The National Rifle Association is expected to score its first big legislative win of the year just two months after the deadliest mass shooting in US history. The new gun bill will force states with strict gun laws to recognise firearms permits from states with lower thresholds - even if they're ...
I wanted to give politics a rest for a few days. It's mentally exhausting even keeping up with the news nowadays. But then, as usual, something else unthinkable or cataclysmic happens. This. This, this...THIS. I genuinely don't know whether to be pleased or not. On one hand, I'm glad the ...
Nigel Farage today defended Donald Trump's retweets of extremists Britain First and told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "I've done more than anyone else to stop the rise of the far right in this country." "I did it by taking away those people who were going and voting for the BNP ...
In an astonishingly stupid tweet - even for Donald Trump - the US president tweeted today that he "had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/937007006526959618 It wasn't long before people started pointing out that Trump's tweet technically meant that the President ...
Breaking News: All four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at the lack of progress towards a "fairer Britain". All four board members of the government’s Social Mobility Commission have resigned Chair Alan Milburn said Theresa May’s government had betrayed Brexit ...
Here is an obscene fact for you: Bitcoin uses more electricity than 159 of the planet's countries. The cryptocurrency worth under $1 in 2011 hit a new record this week, making headlines as it soared above $11,000 on Wednesday morning, after which its value has been going up and down ...
With the dust yet to settle on the 2017 General Election the banks are already running scared at the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn becoming the next Prime Minister. Following comments from a Goldman Sachs banker that Britain would be like "Cuba without the sunshine" under the Labour leader a strategist ...
A Conservative MP who left his wife for another MP is facing a bullying investigation after a former office manager made a formal complaint about his “angry outbursts.” The woman, who left her job in March, said she resigned due to the behaviour of Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and ...
Your new care robot has a dilemma. You’re worried about the side effects your medication is having, and decide you can’t take the pills anymore. The robot knows that according to the drug instructions this is going to harm your health. It could a) respect your wishes and await developments; ...