Labour MP Richard Burgon wins £30K damages from The Sun for this ridiculous antisemitism ‘slur’

Labour MP Richard Burgon has won £30,000 damages from The Sun newspaper over a ridiculous story the newspaper ran with a Nazi “slur” about the Shadow Justice Secretary. MP Richard Burgon who has been outspoken against antisemitism said he would be using the payout to fund an internship for a young person in his constituency. “Delighted to have won my High Court case against The Sun,” announced the Labour MP for Leeds East. “Their slur attempting to link me to...

Trump asks for global warming to come back as it is cold

US President, Donald Trump, has taken to social media, not for the first time, to rant about global warming, or the apparent lack of it. On Monday he tweeted that as it was currently very cold in the Midwest then global warming  doesn’t exist. He tweeted: “In the beautiful Midwest, wind chill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded.” “In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can’t last outside even for minutes. What the hell is...

Facebook unveil plan to merge Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger

Facebook execs today unveiled plans to integrate the messaging element of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram in a move set to bolster the group’s dominance of social media. This will mean that Facebook users for example, will be able to message a WhatsApp user making the ecosystem the social media giant is creating even more seamless. Merging communication between the apps is set to occur by the end of this year or early 2020 and will pit the reach of the...

Tory councillor under fire for urging council to pull down homeless people’s tents

A Tory councillor has come under fire for urging her local authority to pull down tents used by homeless people. She took to Twitter to share he thoughts on the homelessness issue in the city she represents. Kathryn Kelloway, a councillor for the Cyncoed area of Cardiff, tweeted to the city council’s leader a picture of herself standing in front of tents pitched on a shopping street. “Cllr Thomas, if you seek safety in our city centre, if you seek prosperity for...

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