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Nigel Farage launches Brexit Party but forgot to register website, so this happened when pranksters Led By Donkeys found out:
Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has launched a rival, "similar" but "different" party to Ukip - which he brands "tarnished" by the far right. Farage will head the Brexit Party (which sounds like something he hoped to celebrate with red, white and blue bunting last month) to fight to sit as an MEP again in the European Parliament he is campaigning for the UK to leave. But though he's registered to stand as a European Parliament candidate, he forgot to...
Corbyn demands Assange is not extradited to the US
Jeremy Corbyn has defended Julian Assange and has demanded that America's request for him to be extradited is denied. Corbyn said that Assange had been the target of the USA because he was “exposing evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan". His comments, in a tweet on Thursday night, came hours after Assange was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court of breaching bail conditions. The extradition of Julian Assange to the US for exposing evidence of atrocities in Iraq and...
Violence in UK ‘could be slashed by following example of once notorious Colombian city’
Cali's murder rate has more than halved since the new approach was introduced
Switzerland to re-run referendum because “voters were not given full information”
Switzerland has overturned a nationwide referendum after it was found that voters were not given full information. The Swiss, who run numerous referendums to dictate government policy, held the poll in February 2016 to decide whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. Voters rejected the proposal, with 50.8 per cent against and 49.2 per cent in favour. But the supreme court has now voided the result on the grounds that voters were not given full information,...
As Home Office confirm Assange extradition to US, Pamela Anderson calls UK “America’s bitch”
The Wikileaks founder is in custody at a central London police station and is due to appear in court "as soon as possible"
Endangered turtle lays eggs on tarmac as beach is now a runway
This heart-breaking image shows an endangered turtle return to land, to lay its egg, only to find the beach is now a runway. The green sea turtle was pictured trying to lay its offspring on a landing strip at Maafaru airport in Noonu Atoll, Maldives. Turtles return to the same spots to lay eggs and in the meantime the runway has been constructed confusing this mother. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, she is reportedly in good health and was released back...
Julian Assange’s arrest branded “violation” of his asylum rights
Julian Assange's arrest at London's Ecuador Embassy was today branded a "violation" of his asylum rights
Julian Assange arrested
UK police have said that WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested. He was seen being dragged out of the Ecuadorean Embassy by half a dozen men, protesting this morning. He has been living in Ecuador's embassy in London for the previous seven years since he took refuge their from extradition for what he said were false rape allegations in Sweden. His legal team have claimed that there is no assurance that he will not be extradited to the US...
UK could slow climate clock by converting animal farmland to forest and still grow enough protein
New research from Harvard University demonstrates that the UK would be able to sustain itself and help meet the Paris Agreement by returning a portion of land used for animal agriculture back to forest. Converting land currently used for grazing and growing animal feed crops back to forest could soak up 12 years’ carbon emissions, found the report, to be launched at the Grow Green Conferencein the British Library on 11 April. Returning pasture land back to forest and converting the...