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Today a joint statement was released, signed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the Leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood, and Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, the co-leaders of the Green Party calling for progressive parties to work together to resist the ‘Tories' toxic politics’. Here is the statement in full: The countries of the United Kingdom face a spiralling political and economic crisis. At the top of the Conservative Party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now...

An old fire station which was left untouched for more than 60 years has been discovered in the cellar of an old Co Op factory. The secret fire station is complete with 1920s firefighting equipment, pumps, uniforms and coiled hoses. A half-drunk bottle of lemonade and exercise programmes were also found in the cellar of the former Co Op factory in Dudley, West Mids. Staff at shopfitting company The Allan Nuttall Partnership, which is now based in the building, heard rumours of...

A paper written by James Hanson, an ex-Nasa climate scientist, and a number of other leading experts in the field have reported that the earth is now as hot as it has been for 115,00 years. The worrying news is further compounded by their claims that climate change has contributed to this level of heat, not experienced by modern day humans. The problem is that sea levels will rise and huge structural and technological development will be needed to stem...

As the Conservative party conference appears to be ratcheting up the anti-EU sentiment within the party, a ‘hard Brexit’ seems more likely, even though, ironically, some of the conference centre was actually funded via EU cash. The anti European hyperbole and Theresa May’s fears of being attacked by the right of her party, led her to reveal that article 50 will be invoked by March 2017, this means the UK will be out of Europe by 2019. However, there may be...

The Conservative Party Conference in which Theresa May promised to "look beyond Europe" is being held in a conference hall paid for by the European Union. As pointed out in an amusing letter submitted to the Financial Times, Birmingham International Convention Centre received £49.7 million of its construction costs from the European Regional Development Fund. Indeed, the foundation stone was laid by European Commission president Jacques Delors. Prime Minister May has used the conference to unveil plans to trigger Article 50 by...

Ziggy the Piggy, North Carolina North Carolina, USA Sales of chalk will have hit new highs this weekend as thousands of vegans across the globe joined together in a collective ‘chalktivism’ event - a worldwide effort to help spread and celebrate the vegan cause. With the success of documentaries Cowspiracy, Earthlings and Forks Over Knives, the vegan movement has seen a 350% increase in the UK in recent years. Six years ago, James DeAlto, from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, went...

There were concerns that police officers wearing cameras was turning the nation into a nightmarish vision on 1984, however a new study seems to think the initiative has actually helped with police relations with the public. Researchers have said that when members of the public and police staff are both aware they are being filmed, it increases the accountability on both sides. Their behaviour changes when both parties know that their actions are being documented in real time. Due to...

The SABMiller takeover of AB InBev will lead to less choice and higher prices for consumers, according to a leading expert. John Colley, of Warwick Business School, said cost rationalisation will mean substantial redundancies amongst SAB Miller staff and higher costs passed on to consumers because of the lack of competition. Although the merger is likely to line the pockets of the shareholders, Colley said customers will not see any benefit as "greater brewer market power is more likely to...

Ok it is pretty obvious, nobody seems to enjoy living in London, in fact a new study has reported that the capital’s inhabitants have the most anxiety in the UK. The question is where do you go to be happy, blissfully happy all day every day. Well the answer is the Outer Hebrides according to the ONS (Office for National Statistics). It is a long way from Oxford Circus. The research questioned 158,000 people, and asked respondents how satisfied they...