The first thing that strikes you about Le Faîte is its intriguing label. A wooden tag hangs from a wax seal in a nod to the winegrowers of the past who kept their wines under the clay soil and would mark the bottles in order to identify them as such....
Jacob Rees-Mogg was stuck for a response after being confronted by a man who said voting Leave cost him his marriage. The prominent Brexiteer and leader of the European Research Group (ERG) met with a consultant gynaecologist, who voted Leave because he believed it would provide more money to the NHS, in...
Millions of British children are set to endure a present-less Christmas after Kris Kringle was refused entry at the UK border under Theresa May’s hostile environment policy. Arrivals from Lapland face increased scrutiny as the UK cracks down on freedom of movement from countries within the Schengen agreement. It is...
One of the world's leading experts in computational propaganda has concluded Vote Leave's illegal overspending was "very likely" to have been sufficient to swing the result of the referendum. Professor Philip Howard, director of the Oxford Internet Institute, has presented exhaustive analysis of the campaign’s digital strategy to the High Court...
"Perhaps Jacob Rees-Mogg has no clothes", Sky News political correspondent Lewis Goodall proffered in a piece published last month. The emperor of the European Research Group (ERG) - the faction of hard-line pro-Brexit Tory MPs - seems to be once again stuck between populist fantasy and cold reality as he rallies...
Modern technology is saving Brits the equivalent of two weeks every year – or almost two-and-a-half years of the average adult lifetime, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 adults found the likes of self-service checkouts, internet shopping or banking and mobile traffic updates are saving Brits around six-and-a-half...
Conservative promises to build a Northern Powerhouse lay in tatters today after new research found spending in the north of England has fallen by £6.3 billion while the south-east and south-west of England have seen an increase of £3.2 billion since 2009-10. Analysis of official figures by thinktank IPPR North showed...
Benefits claimants will no longer be entitled to a one-off £10 payment to help with Christmas costs under the government's flagship welfare programme. The tax-free payment made to people on certain benefits in the first week of December will be taken away once they are moved onto Universal Credit, the Department...
This weekend I got into a referendum debate with a twist. Sat in a Swiss wine bar the case was made for and against subsidising farmers who don't dehorn their livestock, which was one of the issues voted upon in the latest referendum in the country. This year alone the...