English Wine Week is upon us and this year there are more reasons than ever to raise a glass to the country’s burgeoning viticultural scene. With growers planting some 3 million vines from Yorkshire to Kent and a tropical summer bringing ideal growing conditions last year there is a bumper...
In September last year I posed a question: Why do people keep calling the People’s Vote a “second referendum” when that isn’t what it is? Whether you want to call it a People’s Vote, a confirmatory referendum or an informed referendum, one thing that should be clear is that this...
Millions of millennials have NEVER read a paper map, it has emerged. Researchers who carried out a detailed study found a decade of ground-breaking tech innovation has all but ended traditional map-reading among the much maligned 23 to 38 age group. The results show millennials use their mobile phone map...
Remain parties easily scooped the biggest slice of the vote in the 2019 European Elections, leaving the Conservatives and Labour reeling as voters flocked to other parties against the government and official opposition. The Liberal Democrats, Greens and Change UK all increased their vote considerably in the elections by trumpeting...
Calls have been made for a General Election after Theresa May announced her departure date this morning. The Tory leader confirmed she will leave office on 7th June after voicing her frustration at not been able to deliver Brexit. Fighting back the tears she said serving as Prime Minister has...
Voters in the North East came in for a shock yesterday after discovering the Brexit party’s main candidate lists his primary residence in France. The list of registered parties showed that, although most parties were fielding candidates who resided in the region, the party campaigning to leave the EU was...
A Norwegian cruise line has signed a multi-year deal with biofuel firm Biokraft to power its ships with fuel made from dead fish and other organic waste. In what is the largest ever global contract for supply of liquefied biogas (LBG) to a shipping operator, Hurtigruten and Biokraft has entered...
The Conservative Party could end up with “zero” seats in this week’s European elections as they face an unprecedented “wipeout”, one of the party’s most senior MEPs has predicted. Just weeks after the party lost more than 1,200 councillors in England they could be set for a total wipeout in...
Philip Alston has accused Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd of trying to distract from the troubling findings in his report on extreme poverty in the UK. The UN’s Special Rapporteur responded to accusations that he did not do enough research and was biased in his final report on poverty...