Bear gets social media “Grylling” for appearing at Tory Party Conference
Adventurer Bear Grylls has faced a social media backlash following his decision to appear at the Conservative Party Conference. Britain's Chief Scout appeared at the conference in an appeal to the Conservatives to back the organisation for a "relatively small investment" of £50 million. Thousands of new volunteers are needed to enable the 55,000 children waiting to join a group - the largest waiting list the Scouts Association has ever had. But while some people admired the TV star's cause,...
LATEST: This week’s Tube Strike – All You Need To Know To Survive The TfL London Underground Strike
NB: UPDATE: The London Underground Strike has been suspended, but South Western trains set to have a walk out. MORE FOLLOWS. READ UPDATE. If there is no breakthrough in talks between London Underground and Aslef the union representing most tube drivers, Londoners are looking at a walkout by underground staff from the early hours of Thursday morning. Any breakthrough is beginning to look less likely this afternoon. The dispute centres on broken agreements underground staff say they had with tube...
This post on Australian gun control is going viral after Vegas shootings
A post on Australian gun control is going viral following the tragic shootings in Las Vegas. The Facebook picture refers to a mass shooting in 1996 which prompted politicians to introduce sweeping gun control measures. The government bought back and destroyed over 1 million guns and put in controls over who can purchase firearms, which has eradicated mass shootings in the country. It has also barely inflicted its citizen's rights to own arms. Only full and semi automatic guns are...
Jeremy Hunt’s new health worker app “brings gig economy to NHS’
Instead of wasting money creating Uber for the NHS, why doesn’t the health secretary give all NHS staff the pay rise they desperately need? GMB, the union for public sector workers, says a new healthcare workforce app unveiled by Jeremy Hunt will bring the gig economy to the NHS. In a speech to the Conservative Party Conference today, the Health Secretary announced plans to introduce an app-based work system to 12 NHS trusts. Jeremy Hunt said:“They need to be able...
Jeremy Hunt tries to claim Tories created NHS – Jon Ashworth calls him out
By Benjamin Jenkins Jeremy Hunt has been called out for trying to rewrite history at the Conservative Party Conference after he claimed that the Tories were responsible for the creation of the National Health Service. The Secretary of State for Health played a clip from 1944 when the NHS was founded, insinuating that it was the Conservatives that had created it. But the Tories fought it "tooth and nail" all the way through Parliament on a three line whip and voted against...
Buckfast Monks blast Scottish confectioner as “highly irresponsible” for making Buckfast flavoured sweets
The monks behind a controversial tonic wine have blasted a Scottish confectioner as "highly irresponsible" for making BUCKFAST FLAVOURED SWEETS. Buckfast have struggled to shake off a reputation which has seen the drink directly linked with violent crime and anti-social behaviour. And confectioners Ross's of Edinburgh have now concocted the flavour to appeal to "the younger generation". The sweets, called Buckfast Flavoured Creams, have only been on sale for a few weeks and there is already a growing demand for...
Range Rover driver jailed for killing cyclist as he dashed to work following boozy night out
A Range Rover driver who killed a cyclist as he dashed to work after he overslept following a night boozing and snorting drugs has been jailed. Bar manager George Hacker, 26, was more than 90 minutes late for work when he got behind the wheel of his powerful £30,000 Range Rover Evoque. As he was driving to work and chatting to a pal on the phone using Bluetooth he drifted onto the opposite carriageway and smashed head-on into cyclist Simon...
Ruth Davidson tells Conservative party to “man up” and get over “nervous breakdown”
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has come out swinging for the Tories, and seems to be the only one up for the fight, to beat Labour, rather than each other. She said that the Conservative Party needs to “get over its current nervous breakdown and man up.” Davidson said that the support for Jeremy Corbyn will drop off and she will “start the fight.” Currently the main battle in the Conservative Party appears to be between Boris Johnson and Theresa...
20-year-old blasted for sparking huge police manhunt after he secretly joined the French Foreign Legion
A gung-ho 20-year-old man has been blasted for sparking a huge police manhunt after he joined the French Foreign Legion - without telling his family. Charles Luck has since apologised and admitted his actions were 'idiotic', say family. He was last seen by relatives in June when he apparently left on his way to start a new gamekeeping job in the South of France. But he instead secretly signed up with the military service branch of the French Army, established...