It can be quite unsettling as a Yorkshireman to be more perturbed by our political landscape than about the price of beer or the weather conditions, but with the divorce from our biggest trading partner officially underway and a snap election on the horizon to cement said proceedings my contempt ...
Bookmakers today shed light on an election devoid of opposition, pricing the Tories 1/7 to win an overall majority in June. With Labour significantly behind in the polls, the UK's opposition party is 14/1 to win the General Election, with "no majority" 13/2. The Conservatives are 1/10 to win the most ...
Theresa May has called a snap General Election. In a Downing Street announcement just now, May says it is with reluctance that she called an election. May claimed that although the 'The country is coming together, but Westminster is not.' She challenges the opposition parties to accept an early election, then ...
In a surprise statement outside Number 10 Downing Street Prime Minister Theresa May called for a snap General Election on June 8, going back on repeated promised not to. With Conservatives around 20 points ahead of Labour in opinion polls, many Tory figures have been urging the PM to go ...
The latest wage growth report paints a gloomy picture for the UK economy. Wage rises have now dropped below inflation, which is worrying for an economy that has been so reliant on consumer spending. In the public sector, a Government cap of one per cent on wage increases means the average ...
The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, clashed with a BBC journalist who attempted to ask a question about the Syrian crisis, while he was speaking at a small business event. The BBC reporter, Mark Lobel, was in the process of trying to ask a question about the conflict with Corbyn, and ...
Mum-to-be Laura Louis gave birth on her wedding day after being rushed to hospital in her bridal gown. Laura Louis, 36, felt her waters break at her wedding reception just hours after tying the knot to husband Lou. The couple, who have their own Irish folk band, were performing for ...
As anyone who has been gripped by the Netflix series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story will attest, in certain cases power and influence is all you need to get a "not guilty" verdict. The trial was a case of hard evidence on the side of the State versus a ...
A Ukip canvasser who was caught on camera urinating on an elderly woman's fence will not face court action after he sent her a letter of apology. CCTV shows the man, who is wearing a Ukip rosette and a flat-cap, relieving himself at the side of Marjorie Pinches' house in ...