I've been to many university debates and spoken in more than a few. I've heard one man compare gay marriage to Nazism, a 19-year-old claim he was a 'survivor' of abortion and an Israeli student joke about killing more Palestinians. Sometimes outrageous or offensive statements cause shock, more often delayed ...
King's College London has withdrawn a speaking invitation offered to Boris Johnson followed remarks about Barack Obama's heritage. The London Mayor hit out at Obama after the US President made a trip to the UK to campaign for the UK to remain in the EU. Johnson said "part-Kenyan" Obama might have ...
America's leading Republican candidates for president, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, have rabidly loyal grassroots voters. Both men's supporters viscerally hate the other and use social media to slander and brutalise the other man. Outside the conservative bubble, there is barely a hair's breadth between Cruz and Trump. One is ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A talent agency chief who asked a Muslim woman to 'explain Brussels' was arrested as he may he been inciting racial hatred. Matthew Doyle, sparked outrage on social media after he 'confronted' a Muslim woman about the Brussels attacks which killed 34 people. He wrote ...
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food At some point during our lives, many of us have spent at least one evening (still one too many) within the confines of an overly ostentatious themed pub or restaurant. Those that inspire us to lie, even to ourselves, in the hope of forgetting ...
Gemma Lingham headed to Google Campus to understand investors’ thoughts when it comes to the newest tech buzzword, ‘PropTech’ Healthtech, cleantech, fintech… it’s about time property got a ‘tech’, right? Well, the latter has existed alongside property for around eight years now, since the inaugural rise of Airbnb. However, with ...
Hilary Clinton is the odds on favourite to become the next US President, according to trading on Matchbook. The chances of her being inaugurated as the 44th President of the US rose from 59 per cent to 64 per cent following a super 'Super Tuesday'. Meanwhile Donald Trump's probability of securing ...
Today, European leaders unanimously voted for Britain to leave the EU. During reform talks in Brussels, EU leaders staged a vote to decide whether Britain should be ejected from the European community before the ‘in or out’ referendum takes place in Britain on June 23rd 2016. European Presedent Sven Jose ...
Boris Johnson was shocked when he was accused of making up he wants to leave Europe until he was reminded he has made stuff up before. The Mayor of London, and even more terrifyingly probably future PM, was sacked from the Times for making up quotes, when he was a ...