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“Speak English when you’re walking on this street”: couple subjected to vile rant for speaking Portuguese

In this shocking clip filmed in West London a Brazilian couple and their friend are berated by a dog walker for speaking their native Portuguese language in the street. The woman walking a Yorkshire terrier bellowed: "Speak English when you're walking on this street." One of the women filmed the incident, shocked that they were being viciously berated for speaking their own language. At one point the dog walker, wearing a Union Jack lanyard bellowed “I’m a vulnerable woman and...

“Deluded” Boris and “unicorn” Raab get shut down on live TV

Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab were both spectacularly shut down on live television last night. The former Foreign Secretary was dubbed "deluded" by Sky News reporter Beth Rigby after he insisted Prime Minister Theresa May is now in a position to “go to Brussels and get the freedom clause that the UK needs.” The incredulous Rigby interjected: “Just as she rides off on her unicorn to Brussels, the reality check landed in my phone, this is from ’s spokesperson: ‘The backstop is...

‘This is not rocket science’: Historian tells billionaires at Davos to pay fair share of tax

Historian Rutger Bregman visited Davos and did not hold back on his thoughts about the super rich. He called out 'stupid philanthropy schemes' Bregman said that the real issue that needs tackling to make a fairer playing field is tax avoidance. He said: 'We can invite Bono once more but come on we've got to be talking about taxes ... all the rest is bullshit in my opinion,' he says. Bregaman said he feels like he’s ‘at a firefighters conference...

MP’s vote against no deal Brexit, but also for May’s withdrawal agreement without backstop

In a historic night in which MPs tabled motions on Brexit, they voted for an amendment jointly tabled by a Conservative and a Labour MP to prevent a no deal Brexit. Dame Caroline Spelman (Conservative) and Jack Dromey's (Labour) amendment was non-binding but was won by  318 to 310. The amendment was to prevent a "no-deal" Brexit with a motion that Parliament "rejects the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future...

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