Politics

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor For the second time NHS England has refused to fund a preventative treatment for HIV. Earlier this year they said they would not fund pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a drug described as a "game changer" by HIV charities.
 The decision has caused wide spread anger by AIDS charities and those at high risk of catching the infection and the wider general public. PrEP helps prevent infection in people without HIV who are at substantial risk of...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The issue of Twitter abuse raised its ugly head again after a Labour MP was subjected to 600 rape threats in one evening. Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, received the abuse when she launched a campaign to stop sexual and sexist bullying on-line. The backlash she experienced was appalling and led her to declare that social media platform Twitter is “dead.” She discovered that in total there were almost five thousand notifications on...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Seumas Milne, Corbyn’s communications chief, believes that their PMQs preparations are being leaked internally. During a documentary for Vice News, where they followed Corbyn for eight weeks, Milne mentioned the “annoying” leaks. These leaks are giving the Tories the advantage at PMQs, the main focus for holding the government to account for their actions, and by far the most watched Commons session. With so many dissenters in his party it is hardly surprising that some...

Lord Sugar has made a huge u-turn on Europe after a video was leaked of him supporting Leave principles just six months ago! The entrepreneur recently announced that Brits would be "the mugs of the world" if we voted to leave the EU, saying free trade is vital to keep our economy "strong and open". In an open letter he said: "I’ve been in business for 50 years. I’ve seen some pretty daft ideas in my time. And I’ll tell you one of...

JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has weighed in to the EU debate to counter the high-profile intervention of Ryanair's Michael O'Leary, but could run in to trouble with the Electoral Commission. The pub chain is to print 200,000 beer mats to be distributed across all 920 UK pubs which could violate electoral law if the company isn't registered. The cost of printing and distribution the mats is likely to come close to the £10,000 threshold allowed for campaigning without being registered, something Vote...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor World famous scientist, Stephen Hawking, has again repeated his backing for the Britain to remain in the EU and has warned against the dangers of Donald Trump if he becomes president. He said Trump is “demagogue who appeals to lowest common denominator.” Hawking, who has pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge, can’t get his head around the success of Trump. Mr Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 1963 and was only given two...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The EU referendum debate has got totally out of hand, from both sides, and lots of people are caught in the middle, with no idea who to believe. Both sides seem to have a new claim every day, each more far-fetched than the last. Also the coalition of people on both sides, is so bizarre, means it is almost impossible to share the same beliefs as all the people telling you to vote one way....

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Tory tactics during the recent race for London Mayor came under harsh criticism, even from within their own party, as harming relations with the Muslim community. Now the PM has said Sadiq Khan is a “proud Muslim and proud Brit,” even though only a few weeks ago he did his best to say Khan has links to IS supporters. Those claims have been forgotten by Cameron as Khan joined him at the launch of...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The have been hints from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn that ex-leader Ed Miliband might be moving into the shadow cabinet. Corbyn described Miliband as a “great asset,” but he has been keepingout of the limelight since the Labour’s poor showing at the election, that ultimately cost him the top job. Jeremy Corbyn, appeared next to the Miliband at a pro-EU event and a series of interviews, and during each he seemed to hint at the...