Nigel Farage has been branded “entitled” today after he handed a letter to the Prime Minister asking for a seat at the negotiating table, despite his party having no MPs. The Brexit Party leader, still reeling from losing the Peterborough by election last night, set out his demands in a...
People who live at home with their parents and drink heavily have been revealed to be the most eligible daters online. According to new research honesty is one of the most attractive traits when it comes to online dating, with those boasting polished profiles and sculpted abs most likely to...
A video has emerged of Tommy Robinson punching a man ahead of England’s game against Holland in Portugal last night. The far right activist – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – was filmed hitting a fellow England fan ahead of the match. After flooring one person shouts of "go on Tommy...
It’s hardly as eloquent as e=mc2, but the formula for winning the next general election could be relatively simple for Labour. With results in from last night’s by-election there’s plenty of reasons to be cheerful in the Labour camp. The Conservatives suffered their worst loss in a Peterborough election since...
JK Rowling, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley topped a list of the top 40 people Brits want to see made a knight or a dame. The Harry Potter author, who is set to release four new eBooks next month giving fans a chance to read more about the ‘wizarding world’,...
Passengers at Heathrow will soon be able to keep liquids and laptops inside their carry-on bags after the airport invested £50 million in new security equipment. Computer tomography security scanners are set to be rolled out over the next few years and will provide a clear picture of a bag’s...
Boris Johnson as Prime Minister with Nigel Farage as his deputy has emerged as the most popular option for Brits in the event of a hung parliament, new polling data has revealed. A TalkRADIO and OnePoll study found a CON/BREX coalition topped all other alliances as the preferred option in...
Frontrunners to succeed Theresa May have drawn battle lines over the most destructive way to exit the EU this week, with Domic Raab going as far as saying he may prorogue Parliament to ensure Britain leaves one way or another on October 31st. A nightmarish ‘no deal’ scenario on the...
Real-life action man Bear Grylls has beaten Ben Fogle to top a list of celebrities Brits would most like to take on an adventure holiday. Travellers chose the chief scout and former member of the Special Forces, 44, thanks to the daredevil experiences he’s enjoyed and his extreme survival skills....
The Labour Party is making up ground in the Peterborough by-election with odds on Lisa Forbes to win plummeting from 7/1 to 5/1 today. Fifteen candidates are facing voters at the ballot box on Thursday in a contest that will have wide political ramifications. The election of a new MP...
More than half of Change UK’s MPs have walked from the party following disastrous EU elections, it has been confirmed. Six of the 11 MPs have quit the party with Heidi Allen and Chukka Umunna among them. Anna Soubry, who has been elected the new party leader, said she was...
Donald Trump has confirmed that the NHS will be on the table in a post-Brexit trade deal. Speaking at a press conference today the US President said: "When you're dealing in trade everything is on the table. So NHS or anything else, a lot more than that, but everything will...
The drive into Ockenden Manor & Spa sets the tone for a stay in this tranquil corner of Sussex. Nestled within the quiet hamlet of Cuckfield with the southern slopes of the Weald in the background the winding roads are perfumed with a luscious bouquet of country smells. There is...
Police in London have barricaded Donald Trump supporters into a Wetherspoons pub after they were surrounded by demonstrators chanting 'Nazi scum off our streets', according to reports. The Lord Moon of the Mall near Trafalgar Square has been used as temporary refuge for a small group of pro-Trump supporters who...
A statue of Donald Trump tweeting on the toilet has taken the centre stage in Trafalgar Square as protests in the capital get underway. The US President arrived in the UK yesterday and was greeted by a giant penis protest on the route in as Air Force One landed at...
Cressida Dick has said the police will face a “very steep mountain” under a no deal Brexit. Speaking at the annual Fortune Most Powerful Women International Summit today in London the Met Police Commissioner said “there will be an awful lot of work to do to replicate the current systems”...
A third of adults who have dieted told NO ONE about it because they were ‘ashamed’, according to a study. Researchers found many of those who have changed their diet were worried about failing publicly, while others were embarrassed to be dieting in the first place. Similarly, a third would...
Signs that European customers are "abandoning" UK firms are starting to show after British manufacturing recorded the steepest downturn in almost three years. Following an early Brexit stockpiling boom at the start of the year May figures dipped significantly for UK manufacturers with new orders drying up. Make UK -...
Daniel Hannan has been lauded for prophesying an eventuality in which every Conservative MP loses their seat, a Lib-Lab government cancels Brexit and the House of Lords is scrapped. The prominent Leave campaigner and Conservative MEP tweeted his “horrible” vision of the future after the latest polls gave the Brexit...
A BBC investigation has exposed a wealthy businessman who rented a £14,000-a-month penthouse and lived a life of luxury but paid just £35.20 income tax. Frank Timis spent thousands dining in London’s finest restaurants after receiving a total of £670,000 in payments during 2017. But his personal tax return shows...
Nigel Farage is expected to tell Donald Trump to “keep his nose out of the Brexit debate” in keeping with prior warnings given to US presidents. The Brexit Party leader warned Barack Obama to stay out of Britain’s EU referendum when the former President visited the UK in 2016. He...
The Museum of London has said it is looking to acquire both the Donald Trump Baby Blimp and the Sadiq Khan Blimp as part of their permanent collection. Londoners took to the streets to protest President Trump’s visit to the UK in July last year, with an over-sized balloon of...
