A Greenpeace petition calling on the government to declare a Climate Emergency has almost reached its goal of 250,000 signatures. The appeal comes as Extinction Rebellion protests continue in London, with activists targeting the financial industry in a bid to reveal the “truth” about their roles in funding the climate...
A series of billboard advertisements have been rolled out on London’s Oxford Street featuring the famous Victoria’s Secret catwalk campaign as you’ve never seen it before. ‘Real' women wearing incontinence pants star in the ads which emulate the underwear brand’s highly recognisable 'winged angels’ campaign. Supermodels including Lily Aldridge and...
The EU courted controversy this week after suggesting it may ban names like 'burger' and 'sausage' for vegan and vegetarian food products. If the proposal is voted into effect next month, vegan and veggie burgers could become 'discs' and sausages 'tubes' instead of conventional names. It would also outlaw the...
If the last General Election taught us anything it is that the mainstream media has become banded together around issues that no longer represent the majority of the nation. Few, if any, gave Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto pledges, geared towards ironing out inequalities in society, any air time at all. For...
Former shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe is returning to politics to join Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party. Declaring the former UKIP man the “most successful politician since Margaret Thatcher” she told the Daily Express that the public needs to send “a very clear message” that we expect the vote to be...
Ali Sadjady has decided to step down from the list of potential candidates put forward by Change UK following revelations that he made derogatory comments about Romanians. The Independent's Europe Correspondent Jon Stone published an article yesterday bringing to light comments by Mr Sadjady in 2017 in which he said:...
Public toilets, zoos and mountain tops have been named among the most weird and wonderful places people work from as hot desking turns to ‘not desking’. Research of more than 5,000 sole traders, entrepreneurs and small businesses has revealed people are increasingly turning their backs on the office and running...
The Labour Party has put clear water between itself and rival parties, taking a lead in 10 Westminster polls. According to the latest voting intention Jeremy Corbyn’s party has an average lead of five percentage points over Theresa May’s Conservatives. The latest polls, conducted by ComRes, ORB and YouGov, give...
New research has revealed screens have taken over our lives after it was revealed that the average Brit now spends five and a half hours a day staring at their devices. More than half the nation now sit through the working week looking at a monitor before winding down the...