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By Dean Hochlaf New Zealand MP, Winston Peters has thrown his voice into the great EU referendum debate, by suggesting Britain leaves the EU, and “heal a rift” with the nations of the Commonwealth that emerged when Britain joined the EEC. He has even gone as far as suggesting a Commonwealth free trade area, which has been enthusiastically picked up by the UKIP Commonwealth spokesman. The concept of a Commonwealth free trade area pops up every now and then as...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor SNP MP Mhairi Black has attacked the government again, this time on pension reform, as ever she didn't hold back and showed she might be young in age, but is wise well beyond her years. She said: "I have yet to hear of a general or a defense minister say: “we can’t bomb that country because we’ve exceeded our budget, we can’t find the money”. "When we want to bomb Syria we can find it. When...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A new short documentary for Al Jazeera is claiming that Russian airstrikes in Syria have killed at least 1,500 civilians in the past five months - 300 of them children. Journalist Nagieb Khaja produced some of the clearest evidence yet that civilians are being bombed during this merciless civil war.

News that another plane has crashed in Nepal is appearing on the wires just two days after a passenger jet carrying 23 people went down in the jungle. Two pilots of a plane carrying nine people have been killed, according to early reports, with all passengers reported injured. Kathmandu news outlets have reported that Pilot Dinesh Neupane and Co-pilot Santosh Rana died in the incident after the aircraft crash landed at Chilakhaya 2, Jigeli. The aircraft had taken off at 12:30pm from Nepalgunj...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio joined forces and attacked front-runner Donald Trump in the last debate before next week's crucial primaries. They hoped to stifle Trump's momentum as he has already claimed three of the first four contests. Immigration, healthcare and appealing to Latino voters dominated the debate, until it disintegrated into long periods of shouting and personal insults...as usual.

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In a TV interview, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said that if Donald Trump was elected as president of the US and went though with his promise of building a wall along the US-Mexico border, Mexico won't not foot the bill, as Trump has . "I declare: I'm not going to pay for that fucking wall," Fox said. "He should pay for it. He's got the money." In the next video down is Trump's response,...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Jeremy Corbyn says that David Cameron would be jealous of the jacket he is wearing as he jokes about sorting out his tie while preparing for an interview. Watch clip here

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor We have come across a hilarious video parody of Cameron vs Corbyn PMQs rap battle. TLE labelled the two JAY-SEE and Eazy E-U after yesterday's "yo momma" off. The video was made by Simon Gibson, for more from him follow@simonwgibson See video (below) like all good rap battles it contains explicit lyrics.

Boris Johnson's decision to support the 'Out' party in the referendum on Europe has resulted in a public swing of two per cent towards staying ‘In’ the EU, new research has revealed. Data from betting exchange Matchbook has revealed that Britain is in favour of remaining in the EU, with punters believing the ‘IN’ campaign has a near 72 per cent likelihood of winning. David Cameron’s ‘better deal ‘ shifted the UK public’s desire to stay IN the EU by nearly ten...