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Prankster who gave May a fake P45 joked about catching the beleaguered PM’s cold

The prankster who famously handed Theresa May a fake P45 after gatecrashing her Tory conference speech joked about catching the beleaguered PM's COLD. Comedian Simon Brodkin, 40, who performed under his alter-ego Lee Nelson, told an audience he had "quite a bad cough" and "caught something off Theresa". The comic also boasted to the Glee Club in Nottingham that he had spent the night in a police cell following the stunt which was beamed around the world. Warming up the...

Watch this lady in blue on BBC Question Time sum up the Conservative Party right now

Damien Green appeared on BBC’s Question Time and tried his best to defend a disastrous Conservative Party Conference so bereft of ideas that the Tory message literally falling apart on the wall behind Theresa May as she spoke made the front pages. The day after Theresa May - with only 30% of her own party members believing she should not quit - gave a make or break speech, in which the highlight was a prankster handing her a P45, the...

Watch – Man had genitals reattached after they were “chopped off” by spurned lover

A man had his genitals successfully reattached after they were "chopped off" by a spurned lover when she found out he was marrying another woman, it is claimed. The injured man, named only as 26-year-old Irshad, met up with his lover, 30, for "one last time" before he was due to tie the knot with a bride of their parents' choice. The man known as Irshad who had his genitals chopped off by a spurned lover.  They arranged a liaison...

BREAKING: Sir Edward Heath abuse inquiry concludes enough evidence to question former Conservative PM

Wiltshire Police have revealed the findings of Operation Conifer - an immense investigation by five police forces into sexual abuse claims against former Tory PM Sir Edward Heath. After sifting through many accusations and testimonies from his alleged victims, the seasoned detectives who compiled the report agree that if the Conservative leader who ran Britain from 1970 to 1974 were still alive today they would be questioning him under caution for the following allegations: An alleged rape and indecently assault on...

British Firefighter On Dream Holiday Helped Dozens Of Victims In Las Vegas Shooting

A British firefighter saved dozens of people in the Las Vegas shooting after he stumbled on the massacre as he went from an evening stroll. Tony Dumbleton was on a dream holiday with wife Lucy when the atrocity, which left 59 people dead and more than 500 injured, unfolded on Sunday night (1/10). The couple, from Exhall, near Coventry, were staying at the MGM hotel when Tony went for an evening walk and heard shooting coming from the Mandalay Bay...

Watching Theresa May’s speech, it now looks Prime Minister may have plagiarised The West Wing

Oh deary dear. Deary deary deary me. So it turns out that the bit of Theresa May’s car crash Conservative Party Conference keynote speech that wasn’t marred by being handed a P45, her constant miserable coughing or the new slogan she got in to replace “strong and stable” falling off the wall behind here letter by letter... well that uplifting, inspiring bit appears lifted of an uplifting, inspiring speech in hit political TV show The West Wing. https://twitter.com/D_Raval/status/915618207343480833 https://twitter.com/chrisasabutton/status/915615879135744005 Downing...

Was Tory PM Ted Heath a serial paedophile – and what happened to the boys on his boat?

@BenGelblum  Tomorrow an investigation into claims of sexual abuse by former Tory PM Sir Ted Heath is due to publish its report. It is expected to reveal links to 42 assaults on boys, with seven claims detectives regard serious enough that they would have questioned the former Prime Minister under caution if he was still alive. The Mail on Sunday has reported that the report has looked at allegations of sexual assault on boys aged as young as 11, including a rape....

As Theresa May served P45, all the ways a calamitous Conservative Party Conference turned into an episode of The Thick Of It

Usually when Theresa May makes an important speech the pound tends to plummet scarily on international markets and confidence in Britain falls even further. Sterling cliff dive after Theresa May speech But you know it’s been a good speech when everyone’s favourite political farce The Thick Of It starts trending on social media before the speech is even over. Still it’s not like this lot have anything more complex to negotiate apart from getting through a week in Manchester without any...

Top Grammar school for girls operated an unlawful admissions policy for prospective sixth form students

A top grammar school has been rapped by education watchdogs for operating an unlawful admissions policy. Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (MGGS) in Kent applied a secret points system to chose prospective sixth form students. The school requires pupils to have six GCSEs at grade A* to C, including at least four B grades as well as B grades in the subjects they are taking at A-level. However the Local Govenrment Ombudsman found school bosses were making offers based on...

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