Watch – Merry Cringemas! Theresa May left out in the cold at EU summit
Well this is mega awkward and likely to be the way of things to come in the future. Our esteemed PM arrived in Brussels this morning for a one-day summit to discuss immigration, among other crucial trade issues. As soon as the summit finished, the Prime Minister was left awkwardly hanging around by herself, nobody wanted to talk, or even look at her, it's going to be lonely this xmas, and possibly for the next ten Christmases, for May at the EU....
MPs to get ANOTHER pay rise next year taking increase to £10k over 2 years!
In news, which will anger pretty much everyone, including even some MPs, our elected officials are going to get another pay rise next year. With many public sector workers seeing their pay frozen or even reduced in some cases, MPs will be gifted a 1.4% salary boost next year, which will equate to a grand each. With rail fares to rise and worries about how Brexit could adversely damage the UK economy, it might have been wise not to hand...
28% of Brits believe calling someone a racial slur is not a hate crime
An ICM poll has found that over a quarter of people (28 per cent) who use a racial slur at someone due to their race is not a hate crime. The same number also thinks that hate crime laws are an attack on freedom of speech in the UK. Additionally ten per cent of the respondents think that physically attacking someone due to their race is not a hate crime, reports the Independent. Home Office figures released in October suggest that...
Brexit could take a DECADE and still FAIL, says UK ambassador
When the UK voted to leave the EU, many Brexiteers thought that ties would be instantly cut from mainland Europe, but it seems it is going to take a lot longer. The BBC has reported that Britain’s ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, thinks the UK-EU deal could take a decade to sign off and it could still be rejected by other EU member states. Tory MP Dominic Raab said this morning that the EU would be hit the...
Could you pass the UK citizenship test?
British citizenship has been a hot topic this year thanks to the result of Brexit, with many EU nationals looking to find out how they can secure their UK citizenship. Any persons wishing to apply for UK citizenship has to pass a test that combines both topics surrounding British history and British values. The test is designed to place emphasis on the diversity of British history, and the achievements accomplished. Take the test and see if you can score the...
Pictures: Amazon Completes The World’s First Drone Delivery in Cambridgeshire
Retail giant Amazon has successfully completed the world's first delivery by drone. The driverless plane delivered the order in less than thirty minutes in Cambridgeshire. The billionaire founder of Amazon announced on Twitter that: "First-ever #AmazonPrimeAir customer delivery is in the books." Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994, claimed that it took just 13 minutes from click to direct delivery. The new service is known as Amazon Prime Air and promises to get packages to customers in 30 minutes...
Labour’s Christmas video is cringe-worthy, but the underlying message rings true
Just when you thought you had seen the pits of this year's Christmas ad spree Labour release a re-hashed version of Do They Know Its Christmas and take the spoils at the final hurdle. Bravo them. Just when I thought I'd had my fill of abject humiliation for this year our shadow cabinet decide to turn up the cringe one more time. And what a howler it is. To the tune of the Band Aid classic, it goes: Christmas is hard..... On...
Beer of the Week – BrewDog ‘Santa Paws’
Strength: 4.5% ABV Brewed: Ellon, Scotland Tired of a market dominated by industrially brewed lagers and ales, the team behind BrewDog set up the world’s first crowd-funded brewery in 2007. Now one of the UK’s most prominent breweries, operating from a site in Ellon, just north of Aberdeen, a community of over 35000 investors own shares in the business, with shares still available. And what’s more, the brewery that’s made for the people, by the people is still constantly striving to encourage...
PMQs 14th Dec – “Confusion never stops…Closing wards and ticking clocks”
It was the longest PMQs, possibly ever, at 46 minutes, and time, well time running out, was the theme that dominated the session. In the UK we are living longer than ever, and Jeremy Corbyn was wondering why the Tories had axed £4.6bn social care funding, to ensure our final years are as miserable as Alf Garnett seeing out the rest of his days in The Gambia. Local Authorities can now raise additional council taxes to fund elderly social care,...