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John McDonnell tells the City “people want change, get used to it” as protesters descend on parliament

John McDonnell has sent early warning signs to London's financial sector saying he wants to "transform capitalism" and they had "better get used to it". The Shadow Chancellor pulled no punches in a strongly-worded interview with CityAM today. He said "we are sixth or fifth biggest economy in the world and yet at the same time we can't house our own people, a million foodbank parcels handed out last year - that is a system that's not working". His sentiment echoe that of...

Devon town declares itself ‘city state’ in opposition to Brexit

A plucky town in Devon has made a stand against Brexit. Remainers in Totnes have declared their town an “independent city state.” They have even gone as far as making passports and writing an oath of allegiance to the EU. However, they admit that it is a bit of fun and don’t expect Totnes to be annexing itself from the rest of the UK, for real, any time soon. Dominic Raab has one less problem on his list to potentially...

Jeremy Hunt mixes up Chinese & Japanese describing own wife on China trade trip

Jeremy Hunt recently promoted to Foreign Secretary and in China a bid to establish new trade connections managed to get the nationality of his wife wrong in a botched bid to ingratiate himself with his hosts. Hunt, Britain’s top diplomat now managed to mix up regional rivals Japan and China, as well as mistake his wife’s nationality, boasting “my wife is Japanese.” He hastily corrected himself, telling his counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi: “my wife is Chinese. That’s a...

“Deadly equation” – fewer police to deal with increase in crime

Savage cuts to the police force is making the UK a more dangerous place to live in, according to crime commissioner. West Midlands police and crime commissioner David Jamieson warned that having fewer officers to tackle a sharp an increase in crime is a “deadly equation.” Jamieson told the BBC’s Today programme in an interview over the weekend: “The homicide team in the West Midlands is actually at bursting point at the moment dealing with the many serious incidents they’ve had,” he...

Open letter by MPs demanding a new vote on Brexit is published

A group of almost 40 MPs have come together to sign an open letter pleading for a second referendum over Brexit, reports the Daily Mirror. The MPs form a cross party alliance hoping that the nation is given another chance to decide if leaving the EU is the what they really want. The letter reads: “Brexit is taking longer and costing more than we thought, and it’s been changing our communities, our hospitals and our job prospects in ways that...

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