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The Labour grassroots organisation now has over 31,000 members, a huge following considering it was only launched a couple of years ago. Momentum was set-up after Jereym Corbyn’s shock victory in the Labour leadership contest in 2015. The group has come under criticism from the right of British media and politics and also from within the Labour party itself. Critics of the group, however, claim its activists have taken over constituency Labour parties and agitated against sitting MPs who are...

Global Justice Now member Bob Gillespie tries out a custom built Trump mask as the group hold a protest outside the SEC at the Scottish National Party (SNP) Autumn conference to highlight the dangers of post-Brexit trade deals with the US. Members of Global Justice Now hold a protest outside the SEC at the Scottish National Party (SNP) Autumn conference to highlight the dangers of post-Brexit trade deals with the US. October 9, 2017. Campaigners are concerned that a free...

The parents of a Brit arrested in Dubai for accidentally touching another man's hip to avoid bumping into him have warned others to stay away from the country. Jamie Harron is facing three years in a UAE jail for "public indecency" after he placed his hand on a man so they did not bump and spill their drinks. And as his trial approaches Jamie's mother Patricia says she cannot even sleep out of worry for her son - and his...

UK professionals working in the city of London are officially the poorest workers in Britain, despite earning the highest average salary in the UK. Based on new roles advertised in Q3 2017, CV Library revealed that the average annual salary in London is £37,335; a slight dip on the same period in 2016 and just 15.7 per cent greater than the national average of £32,246 per year. However, further research revealed that premium costs in the capital drastically outweigh the...

The last US election played out as some pollsters had warned - like a terrible game of scissors, stone and paper. People found Bernie Sanders more believable than Donald Trump, yet the Democrat Party refused to believe in anyone but Hillary Clinton, even though many warned that she should have a far harder time standing against Trump. All this was pretty obvious to everyone but never really acknowledged by mainstream TV hosts like Bill Maher who this week ribbed Russell...

A 'bullying' headmaster who stole £100,000 of school funds to fund a lavish lifestyle and romped with his secretary in a specially-built 'sex dungeon' was jailed for four years today on Friday. James Stewart, 72, was found to have a large purple dildo, a clitoral stimulator, penis-shaped straws and a fridge full of champagne when investigators found an 'inner sanctum' his office, a court heard. The room, described as having rugs and cushions with wet wipes on the floor, was...

The Conservative Party Conference was still packing up when the knives were out for Theresa May. With Theresa May hanging onto power by her fingernails the plot to oust the PM is being “masterminded” by Grant Shapps. "A growing number of number of my colleagues, we realise that the solution isn't to bury our heads in the sand and just hope things will get better, the MP for Welwyn Hatfield told Radio 4’s Today programme this morning. Shapps told Radio...

A new site has been set up that allows you type your own phrase behind Theresa May and watch it fall off. The British Drea was created following the devastating final speech by May at the Conservative Party Conference where parts of the Tory's slogan fell off. Ironically, the phrase was "building a country that works for everyone", but eventually crumbled to "Bui ding a c ntry tha orks or ryon". May's position remains fragile today after Grant Shapps started an...

Wall Street is getting set to move to Frankfurt with office space being rented at a rate of knots. Goldman Sachs has agreed to lease 10,000 square metres of office space at the new Marienturm building in Frankfurt, according to Reuters, making it one of the city’s biggest wins since Brexit. The bank will take the eight top floors of a new 37-storey tower now being built, giving it space for up to 1,000 staff. JP Morgan is also considering renting...