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NHS Crisis – Hospitals delay non-urgent operations
The NHS crisis shows no signs of improving, as non-urgent operations are to be pushed back until the end of January. Winter pressure of the NHS has meant that services have been severely stretched. The NHS needs to focus on emergency care, and has no option but to delay non-urgent care. The winter period is always tough for the NHS, with the numbers of people with Flu related illnesses, adding to the, already huge, patient numbers. Many people will be...
This speech on Europe is going viral for all the right reasons
A video of a speech in the European Parliament by Spanish MEP Esteban Gonzales Pons is going viral on social media. The rousing talk highlights the problems currently being faced on the continent, highlighting the importance of unity in a time of great instability. He said: "Europe is currently bound to the North by populism and to the South by refugees drowned in the sea. "To the East by Putin's tanks, to the West by the Trump Wall. "In the past...
“The blood of these young people on her hands” – Former police officer’s jaw-dropping response to the spike in young violent crime needs to be seen:
After four young men were stabbed in London in one night on New Year’s Eve, former Senior Investigating Officer at the Metropolitan Police Peter Kirkham was invited onto Sky News to explain the appalling events, as well as the shocking upturn in violent crime in recent months. His candid response is an appalling indictment of this Government, ignored warnings on police cuts, "institutional racism" that has turned a blind eye to the regular deaths of young men in inner cities and...
Corbyn’s shadow rail minister’s Virgin Train breaks down en route to rail fares protest
Jeremy Corbyn's shadow rail minister Andy McDonald was left stranded on a broken down Virgin Train en route to a rail fares protest in Leeds. The East Coast line has had the benefit of a £2 billion payout over the last over the last few weeks and it comes hot on the heels of today's 3.6 per cent increase in rail fares. McDonald said on his Facebook page: "My day of campaigning has been brought to a halt due to a...
Freemasons in police are “leading to an old boys’ network” outgoing Police Federation chief warns
Reform of police forces is being blocked by membership of the Freemasons, the outgoing Police Federation chair Steve White has warned. Previously some police figures such as former Met police commissioner the late Sir Kenneth Newman and those investigating police forces have warned that membership of the secret society should have no place in the police. Steve White who stepped down after three years as head of the Police Federation on January 1, told The Guardian newspaper: “What people do...
Putting prices & backs up…Virgin Trains apologises for ‘sexist’ tweet
After train users have been slapped with their regular yearly ticket rise Virgin Trains has now "apologised unreservedly" for a tweet which some social media users described as "sexist". In response to a complaint about being referred to as "honey", the official Virgin Trains East Coast Twitter account asked if she would "prefer 'pet' or 'love' next time". The passenger, Emily Lucinda Cole, 27, said she was "stunned" by the response. Many other people took to social media to share...
Labour start 2018 two points ahead in the polls
The Labour party go in to 2018 two points ahead of the Conservatives in the polls, according to the latest data. Jeremy Corbyn's party would take 42 per cent of the vote if we had an election tomorrow, with the embattled Conservatives narrowly behind on 40 per cent. The so-called "Lib Dem surge" seems to have amounted to very little with the party remaining on 7 per cent of the vote. UKIP (4 per cent) and the Green Party (1...
Scottish parliament bosses urged to rethink using birds of prey to scare off pigeons
Scottish Parliament bosses have been urged to rethink spending £80,000 on using birds of prey to scare away pigeons after their effectiveness was called into question. Hawks and falcons are brought in regularly to fly over the Scottish Parliament building to deter pigeons from making it their home. But MSPs say that the unwanted birds have gotten wise to the scheme and simply wait for them to be taken away by their handler before settling back on the roofs and...
Housing Crisis – Over 11,000 UK homes have been empty for a decade or more
As the hosing crisis deepens with homelessness on the rise, especially in the capital, and other major cities, is has been revealed that over 11,000 dwellings in the UK have stood empty for over a decade. The research, carried out by the Lib Dems, used figures gather from 276 local councils also showed that over 216,000 homes have sat empty for over six months. There have been accusations that some of the wealthiest parts of the UK, in West London...