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Sand artist creates giant sculpture of Theresa May losing her head under Brexit guillotine
A sand artist has paid graphic homage to Brexit and the Prime Minister's precarious state - with a giant sculpture of Theresa May losing her head under a falling guillotine. The controversial sculpture depicts a large globe with a horrified looking May in the centre, throwing her head under a falling guillotine with Brexit written across it. Outside of Europe on the sandy globe, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump both sit rubbing their hands together with glee as they watch...
Brexit deal “won’t pass without referendum”
Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said any Brexit deal struck between the government and Labour will not make it through the House of Commons without the pledge of a "confirmatory" referendum. Theresa May is set to continue talks with Labour today in a bid to end the political impasse surrounding Brexit. But given that no party has a majority in the Commons the deal could still get stuck unless a second referendum is put on the cards. Speaking...
Corbygeddon could spell end of golden era for UK’s super rich
The UK’s super rich are preparing to leave the UK should Jeremy Corbyn enter Downing Street, a Sunday Times investigation has revealed. A record 151 billionaires were recorded on the paper’s Rich List this year, a 9.2 per cent rise on last year with a combined wealth of nearly £525 billion. But the prospect of a Labour government could spark a potential exodus, with tax increases prompting the wealthy to move their money out of the UK. Jeremy Corbyn's party...
London’s local authority budgets have dropped by nearly a fifth over the last eight years
New analysis by Centre for London has revealed that London’s local authority budgets have dropped by nearly a fifth (17 per cent) per head over the last eight years, with inner London boroughs hit the hardest. The analysis found that all principal service areas, with the exception of children’s social care, have seen budget reductions, with planning and development, highways and transport and cultural activity budgets facing the largest cuts. Taking London’s population growth into account, councils have seen an...
Tony Blair is wrong about ditching Labour for pro-Remain parties in London. Here’s why
Tony Blair has called on anti-Brexit Labour voters to back pro-Remain parties in the upcoming European Parliament elections to stop Nigel Farage’s party running riot. The former Prime Minister told Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday that it is “important the anti-Brexit side is larger and stronger than the Farage side” in the elections, saying: “I do come across people who cannot vote for Labour, in which case I say ‘don’t stay at home – vote for any of the other...
Conservatives “clinging on to second place by their fingertips” as the Brexit Party makes gains
The UK’s two-party political system could become a thing of the past in the next General Election as the Conservatives cling on to second place by their fingertips, the latest voting intention figures show. Labour currently leads in the polls by a hefty margin, but the field is closing behind them. The Brexit party is polling at 21 per cent of the vote, one point behind the Conservatives who are wallowing on 22 per cent. The European Parliament elections are...
BBC cancels HIGNFY because it featured Heidi Allen – the day after Nigel Farage appears on Question Time
The BBC has been criticised for cancelling last night’s episode of Have I Got News For You because it featured Change UK MP Heidi Allen. The broadcaster said it was “inappropriate” to air a show featuring the leader of a political party ahead of the European Parliament Elections – even though Brexit party leader Nigel Farage was given airtime on Question Time the night before. Have I Got News For You tweeted: “Sorry everyone. The BBC have pulled tonight’s edition...
Tusk claims chances of Brexit being cancelled are 30 per cent
Donald Tusk, president of the European council, claims that the chances of Brexit being cancelled is up to 30 per cent. He believes that a new referendum would see a remain majority, overturning the original vote. Tusk said: “Paradoxically, Brexit awoke in Great Britain a pro-European movement,” to Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza in an interview shared with The Guardian. He said: “After the British referendum in 2016, I thought that if we recognise that the case is closed, it will be the end....
Ann Widdecombe compares no deal Brexit to the suffering of World War II
Brexit Party candidate Ann Widdecombe has ompared leaving the EU without a deal to the suffering people went through during the Second World War. Her comments were greeted by disbelief. The 71-year-old former Conservative Party MP who has returned to politics after retiring in 2010 insisted a no deal Brexit “is as nothing compared to the sacrifice that we asked a previous generation to make an order to ensure Britain’s freedom.” She added: “my granny was bombed out in Plymouth......