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“I shall fight any attempt at expelling me in every way I can,” says Frank Field
Frank Field has said he will not trigger a byelection and will "fight any attempt at expelling me in every way I can" from the Labour Party. Field recently resigned the party whip claiming the party was suffering from bullying and also that antisemitism was rife. The Birkenhead MP said he would fight any attempt to expel him from the Labour party. He said “I now have what may become a major legal dispute with the Labour party over my continuing...
Slave lies of North London drugs trafficker
Marsela Kreka, 31, was jailed for eight years after jurors did not believe she was forced to sell drugs and sexually abused by human traffickers.
“No new ideas” How Boris Johnson’s Brexit capitulation should be no surprise for his readers:
With parliament about to restart and Boris Johnson’s blonde ambition clearly irking since he had to resign as Foreign Secretary, today’s Telegraph carries a striking portrait photo and a warning to Theresa May that her Brexit plan would spell “victory for Brussels.” “We have gone into battle waving the white flag,” despaired the ex-Foreign Sec in what much of Westminster wrote off as another cynical attempt at a leadership bid. BoJo bemoaned that the impossible Irish border situation / customs...
Brexit could signal the end of the British union
Brexit could see Scotland edge towards independence and Northern Ireland close on reunification with Ireland, a new poll has revealed. Just 43 per cent of Scottish voters said they would vote for Scotland to remain part of Britain after Brexit, according to a study by Best for Britain and Our Future Our Choice. The research showed Brexit is also harming support for the union in Northern Ireland, where a majority would back a united Ireland. Only 39 percent would vote...
Shocking picture shows a fish trapped inside a piece of LEGO
The image was taken by Ian Jepson
Female monkeys will only take lessons from other females – but males are less discriminating
Primates pick up basic skills by copying others - just like the tradition among humans, according to a study
Downing Street terror plotter who planned to “take the head off” PM is jailed
Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 21, try to claim he was "brainwashed" by his ISIS fighter uncle he "hero worshipped"
Revealed: wealthy benefit most from water meters, others actually lose out
While high income households gain financially by switching to metering, a study suggests that less well off families are, on average, around £10 worse off
Police arrest fugitive suspected of stabbing mother and daughter to death
Janbaz Tarin, 21, was being hunted by police after Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem, 49, died from stab wounds in the early hours of Monday (27/8)