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Electoral Commission launches urgent probe of Brexit Party funding as Farage denies wrongdoing
Britain’s election watchdog has announced it will be visiting the Brexit Party headquarters within the next 24 hours and begin an urgent probe of donations to Nigel Farage’s new party. The investigation has been launched just days before the party officially launched in April is tipped to win the most seats in the European Parliamentary elections. The probe comes as the party’s chairman Richard Tice today repeatedly failed to say whether the party was accepting foreign funding and a former...
“Traitors of the UK” unite as Brexit poll goes horribly wrong
A loaded Brexit poll posted on the pro-Leave page Britain Bites Back went horribly wrong yesterday after the vast majority of respondents rallied behind a so-called “traitor” option. The poll, which was created on Sunday afternoon, asked Facebook users who they are voting for in the European Elections – UKIP or Brexit or for “Remain like a traitor”. “Both UKIP and the Brexit party should get our vote” in the elections, the post read, but the results went seriously awry...
Smugglers used Eurotunnel to bring in guns and hard drugs have been jailed
Ringleader Emmanuel Okubote caught when smugglers stop after making three previous trips
Upper class people do look down on others as they have exaggerated belief they are better
Those with more education, more income and a higher perceived social class believed that they would perform better than others - when it is not true
Nigel Farage pelted by milkshake in Newcastle
Nigel Farage has become the latest politician to have been hit by a milkshake while on the campaign trail after been splattered in Newcastle. According to Evening Chronicle reporter Sean Seddon there were chaotic scenes on Northumberland Street as Farage was whisked from the scene by security. He said: "(Farage is) furious. Telling his security “it’s a failure” and “how did that happen”" as he was taken away in a car. The incident comes after police in Edinburgh banned a...
Diver spots seahorse so rare that wildlife licence is required to even seek it out
Steve Trewhella has spent 10 years studying the endangered species of seahorse
Labour and Conservative peers advice voters to back Lib Dems in European Elections
Peers from both the Labour and Conservative parties have advised voters to back the Liberal Democrats in the upcoming European Elections this week. Michael Heseltine announced that he will not back the Conservatives at the European elections and will vote for the Liberal Democrats instead because of their Brexit stance in a strongly-worded article for The Sunday Times. Lord Heseltine said: "I cannot, with a clear conscience, vote for my party when it is myopically focused on forcing through the...
Bookmaker takes £140k bet on Brexit Party winning most seats in European Elections
An online bookmaker has slashed the odds on the Brexit Party winning the most seats in the European Elections after taking a £140k punt on the newly-formed party. Star Sports revealed today that it has slashed the price on Nigel Farage’s party winning the most seats on Thursday from 1-20 to 1-66. The customer would win £5,200 if successful, which according to the latest polling data looks likely. A YouGov/Datapraxis poll, commissioned by the pro-remain Best for Britain campaign and...
Data scientists launch tactical voting website aimed at stopping Farage’s Brexit Party
A tactical voting site targeted at Remain voters has been launched by data scientists in a bid to stop the Brexit Party from running riot in this week’s European elections. Nigel Farage’s newly-formed party looks on track to secure a whitewash in the upcoming election and currently stands on 32 per cent of the vote. Combined with UKIP on 3 per cent that will give them more votes than pro-Remain parties combined, but their efforts could be stifled if voters...