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London “next to be attacked” by ISIS as Churches put on alert

After the disgusting events of yesterday at a Church in Normandy, when a Priest was murdered in cold blood, the terrorists’ attentions appear to be turning to London. There have been images threatening attacks on the UK capital circulating via Telegram, a messaging app used by Islamic terrorists. The warning for London comes the day after an 85-year-old priest’s throat was slit by two attackers who claimed to represent Islamic State. After intercepting these communications counter-terror police have warned religious...

UK bottom of wage growth league…with Greece

More depressing UK economic news has been released, this time in relation to wage growth. Britain has seen a larger decline in real wages since the 2007 credit crunch than any other developed country apart from Greece. It is feared that Brexit may have an even more negative impact on the wage growth, which could leave a clear gap between the UK and the rest of the OECD group of nations. The figures were discovered by the TUC who revealed...

Barack Obama’s Half-Brother Backs Donald Trump

Barack Obama's half-brother Malik has backed Donald Trump in the upcoming US Presidential election. The Kenyan pronounced to the BBC World Service "My name is Malik and I will be voting for Mr Donald Trump," in an interview where he backed the outspoken Republican candidate because he came across as a "straightforward guy" who "speaks from the heart". Despite living in the rural Kenyan village of Kogelo Malik Obama is still registered to vote in the state of Maryland, and will be changing...

London PR firm refused to share building with ex-offenders’ charity

A PR firm has taken a harsh stance against a charity who wanted to move into the same building as them. According to City A.M. Lee Publicity, a fashion and home PR business would not accept a charity that helps female ex-offenders to get into work, to locate themselves at the same address. The charity, Working Chance, was set up to provide workshops to women who have been in trouble with the law. They run seminars to help the offenders...

Highest-Paid CEOs Run Worst-Performing Companies

The multi-million pound pay packages handed out to CEO’s don’t actually improve the companies they work for, in fact it makes them worse. A newly published study by corporate-governance research firm MSCI has highlighted this issue. They ask the simple question: “Has CEO pay reflected long-term stock performance? In a word, ‘no.’” Many people have complained about huge salary boosts to heads of companies, now these increases don’t actually improve business performance; there will be questions raised why these packages...

Sarah Champion Asks Corbyn For Her Job Back

Labour politician and MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion has asked Jeremy Corbyn for her job back after resigning at the end of June. Champion was part of the Labour coup which failed to overturn the leader at the end of June, and she now appears to have gone back cap in hand to ask to be reinstated as Shadow Minister. She wrote: Dear Jeremy I would like to formally retract my resignation and ask to be reinstated to my role as Shadow Home...

Len McCluskey claims MI5 infiltrating Corbyn camp to abuse Lab MPs

Shocking claims have just come to light after Union chief Len McCluskey believes that MI5 are trying to undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. He thinks that MI5 agents are pretending to be Corbyn supporters and are then abusing rebel Labour MPs in public. 44 female Labour MPs have revealed that they have received horrific on-line abuse. In a joint letter to Corbyn they wrote: “Rape threats, death threats, smashed cars and bricks through windows are disgusting and...

“Much worse” than Robert Maxwell, says MP probing Sir Philip Green

The pressure of Sir Philip Green has continued today as the chairman of the Commons Committee that probed BHS’s collapse believes that the retail boss is worse than Robert Maxwell. Robert Maxwell, siphoned off millions of pounds from the pension scheme at the Mirror Group. After the scam was uncovered, a year later in 1991, he died while out on his yacht and fell into the sea. Frank Field MP stated that Green held enough money to fill the pensions...

Video – Journalist caught hunting Pokemon during State briefing

Never mind chasing IS the hunt for Pokemon seems more important to one journalist. During a press briefing on the very serious subject of terrorism, US State Department spokesman John Kirby noticed one hack playing the Pokemon game, which appears to be taking over the world Mr Kirby says: ‘You’re playing the Pokemon thing right there, aren’t you?’ The surprised reporter replies: ‘I’m just keeping an eye on it.’ He finished his speech then his thoughts were back to Pokemon....

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