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ERG Tory insists US chlorine-washed chicken is “just clean chicken”

Despite Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove promising that chlorine-washed chicken would be staying off British menus after fellow Brexiter Liam Fox avoided the question, the Tories’ former Brexit minister suggested it may be on post-Brexit menus after all. The EU has banned chlorine-washed chicken as it is associated with worse conditions for rearing chickens and so the issue has become a touchstone in the debate about whether British food safety standards would drop to...

Theresa May’s hypocrisy over Diane Abbott abuse

Yesterday Home Secretary Sajid Javid praised veteran Labour MP Dianne Abbott for being the sort of "role model" that Conservatives should be appealling to, insiting "it takes guts and determination to become the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons," in a rousing Conservative Party Conference speech many speculated was his pitch to be the next Tory leader. Keen not to be outdone in the messaging of inclusiveness, Prime Minister Theresa May also heaped praise on the...

Dancing Queen Theresa May priced for Strictly by bookies

Bookmakers make Theresa May a 33/1 shot to waltz her way to Strictly Come Dancing’s Glitterball Trophy in any series before the end of 2020. The Prime Minister swaggered onto stage to the tune of ABBA’s Dancing Queen at the Conservative Party conference earlier today and is now being eyed up by the leading online bookmaker as a future Strictly champion. Away from the jigs and jives, Betway are odds-on at 5/6 that May will not secure a Brexit deal...

Tory activists brandishing Jude sign and Hitler moustaches condemned for “vile anti-Semitism”

Conservative activists who scrawled Jude on their skin and donned Hitler moustaches have been condemned for “vile anti-Semitism” on social media. A photo posted on Facebook from the university society in Plymouth showed students from a Conservative group wearing T-shirts crawled with graffiti, including one stating, “F*** the NHS”, The Mirror revealed today. Another looks like he is sporting a Hitler-style moustache, while a friend appears to be making a hand gesture used by white supremacists. The photo has been met...

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