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Barack Obama’s Half-Brother Backs Donald Trump

Barack Obama's half-brother Malik has backed Donald Trump in the upcoming US Presidential election. The Kenyan pronounced to the BBC World Service "My name is Malik and I will be voting for Mr Donald Trump," in an interview where he backed the outspoken Republican candidate because he came across as a "straightforward guy" who "speaks from the heart". Despite living in the rural Kenyan village of Kogelo Malik Obama is still registered to vote in the state of Maryland, and will be changing...

London PR firm refused to share building with ex-offenders’ charity

A PR firm has taken a harsh stance against a charity who wanted to move into the same building as them. According to City A.M. Lee Publicity, a fashion and home PR business would not accept a charity that helps female ex-offenders to get into work, to locate themselves at the same address. The charity, Working Chance, was set up to provide workshops to women who have been in trouble with the law. They run seminars to help the offenders...

Highest-Paid CEOs Run Worst-Performing Companies

The multi-million pound pay packages handed out to CEO’s don’t actually improve the companies they work for, in fact it makes them worse. A newly published study by corporate-governance research firm MSCI has highlighted this issue. They ask the simple question: “Has CEO pay reflected long-term stock performance? In a word, ‘no.’” Many people have complained about huge salary boosts to heads of companies, now these increases don’t actually improve business performance; there will be questions raised why these packages...

Sarah Champion Asks Corbyn For Her Job Back

Labour politician and MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion has asked Jeremy Corbyn for her job back after resigning at the end of June. Champion was part of the Labour coup which failed to overturn the leader at the end of June, and she now appears to have gone back cap in hand to ask to be reinstated as Shadow Minister. She wrote: Dear Jeremy I would like to formally retract my resignation and ask to be reinstated to my role as Shadow Home...

Len McCluskey claims MI5 infiltrating Corbyn camp to abuse Lab MPs

Shocking claims have just come to light after Union chief Len McCluskey believes that MI5 are trying to undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. He thinks that MI5 agents are pretending to be Corbyn supporters and are then abusing rebel Labour MPs in public. 44 female Labour MPs have revealed that they have received horrific on-line abuse. In a joint letter to Corbyn they wrote: “Rape threats, death threats, smashed cars and bricks through windows are disgusting and...

“Much worse” than Robert Maxwell, says MP probing Sir Philip Green

The pressure of Sir Philip Green has continued today as the chairman of the Commons Committee that probed BHS’s collapse believes that the retail boss is worse than Robert Maxwell. Robert Maxwell, siphoned off millions of pounds from the pension scheme at the Mirror Group. After the scam was uncovered, a year later in 1991, he died while out on his yacht and fell into the sea. Frank Field MP stated that Green held enough money to fill the pensions...

Video – Journalist caught hunting Pokemon during State briefing

Never mind chasing IS the hunt for Pokemon seems more important to one journalist. During a press briefing on the very serious subject of terrorism, US State Department spokesman John Kirby noticed one hack playing the Pokemon game, which appears to be taking over the world Mr Kirby says: ‘You’re playing the Pokemon thing right there, aren’t you?’ The surprised reporter replies: ‘I’m just keeping an eye on it.’ He finished his speech then his thoughts were back to Pokemon....

Junior doctors’ raising £130k via public to fight Hunt

The public are attempting to raise a huge £130,000 so junior doctors can continue their legal dispute against Jeremy Hunt, the Government’s Health Secretary. Funds will cover legal costs so the battle can continue in the High Court ,who decreed that if they could raise that figure they could proceed with their claims, reports the Evening Standard. The judge threw out Hunt’s demand for a £150,000 surety within a week. The doctors now have until August 16th to find the...

Video – Michael Moore – “Trump is going to Win”

Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore has said that he think Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. He was appearing on Bill Maher’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” show when he made his comments. Moore surprised the crowd with his comments, that drew audible gasps from the audience. He said: "I'm sorry to have to be the buzzkill here so early on, but I think Trump is going to win." The audience booed, but Maher responded that...

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