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Jeremy Corbyn is the most smeared politician in history
In the UK, one politician has been subject to the longest continuous smear campaign in UK history, and we are all influenced by it. Over 75 per cent of Jeremy Corbyn media coverage factually misrepresents him.
Economic growth is an unnecessary evil, Jacinda Ardern is right to deprioritise it
In 2012, writing as a lone economics blogger, I put forward a case for why countries should ditch economic growth as a political priority. Long revered as a stalwart of a capitalist society the need to grow has come to overshadow everything else. We prioritise it over our personal health, ...
Switzerland to re-run referendum because “voters were not given full information”
Switzerland has overturned a nationwide referendum after it was found that voters were not given full information. The Swiss, who run numerous referendums to dictate government policy, held the poll in February 2016 to decide whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. Voters rejected the proposal, ...
Theresa May under pressure over blocking security services probe into Arron Banks Brexit campaign millions
“This is an alleged crime to subvert our democracy."
The British Government has ruined my life
I’m 64 next week and I feel the British Government has ruined my life. It has also ruined the lives of many more.
Tens of thousands sign open letter from Jewish leaders asking Trump to stay away from Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism.
President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you stop targeting and endangering all minorities.
Lift The Ban petition reveals staggering cost to UK economy of asylum seekers being banned from working
"I don’t want to rely on the Government’s benefits – I want to work so I can prove myself to my children"
The Official Secrets Act politically sanctioned child abuse. Help me stop this
I have set up a petition to call for an amendment to the Official Secrets Act. This would prevent its use in cases where child abuse is involved and would mean that child abuse could no longer be used as some kind of grubby political football, to keep MPs and ...
Deceived and abused, spycop victim fights Met police attempts to hide who knew the truth
“There are probably women who have not yet found out that they had relationships with undercover officers, and as a result of names released by the undercover policing enquiry there’s now over twenty women who have brought claims.”
Patrick Kielty explains Northern Ireland to Boris Johnson
Patrick Kielty’s family are sadly well aware of the price of instability in Northern Ireland.
Revealed: bizarre views of Ukip’s sinister rising stars
“I wouldn’t even rape you” he tweeted to Jess Phillips, during a 2016 campaign of trolling threatening tweets against the Birmingham Yardley MP.
The spies who came in because it was cold: reactions to Skripal suspects Salisbury tourism story
"Of Course, we went there to see Stonehenge, Old Sarum, but we couldn't do it because there was muddy slush everywhere. The town was covered by this slush. We got wet, took the nearest train and came back."
Breaking: No-deal Brexit may invalidate UK driving licence
The government has said that after March 2019 "your driving licence may no longer be valid by itself" in the EU, in its latest no-deal planning papers. To be able to drive your vehicle in the EU an application may be needed to gain an international driving permit for UK citizens. ...
Theresa May’s Brexit rebels admit they can’t come up with a better plan
- A disappointing reality for those who may have hoped that MPs would “just get on with it”and that anybody pointing out contradictions and problems was part of “project fear”,scuppering Brexit or betraying the “will of the people.”
Boris Johnson “deeply regrets” going down Brexit route close sources reveal
Boris Johnson has admitted he “deeply regrets” going down the Brexit route according to sources close to the former Foreign Secretary. Matt Kelly, editor of The New European, revealed on Twitter that someone who knows Johnson very well said he now wishes he had sent the other letter. The source ...
N.K. Jemisin’s historic third Hugo award speech is going viral and it’s truly inspirational
Three years ago, N.K. Jemisin became the first black woman to win one of science fiction’s most prestigious prizes, the Hugo for best novel. She won it again last year, for the second in the series The Obelisk Gate, and this year became the first person to win three Best ...
Labour Party reports newspapers to press regulator over Corbyn Tunisia memorial reports
The Labour party has made a formal complaint to the press regulator over newspaper coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s attendance at a memorial to those killed when Israel bombed the Tunisian PLO headquarters. The Labour leader, a backbencher back in 2014 was attending a conference at the invitation of the Tunisian ...
Watch – 76-year-old gran’s 62hr wait for bed in crisis-hit heatwave A&E
Shocking images show a 76-year-old gran being forced to sleep on chairs in a crammed A&E department. Jacqueline Hickson, 76, waited a staggering 62 hours for a bed after she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems. Bosses at Glan Clwyd Hospital, in Rhyl, north Wales, say the heatwave has ...
Most affordable places to rent in London revealed
Bexley in South East London is the most affordable place to rent in London, according to new data. Divided equally a four bed property costs £408.38 a month on average. This is 35 per cent cheaper than the average cost of renting a room in London, which was found to be ...
Corbyn: May must guarantee top Tories in Vote Leave co-operate with police probe
BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn gave Theresa May a grilling for the first time in PMQs about Vote Leave failing to co-operate with the Electoral Commission’s investigation into breaking electoral laws. He demanded the senior Conservatives in the Vote Leave campaign comply with the police investigation now that the Electoral Commission has ...
Who are the shadowy ERG party within a party that just hijacked May’s Brexit?
Last night in parliament, irony died, and perhaps with it the chance of any Brexit deal being accepted by enough of Theresa May’s threadbare majority. In a bizarre turn of events, the Prime Minister, weakened by nine resignations in eight days orchestrated by shadowy Tory 'government within a government' the ...
These are the moving moments children mark beating cancer
These are the heart-warming moments brave children who have beaten cancer mark the end of their life-saving treatment – by ringing the end of treatment bell as they leave hospital for the final time. The youngsters carry out the symbolic gesture to celebrate the end of gruelling therapy as their ...
