Boris throws Theresa May under the Brexit bus…again

Boris Johnson has used his Telegraph article to attack, not for the first time, the PM and her Brexit plan. He called May’s Chequers plan “"a moral and intellectual humiliation for this country" that will "cheat the electorate" if implemented. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Johnson, over 4,500 words, said: "This is the moment to change the course of the negotiations and do justice to the ambitions and potential of Brexit. "There has been a collective failure of government, and...

Elite private school’s “buy your dad a jag” advert slammed

A private school has withdrawn an advert and apologised after an advert for the elite school appeared to suggest that those who attended the school would one day be rich enough to “buy their dad a jag.” The advert for Vinehall School in East Sussex told the story of a boy arriving in his father's Volvo, but wishing he had the headmaster's Jaguar. After attending the school and being "very successful in business" he buys his father a Jaguar when...

Roy Moore sues for $93m for this Sacha Baron Cohen prank:

Former US right wing senator Roy Moore is suing TV prankster Sacha Baron Cohen, as well as Showtime and CBS which air his Who Is America? show in a $93m lawsuit after a hilarious sketch which mocked the former conservative judge’s sex offence allegations. The lawsuit says that the show “falsely painted, portrayed, mocked and with malice defamed Judge Moore as a sex offender, which he is not.” Several women came forward to allege sexual harassment when he was in...

“No new ideas” How Boris Johnson’s Brexit capitulation should be no surprise for his readers:

With parliament about to restart and Boris Johnson’s blonde ambition clearly irking since he had to resign as Foreign Secretary, today’s Telegraph carries a striking portrait photo and a warning to Theresa May that her Brexit plan would spell “victory for Brussels.” “We have gone into battle waving the white flag,” despaired the ex-Foreign Sec in what much of Westminster wrote off as another cynical attempt at a leadership bid. BoJo bemoaned that the impossible Irish border situation / customs...

BBC sacks Dr Phil Hammond for vow to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg

Broadcaster, doctor and vocal NHS campaigner Dr Phil Hammond announced on Tuesday that he would stand as a candidate for the National Health Action Party (NHA) in North East Somerset where Rees-Mogg is currently MP. Just hours later he tweeted that he had been fired from his Saturday mid-morning show on BBC Radio Bristol.  The physician and health campaigner who has made never made a secret of his politics, thanked his team and listeners. https://twitter.com/drphilhammond/status/1031984648145051655 https://twitter.com/drphilhammond/status/1031989829368795136 The health campaigner tweeted that...

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