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Number of Britons saying the vote to leave the EU was the wrong decision reaches a new high

The number of Brits saying the vote to leave the EU was the wrong decision has reached a new high, according to the latest data. In the same week that prominent Leave campaigner Nigel Farage claimed he never “promised that Brexit would be a huge success” confidence from the British public also seems to be diminishing. Shocking analysis recently pooled the mounting evidence that suggests Brexit will make us poorer. Some 97 per cent of academics, the IMF, World Bank, HM...

These are the constituencies most at risk from Donald Trump’s protectionist policies

The UK parliamentary constituencies most at risk from Donald Trump’s steel tariffs have been revealed in new analysis. Trump protectionist administration has slapped a 25 per cent tariff on steel and a 10 per cent tariff on aluminium, citing national security interests. Britain's steel industry directly contributes £2 billion to the economy every year, official figures show. In total, more than a billion pounds are paid in wages to steelworkers across the country each year. That adds up to more than...

Conservative Muslim Forum join nationwide call for Tory party Islamophobia probe

The Executive Committee of the Conservative Muslim Forum has just added its voice to calls last night from over 350 mosques and Muslim organisations all over the Muslim community for an independent investigation into Islamophobia in the Tory party. It will be increasingly hard for Theresa May to ignore the mounting pressure for an independent inquiry after some sickening high profile racist incidents within the party. - Especially in her current weakened position, facing conspiracies and hostile briefings from within...

Airlines face call for international criminal inquiry into toxic exposure of crew & passengers

Airlines are facing a call for an international criminal inquiry into toxic exposure of crew and passengers. Campaigners are calling on anybody who may have suffered ill health linked to chemicals on board passenger jets to be part of an international inquiry into toxins in cabin air. John Hoyte, chairman of the Aerotoxic Association told The London Economic that he wants the International Criminal Court at the Hague to look at “decades of evidence” and whether passenger airlines are knowingly...

Watch: Donald Trump caught out bizarrely over Kim Jong Un letter

These video clips left many Washington commentators scratching their heads, as the President seemingly unwittingly embarrassed himself yet again over his on-off relationship with Kim Jong Un. This time it was over a letter from the North Korean leader, hand delivered by diplomatic official Kim Yong Chol. It was a rather large letter, and many took to social media to speculate if North Korean wags had made it puroposely large to show up Donald Trump's infamously small hands - a topic...

New plugin translates all mentions of “Tommy Robinson” to “convicted fraudster Stephen Yaxley-Lennon”

A new Google Chrome plug-in has been developed that translates all mentions of Tommy Robinson to "convicted fraudster Stephen Yaxley-Lennon". Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for 13 months for potentially prejudicing a court case. The hashtag #FreeTommyRobinson has been populated by sympathisers since his sentencing, but few people know the name is an alias. To avoid any confusion, HOPE not hate has released a 'Tommy Robinson' Chrome extension that translates all mentions of the former EDL leader...

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