Tommy Robinson has violated electoral law just 24 hours after he announced he will run for MEP in the North West of England. The far-right independent candidate was told by police to stop handing out free burgers and hot dogs to supporters at a rally because free food is paramount ...
Donald Trump has reached his late-Nixon phase: he’s paranoid, unpredictable and a threat to American democracy. The Mueller Report showed a litany of unethical actions, attempts to obstruct justice and old fashioned executive incompetence. Impeachment is probably off the table, but Trump’s numbers are under water in key swing states ...
The Government has responded to a petition “To establish a Public Inquiry into the conduct of the 2016 EU Referendum,” insisting there are no plans for an inquiry. The response by the Cabinet Office insists that electoral offences “are investigated thoroughly by the appropriate agencies,” but adds “this Government wrote ...
Extinction Rebellion protesters targeted the financial industry today in a bid to unveil the “truth” about their roles in funding the climate and ecological crisis. At least seven people glued themselves to the front entrance to the London Stock Exchange this morning and five others halted a DLR train at ...
The EU courted controversy this week after suggesting it may ban names like 'burger' and 'sausage' for vegan and vegetarian food products. If the proposal is voted into effect next month, vegan and veggie burgers could become 'discs' and sausages 'tubes' instead of conventional names. It would also outlaw the ...
If the last General Election taught us anything it is that the mainstream media has become banded together around issues that no longer represent the majority of the nation. Few, if any, gave Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto pledges, geared towards ironing out inequalities in society, any air time at all. For ...
Former shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe is returning to politics to join Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party. Declaring the former UKIP man the “most successful politician since Margaret Thatcher” she told the Daily Express that the public needs to send “a very clear message” that we expect the vote to be ...
Ali Sadjady has decided to step down from the list of potential candidates put forward by Change UK following revelations that he made derogatory comments about Romanians. The Independent's Europe Correspondent Jon Stone published an article yesterday bringing to light comments by Mr Sadjady in 2017 in which he said: ...
The newly-re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Biyamin Netanyahu vowed today to name a settlement in the Golan Heights after Donald Trump. The move by newly elected Netanyahu is to thank Trump for flouting international law and recognising Israeli sovereignty over the lands just before the Israeli elections. Israel captured the region ...