Oh deary dear. Deary deary deary me. So it turns out that the bit of Theresa May’s car crash Conservative Party Conference keynote speech that wasn’t marred by being handed a P45, her constant miserable coughing or the new slogan she got in to replace “strong and stable” falling off ...
@BenGelblum Tomorrow an investigation into claims of sexual abuse by former Tory PM Sir Ted Heath is due to publish its report. It is expected to reveal links to 42 assaults on boys, with seven claims detectives regard serious enough that they would have questioned the former Prime Minister under caution ...
Usually when Theresa May makes an important speech the pound tends to plummet scarily on international markets and confidence in Britain falls even further. Sterling cliff dive after Theresa May speech But you know it’s been a good speech when everyone’s favourite political farce The Thick Of It starts trending on ...
Theresa May's conference speech descended into chaos after TV prankster Lee Nelson interrupted her appearance to hand her a P45. The Prime Minister was forced to pause her keynote address to the Tory gathering after she was handed the end of employment form. The comedian said "Boris asked me to ...
Border controls should be kept at Calais after Brexit to prevent more illegal migrants and asylum seekers entering Britain, according to council chiefs in Kent. The leaders of both Dover and Shepway councils have warned Brexit minister David Davis that bringing back controls to the UK as part of any ...
By Max Bluer Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has this evening announced that his government will declare independence “in a matter of days”. Puigdemont made the announcement as part of an interview given to the BBC on Tuesday evening, just minutes before King Felipe VI went on national TV to denounce the ...
By Benjamin Jenkins Jeremy Hunt has been called out for trying to rewrite history at the Conservative Party Conference after he claimed that the Tories were responsible for the creation of the National Health Service. The Secretary of State for Health played a clip from 1944 when the NHS was founded, ...
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has come out swinging for the Tories, and seems to be the only one up for the fight, to beat Labour, rather than each other. She said that the Conservative Party needs to “get over its current nervous breakdown and man up.” Davidson said that ...
Expect more inaction from White House following the deadliest ever US gun attack in Las Vegas. The National Rifle Association was the biggest financial backer of Donald Trump's campaign last year, which means gun control legislation is off the table. The NRA spent $6 million in TV ads on behalf ...