“I’ve just donated the steam off my piss” Tory abuse for murdered Jo Cox
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Tory councillor decided to take to social media to make his own twisted donation to the murdered MP Jo Cox. Tory Dominic Peacock said he would "donate the steam of my piss" in memory of her brutal murder. The member for East Riding of Yorkshire Council, claimed he was "sick and tired" of hearing about the mum's murder by a deranged man with far-right beliefs. On a page asking people to donate cash...
Watch: Ovation After Ruth Davidson Destroys ‘Leave Lies’
The leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Davidson received an ovation last night after outing the Leave campaign's lies and inaccurate figures used in their propaganda. Facing Boris Johnson and other key 'Outers' Davidson said she "can't let it stand that you sell a blatant untruth two days before a referendum", citing the Leave campaign's claim that 60 per cent of our laws are made in the EU, which is "simply not true". Only 13 per cent of our laws,...
Right-Wing Extremists Inflict More Fatalities Than Islamist Terrorists
A new report released this week will warn that right-wing extremists inflict more fatalities and injuries than Islamist terrorists in “lone actor” attacks. The report, from the Royal United Services Institute think tank in London, says that 94 people were killed and 260 injured in attacks carried out by right-wing extremists across Europe between the start of 2000 and the end of 2014. That compares with 16 deaths and 65 injuries caused by religiously inspired lone wolf attacks. The think tank...
Massive generational divide underlies “Brexit” vote
Fully 71 percent of the youngest (18-24 year olds) British voters plan to cast ballots for the country to Remain in the European Union in the upcoming referendum, compared with just 38 percent of those aged 65 and up, according to a new UK survey by SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading survey platform. The huge generational gap underscores several great divides in the British electorate on the historic vote. Male voters favour Leave by a 10-point margin, while women side with...
Brexit ‘Will Not Reduce EU Immigration’ MEP Claims
A vote to leave the European Union will not help reduce EU immigration because the free movement of people will be a condition of any free trade deal with the European single market, a Conservative MEP has claimed. Speaking at an EU debate hosted by Equilibrium Asset Management Sajjad Karim MEP said he has heard it ‘from the horse’s mouth’ that UK access to the single market was contingent on the acceptance of free movement. The claim raises questions for...
Video – Prof Dougan says Brexit ‘dishonesty on industrial scale”
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor EU law expert Professor Michael Dougan added to his criticism of the referendum campaign’s “industrial dishonesty.” During his video he accuses Leave campaigners of “dishonesty really on an industrial scale.” He investigated the central themes raised by both the Remain and Leave campaigns in a video that has clocked up more than two million views on Facebook. Dougan in the past has advised government departments on EU law and provided evidence to parliamentary enquiries and...
Energy sector workers back BREXIT despite energy jobs uncertainty
In just three days we'll know the outcome of the EU referendum. As it fast approaches and the vote looks like it will hang in the balance, research from the energy jobs sector has come up with some surprising results. The survey attempted to delve into what energy professionals really thought about the future of the EU and where they want to be on June 24th. The results of the survey, conducted by EnergyJobline.com, a global energy jobs board for energy and...
The Benefit of Benefits
By Sean Michael Wilson Over the last 5 years people of left wing views have been focusing a lot on how the Tories are making life worse for people in the UK. Increasing student debt, decreasing housing benefit, making welfare payments more difficult to access, etc. But certain people, of a more right wing or conservative bent, have reacted rather differently. They come up with what they may think of as hard nosed, realistic views (of a social darwinist type, that...
Brexit might cause ‘black Friday’, says George Soros
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor George Soros, one of the planet’s most well known currency speculators, has warned that Brexit could cause a currency fall that could cause more disruption then leaving the ERM in 1992. His $10bn (£6.9bn) bet against the pound broke the Bank of England. Soros talking to the Guardian said that although some speculators could make huge financial gains from leaving the EU, a Brexit would leave “most voters considerably poorer.” The vote is on a...