A new study has revealed the top 20 things Brits worry about, with money, dead-end relationships and unfulfilling jobs among the main reason people in the UK say they're unhappy. A meagre three in ten Brits are ‘happy with their lives', the survey 2,000 people found, with 69 per cent feeling ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I’m quite paranoid and believe the whole world is a conspiracy (against who, I’m not certain), but I am sure there was a very elaborate planned “joke,” during today’s PMQs. The sting began with Robert Jenrick, Con, who said of Miliband’s economic policy, “to be ...
By David Thomson "They had for the present no object immediately before them, but that by putting stop directly to the carrying of men in British ships to be sold as slaves,” were the words of evangelical christian MP William Wilberforce after his Slave Trade Act won an overwhelming Commons ...
By Dr Katy Shaw 2014-15 marks not only the anniversary of the biggest post-war labour conflict in UK history - the 1984-5 UK miners’ strike – but also the first birthday of the Justice for Coalfields campaign. With a total population of around five million, of which 3.75 million are in ...
By Will Herrmann Writing about Ched Evans, his past misdemeanours and his future employment in a week that’s seen the tragic unfoldings in Paris seems wrong. However, the huge amount of bile that I keep being bombarded with on both mainstream and social media has driven me to try and ...
By Elsa Buchanan, International Politics reporter They have been labelled "Nazis in pinstripes" by members of the government and rally by the thousands against asylum-seekers and the supposed threat of the "Islamification" of Germany. Yet, they are desperate to prove they are not racist to attract a wide range of supporters. Welcome into the world ...
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic Terrorism is an ugly word. Unlike the act of war that evokes connotations of heroism and fighting for a cause the act of terrorism is lumped with entirely negative overtones and for good reason. But when you fight fire with fire, war ...
Satire by Jack Peat Nigel Farage is set to release a new book entitled '1,000 Ways to Blame Immigrants; the must-have guide for a guilt-free Christmas'. Part funded by the UK Independence Party, the book has been described as the 'perfect way to fuel your xenophobia this Christmas' and includes ...
By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle I tend to buy people alcohol for xmas, so I tend to "hide" the presents down my throat from the 1st of December onwards, then wrap up one of my rubbish presents from last year, and give it as a replacement for the lost bottle ...