Politics

Burger King has been credited for “joining the anti-fascist resistance” after tweeting that it would still be selling milkshakes in Scotland despite a police-enforced McDonald’s ban on them near a Nigel Farage rally. The firm’s main UK Twitter account – which posted the most ‘liked’ branded tweet of all-time last year when it took down Kanye West – posted to the “people of Scotland” that they would be selling milkshakes all weekend following news that police had ordered a McD’s...

Cross-party Brexit talks between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have collapsed, it has been confirmed today. The Labour leader told the PM that negotiations have “gone as far as they can” and “we have been unable to bridge important policy gaps between us”. He also pointed to the unstable leadership of the Conservative Party, saying as a leadership contest kicks off "the position of the government has become ever more unstable and its authority eroded". It comes after Hilary Benn,...

Viral comedy remixers Cassette Boy’s latest political mash-up hits the nail on the head. The cut and paste experts have wasted no time at all covering Boris Johnson’s leadership ambitions now Theresa May has been forced to make a timetable for her departure. Just as the Brexit champion has wasted no time making his leadership ambitions known. Asked at a business event in Manchester if he would be going for the top job, the former foreign secretary replied: “Of course...

It will come as a surprise to very few people, but Boris Johnson intends to stand to become the leader of the Conservative Party. He said he will go for the top job as soon as Theresa May steps down. Asked at a business event in Manchester if he would be a candidate, the former foreign secretary replied: "Of course I'm going to go for it." Boris Johnson said: "I'm going to go for it. Of course I'm going to...

A senior Tory has urged Parliament to back the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) or risk "democratically" and "economically” damaging outcomes for the UK. The bill is not the same as the deal May negotiated, but it must be passed by Parliament for Brexit to be recognised in UK law. The comments were made by Liam Fox, the Secretary of State for International Trade, and supporter of Brexit. Fox said: "There will be an opportunity for MPs to decide, after the...

Change UK’s primary candidate in Scotland has quit the party over concerns that it could split the Remain vote in the upcoming elections. David Macdonald says he will now back the Liberal Democrats in the contest in a move Chuka Umunna has described as “disappointing” and a “let down" to "his fellow candidates and activists”. Macdonald is the second person to resign as lead candidate for Change UK in Scotland since April, after Joseph Russo withdrew from the race after...

As the latest poll shows Labour widening the gap in voting intention to 9 Points Ahead of Conservatives, a senior Conservative has suggested that his party make an electoral pact with the Brexit Party. In the European elections this month Nigel Farage’s new party despite being only a few weeks old is set to get treble the votes of the Conservative Party – already smarting after record losses in the local elections. And in a poll based on responses 9th...

Rising inequality is putting Britain on the path to becoming one of the most unequal nations on earth, a Nobel-prize winning economist has claimed. Sir Angus Deaton is leading a landmark review of inequality in the UK amid fears that the country is at a tipping point due to a decade of stagnant pay growth for British workers. The Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, which is working with Deaton on the study, says Britain is on track to “follow the...

Protestors pelted UKIP election candidate Carl Benjamin and his tour bus with milkshakes in THREE separate locations over the weekend. Benjamin has been visiting multiple sites in the South West on the campaign trail trying to spread the UKIP message and win over potential voters to the anti-Brexit right wing party. But he has been greeted with a chucked milkshake on three consecutive days in Totnes and Plymouth, in Devon, and Truro, Cornwall. And the Ukipper even had dead fish...