Politics

The Sun and Mail Online have both backtracked on stories ran this weekend that suggested Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was “dancing a jig” on his way to the Cenotaph on Rembrance Sunday. Although it is unlikely corrections or clarifications will be run by either titles, the Press Gazette reported this morning that both stories have been pulled after The Daily Mirror reported that the photos in fact showed Corbyn walking along and talking to 92-year-old World War Two veteran George Durack who...

A former council chairman who defected to the Tories just days ago has been suspended - after sharing a "xenophobic" joke on Facebook "by accident". Turncoat Mark Rees, 60, plunged the Conservatives into controversy less than a week after leaving Labour. The shock suspension comes after Stroud MP Neil Carmichael welcomed the former Labour politician into the Tory ranks, after his shock switch in political allegiances . Neil Carmichael described Mr Rees as a “long standing community champion” who would be a...

Donald Trump's election victory is the biggest threat to world peace since the end of the Cold War, a political expert claimed today. Dr Brian Klaas, a fellow in comparative politics at the London School of Economics, said that the incumbent President's warning that the US could pull out of Nato unless other countries contribute more could destabilise Eastern Europe. He also warned that countries across Europe will now be thinking they have to spend more on defence with the different outlook at the rest of...

Canadians are poking fun at America's 45th President Donald Trump by claiming to build an ice wall to stop fleeing Americans. Applications for immigration in Canada caused the official website to crash overnight as news of America's incumbent President started to filter through. Donald Trump has been very vocal about his plans to build a wall across the Mexican border to keep illegal immigrants out, but his own citizens could be facing the same treatment now he is in power. BREAKING...

Bookmaker Betway are reporting multiple pay-outs of hundreds of thousands of pounds at big odds in what has been dubbed Brexit II for the gambling industry. Early reports suggest the Trump win could be a worse result for the bookies than Brexit and Leicester winning the Premier League. Betway’s Alan Alger, said: “After Leicester winning the League at monster odds and punters cleaning us out in the late hours of the Brexit vote, we could have done without Donald Trump being...

Donald Trump has become the 45th President of the United States in an election that has sent tremors across the World. The Republican candidate took key states such as Texas, Iowa and Utah, as well as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Florida which, amongst others, were assumed to be guaranteed wins for Hilary Clinton and the Democrats. Very few people expected the result and the mood is very much one of disbelief as Barack Obama, a man who stood for...

Donald Trump is on track to win the US election against all odds. The Republican candidate has won the key swing states of Ohio and Florida, and is now projected to win in single figures. After 43 white male presidents some believe a female president following the first black president was a step too far for some Americans, and that's certainly the social media reaction to it. Many believe this is an anti-establishment vote similar to Britain's Brexit vote on...

By Marcus Hendriks Perhaps the overriding sentiment towards the election currently pervading New York City is one of apathy. On one level this is unsurprising, as the primaries and secondaries have by now combined to form a long, protracted process of over one year. But on another, this is an election after all, a fairly important affair. This attitude is even observable in the news coverage. Today, a Fox News anchor’s exhaustion was unsuccessfully masked by humour when commenting that even...

Ok this isn't as scientific as an Ipsos/Mori poll, but traditional polls aren't exactly doing very well, so why not listen to a goat? I was, and still am sceptical about this animal's psychic ability, but it chose Clinton to win, and that's enough for me. It turns out that Boots the goat is a professional psychic that predicts political outcomes. The 3-year-old goat from Jedburgh, Scotland, beat many pundits by correctly asserting that the United Kingdom would vote to...