Politics
“Irresponsible” ad for short term loans used Brexit fears to encourage people to stockpile food
Watchdogs found it breached rules regarding responsible advertising plus harm and offence
Trump kills Donald in Scotland, but Corbyn is on the rise
Last year saw a record low of babies called Donald in Scotland, according to the latest figures, although Corbyn is on the rise. Records of boys called Corbyn and Corbyn-Bleu were noted by the National Records of Scotland(NRS) which today released the full list of the names given to the 47,785 babies born across the country in 2018. But there was a record low babies called Donald - the name of US president Donald Trump - with just six being...
Residents outraged after Tory-run council splashes out £50,000 on “melting lampposts” artwork
The eight tubular steel curved columns have been erected in a car park in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Now it’s clear, Brexit is a dog’s dinner, it’s time to march for the people to have a say
Now people and parliament is finally waking up to the total dog’s dinner Brexit is, it’s more important than ever to march for the public to have a final say over our future. Brexit’s biggest chance of succeeding was always to bore the population into submission, and let them tell themselves that it couldn’t be stopped, that resistance was useless. That’s why in October 2017, myself and a few friends first started taking photos of dogs posing with ‘#Wooferendum –...
MP Fiona Onasanya pleads to keep job as voters set to sign petition that could see her ousted
Solicitor Onasanya, who left prison on February 26 after serving less than four weeks for perverting the course of justice, made the plea in a bizarre video posted on her Twitter page
There can’t be a third Brexit vote rules Speaker…unless it is “substantially changed”
The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow has ruled that the Prime Minister is not allowed to ask MPs to vote on her Brexit deal a third time unless it has “substantially” changed. It had been reported that Theresa May would make a last ditch attempt to get her deal through this week, but that's unlikely to be the case now. Bercow said: “If the government wishes to bring forward a new proposition that is neither the same...
French politician names her cat Brexit because of its reluctance to leave
French politician Nathalie Loiseau reckons her cat is similar to the UK’s Brexit position. Speaking to French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, the government minister said: "He wakes me up every morning miaowing to death because he wants to go out. "And then when I open the door he stays in the middle, undecided, and then gives me evil looks when I put him out." Loiseau is one of the leading French Brexit politicians and has not been impressed, at all,...
Brexit Betrayal march attempts to cross Tees on Transporter Bridge – realise its closed on Sundays
The Brexit Betrayal march got stuck in a bit of bother yesterday after attempting to cross the River Tees on the Transporter Bridge before realising it is closed on a Sunday. Protesters were forced to walk an extra five miles to get over the river at Newport Bridge, according to reports. It was hoped that the iconic Tees Transporter Bridge would make for a picture-perfect background for the marchers, but it ended up providing a symbolic Brexit metaphor instead. With...
Just a flesh wound! Dutch PM compares May to hapless knight from Monty Python film
Another day another humiliation for Theresa May, this time from the Dutch PM. The Dutch PM, Mark Rutte, compared the struggling British PM to the knight from comedy classic film, Monty Phyton and the Holy Grail. The hapless knight is attacked and bits of him are sliced off, but continues to think he is winning the fight. In the cult classic film, the character has all four of his limbs cut off but wants to keep on fighting telling his...