Donald Trump is no Pig
The President has been at it again. This weekend, Donald Trump tweeted a video of himself punching a man whose head had been replaced with the CNN logo, wrestling him to the ground. The video was a bold statement against free speech and a torrent of fake news – but the President’s barber should really have topped his hit list? In other news, The Donald is allegedly planning on being “sneaked” in to the UK to meet Theresa May this...
Shocking Jersey child abuse inquiry warns children still at risk on the island
An independent inquiry into child abuse in the Jersey care system has found that children may still be at risk. The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry published the result of its three year inquiry this afternoon. The damming report found that for decades children in care had been failed at all levels, enduring systematic and cruel abuse as their concerns and testimony was largely ignored and among its disturbing conclusions, warned that children in care on the island are still at...
Owen Smith claims he would have won GE2017 if he had defeated Corbyn
Owen Smith has claimed he would have won the 2017 General Election if he had defeated Jeremy Corbyn. The former Labour leadership contender tried to oust Corbyn in July 2016 because of fractions in the party. He wrote on Twitter at the time: "On July 27 I asked @jeremycorbyn 3 times if he was prepared to see our party split & worse, wanted it to. He offered no answer". He continued, "In the same meeting, in response to the same question...
Student Almost Blinded After Being Viciously Glassed In The FACE On Holiday
A student was almost blinded and left with facial scars after she was viciously glassed in the FACE by a man at a bar on holiday. Danielle Beavis-Smith, 22, was enjoying her last night of a break in Egypt with her boyfriend and family when she was attacked by another guest. She accepted a drink from a woman at the all inclusive bar apparently infuriating the girl’s male partner – who smashed a glass of rum and coke into her...
Single Mum Becomes One Of The Youngest To Die From Asbestos Related Cancer – Aged 34
A young mum has become one of youngest to die of an asbestos-related disease at just 34 – but never found out how she contracted it. Tragic Kirsty List was told earlier this year she was unlikely to survive until Christmas but lost her brave battle last month, leaving five year-old daughter Aimee. The origins of her mesothelioma – a disease that more commonly affects older people – remains a mystery. She believed she may have got it either while...
Donald Trump may be “sneaked in” to UK to avoid protesters
Preparations may be underway to sneak US President Donald Trump in to the UK in order to avoid protesters. According to a source close to the White House Theresa May's team are on standby for a visit, which may be confirmed only 24 hours in advance so anti-Trump protesters won't have time to disrupt a visit. The source was quoted as saying: "There is a window of opportunity for the president to visit Britain when he is in Europe later...
We’re consuming 84 more ingredients a day than we think
Take a look at the loaf of bread you have lying in your cupboard and count how many ingredients there are in it. Typically a standard loaf of bread should contain six ingredients - flour, butter, yeast, salt, sugar and water. But most supermarket-bought loafs contain way more. Warburtons white bread, medium sliced, contains flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin (B3) and Thiamin (B1)), water, yeast, salt, vegetable oil (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm), soya flour, E481, E472e, calcium propionate and ascorbic acid. And it's largely...
Dunking the Biscotti: Fellatio with your morning coffee
On the whole I rather enjoyed my writing career. I phrase that in the past tense as there are only two possible outcomes after sending in this commentary: my editor at The London Economic responds with purple-faced rage at my effrontery in assuming that this publication would ever under any circumstances consider publishing such a naked paean to paid sexual services, to which I would answer mischievously, 'I don't think they're naked.' And that would be the end of that....
Standard Life Private Equity – Loading the portfolio
QuotedData is publishing a new update note on a company in the Private Equity sector: Standard Life Private Equity - Loading the portfolio SL Capital Partners, the manager of Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), sees the outlook for Europe improving. However, it thinks that some form of market disruption could occur during the next one to two years. This might lead to greater volatility and better prices for those of its underlying funds that wish to make investments. SLPE has...