Politics

A series of "electoral shocks" has left the British electorate more volatile than ever.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney revealed details of the new fund as he spoke about preparations for a no-deal Brexit.

"It’s already said it’s willing to flush the economy down the toilet, but now we won’t have the paper to clean up after", MP Jonathan Edwards said.

“This is a budget developed in the shadow of Brexit and the context for Brexit has shifted to no deal as our central assumption", the Finance Minster said.

“You don’t want a deal, you don’t want an extension, you don’t want to revoke, quo vadis?”, he said.

The South Cambridgeshire MP warned that the Conservative Party "had become utterly unrecognisable, uncompassionate and willing to wreck the economy and peace in Ireland by not just contemplating, but actively courting a No Deal Brexit."

People queued around the blocks to hear the Labour leader talk at a packed-to-the-rafters rally.

A judge handed Lord Magan, 73, a one-week jail term suspended for six weeks after ruling that he was in contempt of court.

Judge Lord Pentland said he was satisfied with assurances from Number 10 that it would comply with the so-called Benn Act.