Politics
VIDEO – Osborne looking “spaced out” again
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor This peculiar bit of footage of Chancellor George Osborne has emerged, with him looking a bit "spaced out" He was caught off guard pulling a disturbing face as he campaigned with Zac Goldsmith ahead of today's London Mayoral elections. Mr Osborne has lost all control of his face while the cameras were on him before. During Prime Minister's Questions in November 2014, he famously spent the session looking rather spaced out. Watch Video Here
VIDEO – Hunt told off for playing with phone during debate
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Jeremy hunt was told off like a naughty schoolboy and was then called ‘rude discourteous’ by speaker John Bercow after the Health Secretary was seen using his phone during a debate over nursing cuts. Hunt was accused of ‘impairing parliamentary decorum’ after he could be seen using his phone while Shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander led the debate. Bercow says to Hunt: ‘To sit there fiddling ostentatiously with an electronic device defies the established convention of the...
Hammond’s decision that Saudi Arabia hasn’t breached humanitarian law, “deeply disappointing”
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor MPs have expressed disappointment that the Foreign secretary Philip Hammond concluded that Saudi Arabia has not breached humanitarian law in Yemen. The select committee said it appears to show an “anything goes” attitude to how Saudi Arabia conducts itself. The International Development Select Committee rebukes Hammond, who made the decision even though a UN report and various charities presented evidence to the contrary. The committee, which is majority Tory, said the inquiry in to Saudi...
Trump 2016: The Bigots Have Spoken
The last opposition to Donald Trump has melted away. First Ted Cruz and now John Kasich have given up the fight that most commentators thought was hopeless anyway. The Republican establishment has gone from plotting to outmanoeuvre him to pathetically accepting their fate. Shenanigans at the party's convention are now highly unlikely. There will be no 'Draft Paul Ryan' movement. Trump will win on the first ballot and damn the consequences. How has a man with no political experience and...
Lowest Voter Turn Out Since 2000 Predicted For London Mayoral Contest
As little as 35 per cent of eligible voters could cast their ballet in today's London Mayoral election. According to figures from Sporting Index it could be the lowest voter turnout for a London Mayoral contest since 2000. The company expects Labour’s candidate, Tooting MP Sadiq Khan, to receive 46.5 per cent of the first preference vote, with rival Zac Goldsmith trailing by ten points. UKIP’s Peter Whittle (5.5 per cent) looks set to edge out the Green’s Sian Berry (5 per...
Watch: Politicians Throw Punches Inside Turkish Parliament
A Turkish parliamentary committee broke down into chaos following a ruling to strip legislators of their immunity from prosecution. Legislators in the Turkish capital Ankara climbed across tables, threw punches and hurled water bottles in the heated discussion. The politicians had been convened to discuss a constitutional amendment that could lead to several pro-Kurdish legislators been put on trial on terror-related charges. Pro-Kurdish party lawmakers walked out of the meeting following the brawl, which left one legislator with a dislocated shoulder and...
Britain ‘Turning Blind Eye’ to dodgy Russian money
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There have been claims made by a well known anti-corruption campaigner that UK authorities will “always find excuses not to investigate” money laundering. Bill Browder, a former Hedge Fund chief, told MPs that the UK are actually refusing to look at evidence of “dirty” Russian money, that indicate that money is being laundered through our banking system. Browder believes that authorities don’t want “to rock the boat,” even when he filed six complaints linked to...
Zac Shows He’s In Touch With The People By Delivering Milk…. In Holland Park
Zac Goldsmith has looked to reconnect with ordinary London folk by delivering milk in Holland Park. The Tory candidate for Mayor of London took to the streets on a milk round to dispel myths that he's just another Old Etonian, although he only delivered to Kensington and Mayfair. Delivering milk & his Action Plan for Greater London! @ZacGoldsmith on milk round with @DominicGilham #BackZac2016 pic.twitter.com/LfPbnP1kDH — Nick de Bois (@nickdebois) May 4, 2016 He struggled to get to grips with...
Parliamentary Sketch 4th May – We aren’t your friends and you’ll never walk alone again
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I didn’t write PMQs last week I was on my own stag do in Barcelona, with 30 odd (show off) of my friends. One hospital trip, two lost souls (they were found the next day) and an eight-hour delayed Ryanair flight home later and we were all still friends. Saying that I haven’t seen any of them since. So I’d like to think I know who my friends are, but does Jeremy Corbyn? This question...