Politics

CDU secretary general odds-on to succeed German chancellor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer  4/6 favourite to take over from Angela Merkel as CDU leader. The German Chancellor announced that she will be giving up her role as the party’s leader and the CDU will start looking for a replacement at the party conference in Hamburg this December, which has seen Kramp-Karrenbauer shoot to the top of the betting to get the job. Former head of the CDU/CSU bloc in the Bundestag parliament, Friedrich...

Katie Hopkins has been reported for racial hatred after she blamed the chief rabbi for the horrendous synagogue attacks in Pittsburgh. The far-right political personality, who is currently working for Canadian media website The Rebel Media, said rabbi David Lau's "support for mass migration across the Med" is to blame for the shooting which left 11 people dead. In a tweet she wrote: "Watching the pin-the-blame on the donkey after Pittsburgh Synagogue. Gab. Trump. White Supremcists. The Media. Muslims. Look to...

The Labour Party have mocked the Tories with a hilarious parody video just hours ahead of Philip Hammond's budget speech. Chancellor Hammond is expected to bring an end to austerity when he reveals the budget today, although the pledge will depend on whether Theresa May can negotiate a deal with Brussels. A no deal may prolong austerity, Hammond has said, which will come as a blow to millions who have suffered from government cut-backs over the last decade of Tory...

The Sunday Times dropped a poll on the People's Vote to an inside page after the result didn't go the way they hoped. A survey of 12,939 readers revealed 70 per cent want a second referendum on EU membership. Rupert Murdoch, who owns the newspaper, was an ardent supporter of Brexit, a viewpoint which has been widely reflected in the media publications he runs. In the run-up to the referendum Anthony Hilton wrote in the Evening Standard that: "I once...

US President Donald Trump has given his backing to Jair Bolsonaro after the far-right politician won a sweeping victory in Brazil's presidential election. The former army captain won 55.2 per cent of the vote against 44.8 per cent for Fernando Haddad of the left-wing Workers' Party. His pledge to fight crime and corruption following a string of scandals have won him mass support, but tough rhetoric that included shooting more criminals and stacking the Supreme Court in his favour have been widely condemned...

Boris Johnson has had his bid for Number 10 backed by a hedge fund manager who makes money from political volatility, according to recent reports. Billionaire Crispin Odey has told the former Foreign Secretary that he will have his backing to topple Theresa May. Talking to the Mail on Sunday, he said: “I think Boris would be excellent once he became leader. “We all know his weaknesses. But his strengths derive from those weaknesses. He makes quick decisions.” Mr Odey...

Many of the 300,000 British expats ‘officially’ living in Spain are reluctantly giving up their dreams amid Brexit concerns. But they should think twice before doing so, says one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The message comes as British Prime Minister Theresa May has two weeks to sell her Brexit deal to the UK Parliament – which looks like it will be a challenge – and against a backdrop of a dwindling number of Brits living in...

George Osborne extended the pay cap after 2015 despite civil service warning that the policy would ‘have a negative impact on family relationships.’ Conservative Ministers approved extending the public sector pay cap beyond 2015 despite a warning the policy would harm family life and force children into poverty. The previously undisclosed warning is contained in a Ministerial Decision Record obtained by GMB through the Freedom of Information Act. George Osborne announced in July 2015 that the 1 per cent public...

Outspoken businessman and Apprentice host, Alan Sugar, blasted Boris Johnson and Michael Gove over their comments leading up to the Brexit vote, in 2016. He said the pair should be put in jail for lying and deceiving the public, especially regarding the £350m more to spend on NHS a week, post-Brexit. Sugar even claimed the referendum result should be classed as void, as the public were “totally misled.” He told the House of Lords: "No such process exists for claims...