Alastair Campbell has today acceded that Jeremy Corbyn is “now completely in charge” of the Labour Party, citing the leader’s conference grip on conference proceedings this week as evidence that Corbyn now reigns supreme. The former New Labour spin doctor called for Corbyn to resign before the 2017 General Election, saying: "What we know having seen Jeremy Corbyn in a position of leadership for some time, he cannot do the job, and if he is a decent man he should do the...
A coach company has caused outrage by parking up yards from the charred remains of the Grenfell Towers blaze where dozens perished in June so that Chinese tourists can take photos and selfies by the tragic shell of the residential flats. Despite signs locals have put up asking people to show respect and refrain from taking photos, residents were outraged on Wednesday to see a whole coachload of tourists snapping away at the 24-storey site of the blaze where many...
This is the horrific aftermath of a rush-hour stampede at a Mumbai railway station which has killed 27 people. The incident happened on a narrow footbridge two of the city's major local train lines, at Elphinstone station this morning (29). The horror crush has been blamed on heavy rain, overcrowding and some locals have speculated people began to run when rumours circulated the bridge was collapsing. A video shows the stairs which appear to lead from the bridge piled high...
A large plastic pollution clean up has collected 15 tonnes of plastic off the coast of the Russian Arctic Ocean in a single day. The shocking discovery, made on the coast and sea off Murmansk, North East Russia, which was previously considered to be one of the globe's most pristine bodies of water, has heightened existing fears as to the impact of manmade pollution on the world's oceans. In response to the worrying findings, a new organisation The Slava Foundation...
Labour jumped from fourth to first in Halton-with-Aughton and from third to first in Thetford Priory in a huge night of council by-elections. The party won Halton-with-Aughton (Lancaster) for the first time ever with a gain of +18.0. They edged out the Green Party and the Conservatives who picked up 27.2 per cent and 26.2 per cent of the vote respectively. Huge ground was also made up in Norfolk where the party took Thetford Priory from the Conservatives with a swing of +28.0. The...
By Benjamin Jenkins The co-founder of the Leave.eu campaign Richard Tice just delivered a shocking vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May on BBC Question Time. Watch the stunned look on the face of Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State for Culture and Media as the property entrepreneur and prominent Brexiteer delivered his damning verdict. Question Time host David Dimbleby asked the Brexit campaign chief: “do you think Theresa May is going to finish her full term and would...
First off, before we move on, we must remind you that you should do your own due diligence before investing because that’s how investors get rich and avoid losing money. Having said this, you should start looking for investment opportunities for the next year, and this article will share with you the top 3 promising stocks that are expected to have an excellent performance in 2018. #1 – Xperi Corporation (XPER): The previous year was bright and prosperous for Xperi...
A councillor has denied allegations that he said that "all Muslims carry sharp knives" at a formal meeting about Christmas lights in June this year. Councillor Martin Field of the March Town Council, accused his colleague, Councillor Kit Owen, also of March Town Council, of racist and sexist remarks at the committee meeting. Councillor Field said: "He has muttered such things under his breath before at council meetings and I have questioned him about it before." Carol Pilson, monitoring officer...
Serial offender Katie Hopkins is under fire again - this time for having arranged a speaking tour on topics such as Trump and Brexit - in secondary schools. The publicity mongering controversialist was fired from her talk show on LBC due to the Holocaust connotations of her call for a "final solution" in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing. And earlier this year she was ordered to pay food blogger Jack Monroe £131,000 in court costs and damages for falsely trolling...
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