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“I am not in denial” insists Theresa May despite all these signs that her Brexit plan is finished.
"The British public just want us to get on with it" the Prime Minister told a hastily assembled press conference, this evening, looking exhausted and shaken. Yes, a Sky Data poll today revealed that of the three options that Theresa May yesterday said are open to the country, staying in the EU would be the mostpopular, with her Brexit deal the least popular - if the government were tohold a three-option referendum of the type favoured by Justine Greening. https://twitter.com/EdConwaySky/status/1063103459619147776...
Plant native to one of world’s largest jungles could hold key to combating deadly pancreatic cancer
The vine Ancistrocladus likoko which only grows in the Congo destroys cancer cells - and stops them spreading
Wealthy property developer ‘battered partner to death at home during drug-fuelled sadomasochistic sex session”
John Broadhurst, 40, is accused of murdering Natalie Connolly, 26, and leaving her naked body in a pool of blood at their £600,000 home.
Killer whales use sonic ‘flashlight’ to target prey hundreds of miles away
New research reveals how whales, dolphins and porpoises let out ultrasonic clicks in narrow beams to help them find food hiding in the murky depths
Police unveiled Britain’s biggest speed camera that can film a car a THOUSAND meters away
The new camera can also spot if you're using your phone behind the wheel
‘What have I done to my country?’ Leave voter breaks into tears as he apologises for backing Brexit
A Leave voter broke into tears on LBC this morning as he apologised for backing Brexit. Talking to James O'Brien live on air he sobbed as he asked "what have I done to my country? I'm so sorry." The government has been thrown into disarray today after a raft of resignations and votes of no confidence plagued Theresa May's draft proposals for exiting the European Union. Yesterday O'Brien listed some of the many misleading stories that have been distributed by the British...
Rees-Mogg hands in letter of no-confidence to 1922 Committee
Jacob Rees-Mogg has handed in a letter of no-confidence to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee. The prominent Brexiter told said Theresa May’s Brexit deal “has turned out to be worse than anticipated and fails to meet the promises given to the nation by the Prime Minister”. The letter follows up on a threat Mr Rees-Mogg made in the House of Commons this morning, when he reeled off a list of promises he said the Prime Minister had...
Pound plummets amid cabinet resignations as May battles to save Brexit deal
The pound is plummeting after Dominic Raab, and three other prominent Ministers resigned the morning, following May's Brexit deal with the EU. The prospect of a 'no deal' Brexit is rising and the Pound is falling. The Pound-to-Euro exchange rate is quoted at 1.1334, the Pound-to-Dollar exchange rate at 1.2786. We are seeing huge +1% losses against the Australian and New Zealand Dollars. Commenting on the fall in Sterling following the resignation of Dominic Raab, Secretary of State for Exiting...
Today in Commons Corbyn says May’s Brexit deal is “half baked”
Today Jeremy Corbyn has laid into May in the Commons over the Brexit deal, he told the House that the deal did not meet the six tests Labour needed the plan to pass for his party support it. He called the deal "half baked," and he said that he had no confidence that Government could sort a deal out by end of 2020. He said if a deal is not agreed by the end of 2020, there would be further...