Donald Trump has taken an early swipe at the London Mayor as he arrived into London this morning. The US president dubbed Sadiq Khan “nasty” in a nod to similar comments made about the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle. He also described him as a “stone cold loser” who has...
Liverpool fans in Madrid have renamed Margaret Thatcher Square to Jeremy Corbyn Square, according to photos leaked on social media. The Reds fans are in the Spanish capital ahead of tonight’s Champions League final where they will meet Tottenham Hotspur in an all-English clash. And they haven’t wasted any time...
In 2012, writing as a lone economics blogger, I put forward a case for why countries should ditch economic growth as a political priority. Long revered as a stalwart of a capitalist society the need to grow has come to overshadow everything else. We prioritise it over our personal health,...
The days of Labour and Conservative control could soon be over according to the results of a new poll. In a major upset, the YouGov survey for The Times suggests the Liberal Democrats would win a General Election if it was held tomorrow, with the Brexit Party in second place....
Eric Cantona has appealed to British football fans to be more cultured when they hit Madrid ahead of the UEFA Champions League Final this weekend. The former French football star has called on Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur fans to ditch Irish bars and fast food joints and get to know...
Families on the lowest incomes paid 47.6 per cent of their gross income in tax in 2017-18, new research has revealed. TaxPayers' Alliance analysis shows higher taxes have hit the poorest families hardest over the last decade, increasing by 4.4 per cent since 2008-09. Meanwhile, the richest tenth pay 33.5...
The number of cars built in the UK dropped by 45 per cent in April compared with a year ago, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show. Just under 71,000 cars rolled off production lines in the month, down by 44.5 per cent on April last...
Britain has been described as the “greatest enabler of corporate tax avoidance in the world” after it was revealed eight out of the ten jurisdictions with the highest corporate tax haven scores are British territories. Research by the Tax Justice Network found the UK and its “corporate tax haven network”...
Trying to find calm amidst the current political storm in Britain is a big ask in this day and age. Rarely is there a moment’s peace in Westminster, with the House of Commons increasingly turning into a nightmarish, dystopian vision of itself. Step into Conrad London St. James and you...
Celebrated food writer Jack Monroe is set to release a cook book for food bank users to help those on a shoestring budget maintain a nutritious, appetising and varied diet. Tin Can Cook focuses on using tinned or dried ingredients and is inspired by Monroe’s own experience of using food...
Prominent Labour Party members have rallied around the hashtag #expelmetoo following yesterday’s decision to banish Alastair Campbell from the party for voting Liberal Democrat in last week’s European elections. The former spin doctor was expelled within 24 hours of admitting on live TV he had switched support for that election...
St Luke’s Table is leading the march to revolutionise the fine dining experience for the UK’s growing community of vegans with a new luxury plant-based menu in the heart of Theatreland. Residing within the LIBRARY hotel and private members' club the restaurant is hidden away from the hubbub of Leicester...
They say when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade, but I don't much care for that. Why make lemonade when you can make a gin and tonic, or sip limoncello on the edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula after eating lemon pepper fettuccine with a fresh lemon sauce? Set...
English Wine Week is upon us and this year there are more reasons than ever to raise a glass to the country’s burgeoning viticultural scene. With growers planting some 3 million vines from Yorkshire to Kent and a tropical summer bringing ideal growing conditions last year there is a bumper...
In September last year I posed a question: Why do people keep calling the People’s Vote a “second referendum” when that isn’t what it is? Whether you want to call it a People’s Vote, a confirmatory referendum or an informed referendum, one thing that should be clear is that this...
Millions of millennials have NEVER read a paper map, it has emerged. Researchers who carried out a detailed study found a decade of ground-breaking tech innovation has all but ended traditional map-reading among the much maligned 23 to 38 age group. The results show millennials use their mobile phone map...
Remain parties easily scooped the biggest slice of the vote in the 2019 European Elections, leaving the Conservatives and Labour reeling as voters flocked to other parties against the government and official opposition. The Liberal Democrats, Greens and Change UK all increased their vote considerably in the elections by trumpeting...
Calls have been made for a General Election after Theresa May announced her departure date this morning. The Tory leader confirmed she will leave office on 7th June after voicing her frustration at not been able to deliver Brexit. Fighting back the tears she said serving as Prime Minister has...
Voters in the North East came in for a shock yesterday after discovering the Brexit party’s main candidate lists his primary residence in France. The list of registered parties showed that, although most parties were fielding candidates who resided in the region, the party campaigning to leave the EU was...
A Norwegian cruise line has signed a multi-year deal with biofuel firm Biokraft to power its ships with fuel made from dead fish and other organic waste. In what is the largest ever global contract for supply of liquefied biogas (LBG) to a shipping operator, Hurtigruten and Biokraft has entered...
The Conservative Party could end up with “zero” seats in this week’s European elections as they face an unprecedented “wipeout”, one of the party’s most senior MEPs has predicted. Just weeks after the party lost more than 1,200 councillors in England they could be set for a total wipeout in...
Philip Alston has accused Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd of trying to distract from the troubling findings in his report on extreme poverty in the UK. The UN’s Special Rapporteur responded to accusations that he did not do enough research and was biased in his final report on poverty...
This week sees the welcome return of English wine as we visit one of the country’s largest producers in Sussex. 2018 was, in the parlance of Frank Sinatra, a very good year for English wine, and so it is only right we celebrate it. Hot and dry weather landed a...
