When exactly is it political correctness gone mad? Diane Abbott appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning after a study by Amnesty found almost HALF of all the horrendous abuse female MP's suffer on social media is directed at Britain's first black woman MP, the shadow home secretary Diane Abbott. The human rights watchdog uncovered 25,688 abusive tweets to women MP's over six months leading up to the June 8 general election. Diane Abbott received 45% of all abusive tweets. Black...

Whoever is in charge of the Conservative Party's comms strategy should have learned to keep Jacob Rees-Mogg out of the limelight following his controversial comments last week. But the staunch Catholic is at it again today in an interview with LBC. Speaking about the growing use of food banks in the UK he said the trend is "rather uplifting", insisting that rather than demonstrating the scale of poverty in the country the development showed what a “good compassionate country we are.”...

By Jim Mackney Like all good folk songs, there is darkness at the heart of Rolando Colla's new film" Seven Days" (Sette Giorni). It is set on an idyllic Sicilian island and a pair of middle-aged dreamers act like a couple of horny teenagers, with predictable complications. Throughout the film the lead characters, Ivan (Bruno Todeschini) and Chiara (Alessia Barela), attempt to figure out their feelings with a quiet determinism that remains throughout the film. Although only 97 minutes long,...

Millions of Brits would happily celebrate a big windfall – by ditching their other half, a study has revealed. Researchers who carried out a detailed study found more than one in four would leave their partner, with some blokes admitting as little as £100k would be enough for them to walk away. One in 50 would even be willing to cut ties with their spouse for less than £50,000. It also emerged men would be more likely to be tempted...

I suppose it's a rather good thing that George Martin had lousy taste in neckties. Had he worn something a little more fashionable than a black tie with a red horse motif on June 6, 1962 then presumably after slagging off The Beatles' first demo recording session when Martin then asked four young men from Liverpool 'Is there anything you don't like?' George Harrison would not have replied 'Well, for a start, I don't like your tie.' Cue hilarity, a...

The girlfriend of a man who taught her pug to give Nazi salutes when he said “gas the Jews” and “Sieg Heil” yesterday told a court he turned her dog into a MONSTER. Mark Meechan, 29, was arrested after posting a video of the dog, called Buddha, performing the salute to the video platform Youtube in April last year. He claims the video was made to annoy girlfriend, Suzanne Kelly, and denies any wrongdoing. Kelly, also 29, yesterday told a...

Blue Capital Alternative statement on Irma - "On 10 September 2017, Hurricane Irma made initial U.S. landfall near the Florida Keys, Florida as a major hurricane followed by substantial rainfall and flooding.   The Investment Manager has now commenced its normal post-event procedures to estimate any loss to the Company from Hurricane Irma. The Investment Manager's loss estimates will be largely derived from the utilization of proprietary catastrophe modeling, standard industry models, an in-depth review of in-force contracts or initial indications...

A Scottish couple have become the first people to complete the Mongol Rally in an all-electric vehicle after relying on cafes, hotels and BARBERSHOPS to recharge on the way. Chris and Julie Ramsey, aka Plug In Adventures, crossed the finish line in Ulan-Ude on Saturday in their modified 2016 Nissan LEAF after travelling 8,000 miles through 13 countries to reach Siberia. They charged their car 111 times for less than £100 in electricity costs en route, but were forced to...

In yet ANOTHER U-turn for Theresa May, her Conservative manifesto pledge to make private schools sponsor academies, forge state sector partnerships or offer scholarships to poorer children to keep their charitable status has appears to have sinisterly disappeared. Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner accused the Tories of "yet another U-turn" for ditching “one of the few sensible ideas the Conservatives had”. “Ministers are ripping up the manifesto on which they stood just months ago page by page," said Rayner. “The...