the impression that a significant perk of having children was that, once they’d reached a certain age, they could perform various useful tasks – loading the dishwasher, feeding the cat, mixing cocktails and so on. If my daughter ends up being closer in height to my wife than me, she’ll be on lightbulb-changing duty.
Or not, should current trends persist. According to a recent study, discussed by Catherine Pepinster, fewer young people are helping out at home.
What a shame, wrote Barry Gibbs: “During our children’s school holidays, my wife would leave them a daily list of jobs to do while she was at work, and when she returned the tasks were done.”
Sylvia Jones added: “I come from a family of seven girls and two boys. My father worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week, to provide us with a comfortable lifestyle. This left my mother to deal with nine children. We were each given a daily chore to do before school, such as cleaning the fire grate and setting a new fire, or washing the breakfast dishes. On returning home for lunch on school days, we were tasked with peeling potatoes and vegetables for the evening meal, or feeding the dog and cleaning his dishes.
“At weekends, we were each given a room to clean from top to bottom, while my mother washed all the bed sheets. Some of us were then commandeered to hang them out on half a dozen washing lines. Fresh beds had to be made for 11 people. Today, we are proud to be upstanding citizens and a credit to our late parents, who taught us how to conduct ourselves, cook, and keep a clean and tidy house.”
But large households aren’t always so industrious, according to Olivia Pethybridge: “My father, the 9th Lord Hawke, would write down a list of ‘tasks’ on the back of an envelope for my mother to complete while he pottered off to the House of Lords. On his return in the evening he would ask her which tasks she had completed. She never did any of them, and I always wondered why he persevered. I don’t think my seven older sisters were much help either.” Are chores character-building? You can write to me here, or head to our Your Say page, exclusively on the Telegraph app. | Plan your day with the telegraph | Set your alarm to catch up with journalists on the Your Say page and listen to their analysis on our latest podcasts.
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