The combustible cladding installed during the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower was like “petrol”, experts have said. Speaking at the public inquiry into the fire, in which 72 people lost their lives, Stephanie Barwise QC said the scale of the disaster suggested failures “at every level of design and construction” of ...
The UK parliamentary constituencies most at risk from Donald Trump’s steel tariffs have been revealed in new analysis. Trump protectionist administration has slapped a 25 per cent tariff on steel and a 10 per cent tariff on aluminium, citing national security interests. Britain's steel industry directly contributes £2 billion to ...
The Executive Committee of the Conservative Muslim Forum has just added its voice to calls last night from over 350 mosques and Muslim organisations all over the Muslim community for an independent investigation into Islamophobia in the Tory party. It will be increasingly hard for Theresa May to ignore the ...
I have been finding many of the more political films I’ve been watching for this series more relevant than I’d like, and Romper Stomper, sadly, doesn’t feel like an exception in that respect. Neo-nazism is again on the rise, enabled and encouraged by the so called Alt Right. Much of ...
It was with a dismissive sweep that Nigel Farage mentioned that he would just leave Britain if Brexit was a disaster. Speaking on his LBC show the outspoken campaigner claimed he never "promised that it would be a huge success", just that "we will be self-governing". "That’s the point", he said. ...
These video clips left many Washington commentators scratching their heads, as the President seemingly unwittingly embarrassed himself yet again over his on-off relationship with Kim Jong Un. This time it was over a letter from the North Korean leader, hand delivered by diplomatic official Kim Yong Chol. It was a rather ...
Facebook users up and down the country have exposed themselves as idiots by sharing their fury over the miscarriage of justice that took place when modern-day-martyr Tommy Robinson, or convicted criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon to use his real name, was convicted for contempt of court.
Police say the victim was found with multiple stab wounds in Mitcham
What is a terrorist? Someone who uses violence or intimidation for political ends? Noam Chomsky's remark ”It's only terrorism if they do it to us" points to the reason the UN have never been able to agree a definition – western governments and their allies routinely use violence and intimidation ...