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Though the prospect might appal most of the nation / the planet, Johnson is way ahead of other Tories vying for the top spot among Conservative Party members.

Their collusion was scandalous.

The UK Government’s policies have led to the systematic immiseration of millions across Great Britain, the UN’s expert on poverty and human rights said in a report released today, calling for a new vision that embodies compassion to end the unnecessary hardship.   Philip Alston’s report, released following his official visit to the country in November 2018, concludes that the results of the austerity experiment are “crystal clear”.  “There are 14 million people living in poverty, record levels of hunger and...

Labour would be clear favourites to take the most votes in the European Elections if it became pro-Remain and promised a second referendum. A ComRes poll revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s party would receive 38 per cent of the vote in that eventuality, putting it eight points ahead of the Brexit party and 27 points ahead of the Conservatives. The research, published by Remain United utilising the expertise of Electoral Calculus, predicted that with no change to its position on Brexit,...

In a long awaited statement on her final throw of the dice, Theresa May as expected announced one more vote to pass her Brexit deal - but in an attempt to lure MPs across the bench, and across the Brexit debate, she offered concessions including a vote on a confirmatory referendum to give the people back a chance to have the final say on the Brexit deal. In another speech straight to press, avoiding the questioning she would receive from...

Britain’s election watchdog has announced it will be visiting the Brexit Party headquarters within the next 24 hours and begin an urgent probe of donations to Nigel Farage’s new party. The investigation has been launched just days before the party officially launched in April is tipped to win the most seats in the European Parliamentary elections. The probe comes as the party’s chairman Richard Tice today repeatedly failed to say whether the party was accepting foreign funding and a former...

A loaded Brexit poll posted on the pro-Leave page Britain Bites Back went horribly wrong yesterday after the vast majority of respondents rallied behind a so-called “traitor” option. The poll, which was created on Sunday afternoon, asked Facebook users who they are voting for in the European Elections – UKIP or Brexit or for “Remain like a traitor”. “Both UKIP and the Brexit party should get our vote” in the elections, the post read, but the results went seriously awry...

Nigel Farage has become the latest politician to have been hit by a milkshake while on the campaign trail after been splattered in Newcastle. According to Evening Chronicle reporter Sean Seddon there were chaotic scenes on Northumberland Street as Farage was whisked from the scene by security. He said: "(Farage is) furious. Telling his security “it’s a failure” and “how did that happen”" as he was taken away in a car. The incident comes after police in Edinburgh banned a...

Peers from both the Labour and Conservative parties have advised voters to back the Liberal Democrats in the upcoming European Elections this week. Michael Heseltine announced that he will not back the Conservatives at the European elections and will vote for the Liberal Democrats instead because of their Brexit stance in a strongly-worded article for The Sunday Times. Lord Heseltine said: "I cannot, with a clear conscience, vote for my party when it is myopically focused on forcing through the...