Scotland greets Donald Trump as he plays golf at his Turnberry resort
The US president arrived in Scotland on Friday evening after completing his two-day "working trip". Mr Trump, whose mother was Scottish, and his wife Melania are spending the weekend at his Turnberry hotel.
Watch Emily Thornberry tear apart Tory Brexit turmoil with hilarious World Cup troll
Emily Thornberry standing in for Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn had MPs in stitches as she compared the Tory ministerial bloodbath over Brexit to "Reservoir Dogs remade by the Chuckle Brothers." Theresa May's deputy David Lidington who took Prime Minister’s Questions today squirmed as the Shadow Foreign Secretary forensically explained the ...
Boris Brexit resignation letter warns of Britain only achieving a “semi”:
BREAKING NEWS: Boris Johnson's resignation letter warns that the Government's course will leave Britain as a colony of the EU with no say over policies in a semi - Brexit. Johnson wrote that the compromise that Theresa May had claimed her cabinet had assented to less than 48 hours before ...
Benefits cheat: Esther McVey faces calls to resign over misleading MPs
In an unprecedented intervention, the National Audit Office (NAO) has accused a government minister of making false statements to MPs to downplay failings of a flagship Tory policy. There were calls for Esther McVey to resign after the Auditor General wrote in an open letter to complain that the Work ...
Man held slave for 26 years faces jail for crime traffickers forced him into
A slavery victim was told that his benefits would be slashed and threatened with jail if he didn't pay a historical fine for committing a crime he was forced into by one of the UK's biggest human trafficking rings. The 51-year-old man, who was regularly beaten, starved and at one ...
Nurses quit NHS to work in Lidl because pay, hours and benefits better
Nurses quit NHS to work in Lidl because pay, hours and benefits better. With an astonishing shortage of 40,000 nurses across the UK, the NHS continues to face a drain on staffing as nurses quit for better pay, hours and benefits in supermarkets like Lidl.
Study reveals children with gay parents more emotionally stable
A child's wellbeing to be linked to how well the family functions rather than parents' sexual tastes.
Home Office reverses decision to deport mum of British baby
Destiny Jukes, 37, is married to oil worker Steve, 52, and the couple's children have dual citizenship - but were facing being torn apart
US Mayor to abolish local government to prevent neo-Nazi coup
Craig Cobb, 66, infamously tried to create an Aryan enclave in Leith after moving there in 2012
Even Tories call for Boris to resign as Theresa May’s Heathrow lies emerge
As Boris Johnson went AWOL on the day he would have had to vote against the Government or with them against his principles on a new Heathrow runway, the Foreign Secretary was ridiculed by all sides. Fellow anti-Heathrow expansion campaigner and international trade minister, Greg Hands could easily have avoided ...
Sex abuser who “robbed childhood” of 14-year-old girl pays £750 compensation
Oliver Storr, 22, asked the victim to send him a naked photograph of herself using Facebook messenger
Mum denied life-saving transplant as Home Office refuses brother’s visa
Shirley Kordie, 33, will die unless she gets a life-saving transplant from brother Joseph who is her only stem-cell match
Tory minister’s resignation makes Boris Johnson hypocrite if he stays
Today, on Clear Air Day, the Chelsea and Fulham MP Greg Hands who has always told his constituents he would oppose athird runway at Heathrow announced that he was forced to resign as Theresa May is insisting on bringing out the whips to get the majority she needs in a ...
Mum will defy law to treat daughter without medical cannabis law change
A mum has spoken of her ordeal as she waits to hear whether the Government will allow her severely ill daughter access to banned cannabis oil. Kelly Anne O'Neill is in despair that she cannot do more to help 24-year-old Danielle. Danielle was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was six ...
Moped muggers’ lengthy sentences for handbag theft to “send message”
Recco Williams, 21, and 18-year-old Reuben Blakeway targeted the 24-year-old woman as she walked home from Streatham Common railway station in south London
Alan Sugar hits back over racist World Cup tweet
Alan Sugar just tweeted and deleted this racist joke with a photo of Senegal's World Cup team appearing to be selling sunglasses and handbags: Alan Sugar's deleted tweet But as people pointed out how appalling his xenophobic quip was, the Apprentice TV star doubled down ...
Home Secretary announces medicinal cannabis review
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has told the House of Commons that the use of cannabis in medical treatment will be reviewed. While ruling out any changes on recreational cannabis use, with the drug remaining criminalised as a Class B scheduled drug, the Home Secretary mentioned recent high profile cases. Javid ...
Is the Brexit Dividend another lie?
With confidence in a divided Conservative government’s ability to negotiate a Brexit that makes sense for Britain, Europe and Northern Ireland at an all-time low – both at home and abroad, Theresa May urgently needed some good news. And according to the front pages of the newspapers that have been ...
Watch: Robert de Niro’s censored blast at Donald Trump gets standing ovation
Last night social media was ablaze with speculation about what Robert de Niro may have said to get bleeped out at the live broadcast of the Tony Awards. At America’s glitzy theatre awards the movie star took to the stage to introduce a performance by rocker Bruce Springsteen. When the ...
In pics – Thousands of women take part in the Suffragette Walk
The Suffragette walk is to signify 100 years since women got the vote. Other walks in London, Belfast and Cardiff also took place.
Brexit backer Arron Banks’ meetings with Russian officials in run up to EU vote
One of the major financial backers of the Brexit campaign, Arron Banks, is said to have held meetings with the Russian Ambassador on three occasions, in the run up to the EU referendum vote. Additionally he flew out to Moscow to look at potential business plans in Russia. These revelations ...
Conservative Muslim Forum join nationwide call for Tory party Islamophobia probe
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 ...