‘Calm down’: Boris WhatsApp plea in full to his party to support PM May
Boris Johnson urged Tory MPs to unite behind Theresa May and mocked Jeremy Corbyn. The Foreign Secretary posted his rallying cry to a WhatsApp conversation which was promptly leaked to the media. Many would say the Tories are in free fall and PM May's days are numbered, and a minority deal with the DUP still hasn't been finalised. Jeremy Corbyn is hopefully Labour may even be able to form a government, if the Conservatives fail to bring the DUP on board....
In Pictures: EDL & anti-fascist protesters clash in Manchester
People were urged to stay away from Piccadilly Gardens after a protest involving the EDL and rival anti-fascist groups turned violent today. GMP issued a statement on Twitter on Sunday, which read: “There is a demonstration taking place in Piccadilly Gardens this afternoon, please avoid the area if possible until protesters have finished.” The EDL protest was led by controversial figure Tommy Robinson. GMP members said it had “turned nasty” and were struggling to keep the two groups from clashing...
Forget the papers, this will be remembered as the people’s election
There once was a time when rich newspaper moguls ruled Britain's political scene and pandering to their needs was a sure-fire way of securing a tasty majority in parliament. But on Thursday evening, as the exit polls came in showing that Labour would win 261 seats in the General Election, Rupert Murdoch stormed out of The Times' election party. The days of the "Murdoch machine" reigning supreme, it seems, were over. For the most part coverage of Jeremy Corbyn's campaign this...
Labour close to a MILLION members following election success
The Labour party has garnered almost a million members following its General Election success. Jeremy Corbyn's party has picked up a further 150,000 members since Thursday bringing total membership numbers to 800,000. The Conservative Party membership figures were just under 150,000 in December 2016. Speaking on the Andrew Marr show this morning Mr Corbyn said the election signified a rejection of the “politics of fear” and said "we are ready any time” to govern. “We have a chaotic situation with a government...
Seneca Global Income & Growth outperforms strongly and proposes new benchmark
Seneca Global Income & Growth outperforms strongly Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (SIGT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2017. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of +19.6% and share price total return of +20.7%, both of which significantly outperformed its Libor+3% benchmark. The chairman’s statement also highlights that SIGT’s returns have been less volatile than the broader UK equity market. It says that its annualised volatility was 9.7% compared...
These are the constituencies where the bookmakers got it drastically wrong
The Labour Party has defied odds of 66/1 to win Kensington. The seat was the last to declare and went to Labour by just 25 votes after the count was paused because of teller fatigue. Historically Kensington is a Conservative stronghold, highlighted by Lady Victoria Borwick winning over 52 per cent of the vote back in 2015. It was also Michael Portillo's seat when he won the 1999 by-election, and is also the constituency in which The Daily Mail is based. People...
In defence of Caitlin Moran: don’t be a c**t
As people queued up to vote yesterday, The Times columnist Caitlin Moran sent Twitter into a mini meltdown by tweeting: “Obviously there’s a more nuanced take on this, but, broadly, voting for Labour = not being a cunt.” As many of her followers retweeted her election day exhortation, others predictably chose to put their noses out of joint on the spikey comment she has since deleted and started tweeting angrily about being #Caitlinscunts. https://twitter.com/SteveJenks63/status/872724089659686912 Other rightwing commentators chose to grab the moral high ground...
Volunteer at homeless shelters, donate to food banks. “Say Chrissy sent you”
On Saturday night, Christine Archibald, a young woman who had given her life to help others, was murdered whilst visiting London from the Calgary homeless project she had worked with; a centre and a city that has been devastated by her loss. Christine Archibald was one of the first victims to be named and, as I read more about her and her work and discovered the news that she had died in the arms of the man she loved on...
Mult-lingual Creative Dance Class for Kids Launches!
A new and unique multi-lingual creative dance class for children has been launched at West London dance school Ballet 4 Life. The class is the only of its kind in the area and offers something a little different to other kids dance classes. Led by Spanish hailing dance teacher Ana Gurría, who trained at the esteemed Conservatory of Dance in Valencia, the class uses creative movement alongside the sounds of Spanish, English and Italian. Suitable for 18 months olds to five...