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Theresa May bailed out by the “party of the Remainers”
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable and his predecessor Tim Farron have been criticised for missing key votes on Brexit last night, despite pedalling an anti-Brexit agenda. According to party sources Cable was "off the parliamentary estate at an important meeting” and his absence was “approved by LibDem whips” - because the party “didn’t expect vote to be close”. As Robert Peston noted on Twitter this morning, it's a "shame in this age of social media there’s no way of staying in touch"....
Vote Leave fined and referred to police for breaking electoral law
Vote Leave has been fined and referred to police after exceeding its spending limit by almost half a million pounds in the referendum. An investigation by the Electoral Commission found "significant evidence of joint working" between the group and another organisation - BeLeave - leading to it exceeding its spending limit by almost £500,000. Vote Leave also returned an "incomplete and inaccurate spending report", with almost £234,501 reported incorrectly, and invoices missing for £12,849.99 of spending, the watchdog said. According the conclusions of...
Who are the shadowy ERG party within a party that just hijacked May’s Brexit?
Last night in parliament, irony died, and perhaps with it the chance of any Brexit deal being accepted by enough of Theresa May’s threadbare majority. In a bizarre turn of events, the Prime Minister, weakened by nine resignations in eight days orchestrated by shadowy Tory 'government within a government' the ERG (plus one resignation of a key ally over sending filthy texts to constituents) was forced to “cave in” and not only accept ERG amendments that made her Brexit White...
Artificial Intelligence will create as many jobs as it displaces
A new report out today has revealed Artificial Intelligence (AI) will create as many jobs as it displaces by boosting economic growth in the UK. In absolute terms, around 7 million existing jobs could be displaced, but around 7.2 million could be created, giving the UK a small net jobs boost of around 0.2 million. While the overall net effect of AI on UK jobs may be broadly neutral, this varies significantly across industry sectors. The most positive effect of AI is...
Remains of flatbread dated to 14,400 years ago…4,000 years before humans began farming
Neolithic hunter/gatherers baked the early bread at a site in the desert in Jordan.
Seaweed off Antarctica has surfed up to 12,500 miles across the Southern Ocean
And the discovery shows how climate change will alter the ecology of Earth's most remote continent, say scientists.
Nazi-obsessed teenager, previously convicted of making a pipe bomb, pleaded guilty to terrorism-related offence
Jack Coulson, 19, pleaded guilty to possessing a document likely to be useful to a person committing terrorism today (Mon)
Court hears how priest used church choir boys “for his own sexual gratification”
Canon Terence Grigg is charged with nine offences of indecent assault and two charges of buggery
May concedes on ERG amendments effectively killing off Chequers plan
Theresa May has reportedly backed down to angry hardline Brexiters over their amendments to the government’s customs bill. Politics Home reporter Emilio Casalicchio revealed that the Government is going to accept all four ERG amendments to the bill. The European Research Group (ERG) is fronted by Jacob Rees Mogg who spoke out about a "breakdown in trust" following the Chequers negotiations. His outburst appeared to have been slammed down by May after she warned Brexit MPs to get on side with the deal...