Politics

I wasn’t sure male (and female, they are a broad church these days) Tories would be having naughty urges about May yet, and would have to make do with vivid memories of Thatcher for the time being. Our new PM stumbled over her words and reminded me of a fussy aunty, when unexpected visitors have turned up, and hadn’t taken her Xanax this morning. When May finally ended the session she blew out her cheeks, relieved that her distant cousins...

There has been a huge rise in race related hate crime in the capital since Brexit. The worrying rise has led to over 400 people suspected of carrying out these horrific acts. Police chiefs have laid the blame for these attacks squarely at the EU referendum result. Hate crime is defined as an offence, perceived to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards someone based on a personal characteristic. Scotland Yard deputy commissioner Craig Mackey said: “It does appear that the...

An American reporter put the new foreign secretary Boris Johnson on the spot during a press conference with John Kerry, the US Secretary of State. The journalist said Boris has been guilty of telling "outright lies" as he and Kerry both squirmed in front of the cameras. Kerry said Boris was of “considerable intellect” and “a very smart and capable man”. But the American news outlets who have travelled across the pond with Kerry didn't seem as friendly. They grilled Johnson...

Legal action is to commence against Tony Blair after a crowdfunding campaign reached its objective. The Iraq War Families Campaign Group, which represents the families of the 179 servicemen and women killed in the conflict, is to commence legal action against the former Prime Minister after reaching its £50,000 target on Crowd Justice. Led by Roger Bacon and Reg Keys, who sons were killed in the War, the Iraq-War Families Campaign Group (IFCG) has campaigned tirelessly to find answers to what...

Here is a list of Labour MPs and how they voted on Trident renewal, the final vote in the Commons was 472 votes in favour against 117 against, so the margin was very large. Out of the Labour members 140 voted for the renewal of the controversial nuclear deterrent renewal. 47 MPs said no to the £205bn upgrade and 41 abstained and or simply kept themselves away from the chamber. Corbyn's two leadership challengers Owen Smith and Angela Eagle voted...

One of the youngest MPs, Mhairi Black, made another passionate speech, this time attacking the vote to renew Trident, which passed by a huge majority. She called the nuclear deterrent the "long term economic sham," in a speech that would probably strike a chord with anyone who doesn't agree with the Government's £205bn weaponry cost. Black's maiden speech regarding the Government's austerity measures, brought her to the attention of many outside of the Westminster and this speech was just as...

Melania Trump has been accused of plagiarising a speech written for First Lady Michelle Obama. Donald's wife Melania was speaking at the Republican National Convention and was widely praised by the media for delivering a rousing speech. But she appears to have lifted at least one crucial section of her speech from the one Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. They do look eerily similar: Trump: My parents impressed on me the values... Obama: ...like: you work hard for what...

Our new PM Theresa May has told the Commons that she would press the red button and launch a nuclear attack that could kill one hundred thousand people. She said that the fact she was willing to take such drastic action means others would not attack the UK with the same weaponry. May added it was "sad" that the Green Party and some members of the Labour party are the "first to defend the country’s enemies. Additionally she said it would...

Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith appears to have dropped himself in hot water with comments he made during a TV interview. Smith declared himself “normal” as he has three children and a wife. However, he has come under criticism, and been compared to Andrea Leadsom who believed she had the edge over rival Theresa May, as she is a mother and May isn’t. This lead to Leadsom having to leave the leadership race, it is yet to been seen if...