The prospect of Boris Johnson running the country looks like an all too inevitable possibility following the first round of votes cast yesterday. Bookies now price Johnson at 1/5 to win the leadership race after he scooped 114 votes out of a potential 313, with Jeremy Hunt (43 votes), Michael...
German analysis of Britain’s current political impasse has been making the rounds on Twitter – with no translation needed. The article – entitled Der große Clusterfuck der Tories – has been shared on social media under the caption: “My German is not that great. But I think I understand the...
Powerful messages have been beamed onto unsafe tower blocks across the country two years on from the tragic Grenfell Tower fire. On 14th June 2017 72 people were killed after flames were able to spread quickly through a tower block in West London due to cladding made from highly flammable...
One-hour lunch breaks, working nine to five and a simple tea round are among the things office workers miss about the past, according to a study. The research of 2,000 office workers aged 40 and over revealed the extent to which things have changed over the years, with six in...
The BBC has come under fire this week for its decision to axe free TV licenses for over-75s. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a “Save Our Free TV Licence” petition demanding the broadcasting corporation reverses its decision, with Piers Morgan, David Davis and Matt Hancock among the high-profile...
A video of a Brexit Party MEP trying to vote with his finger rather than ID card has gone viral. Lance Forman, MEP for London, posted a video of him attempting to press the 'no' button on a voting machine yesterday. The Brexiteer said in the tweet: "Just practicing voting...
Humans are ingesting the equivalent of one credit card per week from water, food and the air they breathe. A new WWF study called 'Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People' reports that people consume 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic each week, on average, which is the equivalent of eating...
The average employee reckons they waste almost 15 weeks a year - carrying out “pointless” tasks at work, according to research. The study of 2,000 workers found typically 142 minutes a day - more than two hours - are spent doing admin, paperwork and attending meetings when they could be...
The Labour Party has tabled a motion that would prevent a future Tory Prime Minister from forcing through a 'no deal' Brexit on 31 October. Up for debate in parliament tomorrow the cross-party motion would hand control of the parliamentary agenda to MPs on Tuesday 25th June. If it passes...