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Sand artist creates giant sculpture of Theresa May losing her head under Brexit guillotine

A sand artist has paid graphic homage to Brexit and the Prime Minister's precarious state - with a giant sculpture of Theresa May losing her head under a falling guillotine. The controversial sculpture depicts a large globe with a horrified looking May in the centre, throwing her head under a falling guillotine with Brexit written across it. Outside of Europe on the sandy globe, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump both sit rubbing their hands together with glee as they watch...

Brexit deal “won’t pass without referendum”

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said any Brexit deal struck between the government and Labour will not make it through the House of Commons without the pledge of a "confirmatory" referendum. Theresa May is set to continue talks with Labour today in a bid to end the political impasse surrounding Brexit. But given that no party has a majority in the Commons the deal could still get stuck unless a second referendum is put on the cards. Speaking...

Octopus goes viral as it fights back vlogger trying to eat it alive

Why a Chinese vlogger thought it a good idea to livestream herself eating an octopus alive is a mystery. But as you can see the octopus didn’t intend to make it easy for her and fought back using the suckers on its tentacles – which tend to stick to stuff. Tentacles have hundreds of suckers which can stick onto objects powerfully enough to open shellfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=43&v=9qvl8HDO1Nc The video of the food vlogger known as ‘seaside girl Little Seven’ went viral...

Corbygeddon could spell end of golden era for UK’s super rich

The UK’s super rich are preparing to leave the UK should Jeremy Corbyn enter Downing Street, a Sunday Times investigation has revealed. A record 151 billionaires were recorded on the paper’s Rich List this year, a 9.2 per cent rise on last year with a combined wealth of nearly £525 billion. But the prospect of a Labour government could spark a potential exodus, with tax increases prompting the wealthy to move their money out of the UK. Jeremy Corbyn's party...

London’s local authority budgets have dropped by nearly a fifth over the last eight years

New analysis by Centre for London has revealed that London’s local authority budgets have dropped by nearly a fifth (17 per cent) per head over the last eight years, with inner London boroughs hit the hardest. The analysis found that all principal service areas, with the exception of children’s social care, have seen budget reductions, with planning and development, highways and transport and cultural activity budgets facing the largest cuts. Taking London’s population growth into account, councils have seen an...

Jeremy Kyle Show suspended after guest dies

Monday’s Jeremy Kyle show was pulled at the last minute after a guest died after appearing on the daytime talk show. ITV have confirmed that the controversial tabloid show in which people air personal conflicts which airs at 9.25am weekdays will be replaced by Dickinson’s Real Deal and suspended while an investigation is carried out. A statement by ITV explained: “Everyone at ITV and The Jeremy Kyle Show is shocked and saddened at the news of the death of a...

White racial loyalist pamphlets distributed in Merseyside

Leaflets describing “how to become a white racial loyalist” have been reported to the police in Bootle after they were found on doorsteps.   Mat Flusk contacted Merseyside police after finding pamphlets promoting The Creativity Movement which claims that the “biological existence” of the white race is under threat. The pamphlet also says that the “White Race is responsible for all that which we call progress on this earth” and so it is “therefore logical and sensible to place supreme...

Tony Blair is wrong about ditching Labour for pro-Remain parties in London. Here’s why

Tony Blair has called on anti-Brexit Labour voters to back pro-Remain parties in the upcoming European Parliament elections to stop Nigel Farage’s party running riot. The former Prime Minister told Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday that it is “important the anti-Brexit side is larger and stronger than the Farage side” in the elections, saying: “I do come across people who cannot vote for Labour, in which case I say ‘don’t stay at home – vote for any of the other...

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