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Video – Rees-Mogg mobbed by anti-Brexit supporters
The PM is touring EU capitals to keep her deal alive
This is the Brexit “cheese submarine” analogy that is going viral on social media
A cunning analogy comparing Brexit to a cheese submarine is going viral on social media. The Twitter thread, created by funnyman Hugo Rifkind, describes how the best way to understand Theresa May’s predicament is to imagine that 52 percent of Britain had voted that the government should build a submarine out of cheese. Although Theresa May was initially against the idea, because it is a "a completely insane thing to do", she had to build the sub because "cheese means cheese". So she...
Watch – Meet the fastest animal on the planet
Scientists used state of the art cameras to measure the amazing speeds involved
Pamela Anderson lambastes Tories handling of Brexit and admits Corbyn crush in revealing blog
Hollywood star Pamela Anderson has said she could have negotiated better conditions than Theresa May’s “dumb deal” in a scathing blog that also saw her confess a crush for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The former Baywatch actress took aim at Brexit in the piece making the point that although people in the UK voted to leave the EU, nobody knew at the time what this would actually look like. She also said the Leave camp and its leaders “lied through...
‘Runaway prime minister’ must admit Brexit deal is dead, says Corbyn
‘The Labour leader believes the PM has demeaned her office after delaying a vote on her Brexit deal. May has spent the day stampeding around Europe trying to get concessions in her deal, hoping it would ensure it gets through Parliament. Opening an emergency Commons debate Corbyn told MPs that May should immediately put the plan before parliament. Corbyn said: “Yesterday the prime minister demeaned her office by unilaterally taking her discredited deal off the table and running away rather...
Watch – Terrifying footage shows enormous section of cliff collapsing onto beach below
The footage was filmed by Deborah Smith in Bude
Tory councillor and husband plead not guilty to causing criminal damage to a Range Rover
Carol Sennitt and her husband, Christoper, pleaded not guilty to causing criminal damage to a Range Rover in Magistrates Court today.
European leader watches as Theresa May fails to exit her own car
German chancellor Angela Merkel watched bemused as the beleagured British Prime Minister arrived for crunch talks to save her Brexit deal - and failed to exit her own car. Making a clean exit from her locked car proved tricky for Theresa May who appeared unable to negotiate her child lock. During the 2016 EU referendum campaign, Tory minister and leave campaigner Michael Gove warned that Britain would be like "hostages locked in the back of the car" if the country...
Man tasered inside entrance to Houses of Parliament where PC Keith Palmer was murdered
Security scare happened in area where PC Keith Palmer was murdered by Westminster Bridge attacker