Politics
Watch the most hilarious response to Tory MP’s request for video editor to work for no pay
“If the unpaid time I spent working on this film manages to raise Ben Bradley MP’s profile on social media, then it will have been unpaid time well spent.”
Conservatives have become party of “far-right ideology and intolerance”
The Conservatives have become a party of “far-right ideology and intolerance”, according to MEP Richard Ashworth. The former leader of the Conservative group in the European Parliament said he is extremely concerned that the party has “deserted the centre ground in favour of far-right ideology and intolerance”. His words come following actions of Conservative MEPs in a vote in the European Parliament to censure the Hungarian government, which was described as a “very distressing moment" by Tory peer Lord Finkelstein....
McDonnell says Universal Credit is “just not sustainable, it’ll have to go”
The Labour Chancellor has slammed the Government’s Universal Credit System, and confirmed Labour will scrap it if they get into power. The controversial new system has drawn heavy criticism from charities and campaign groups. Many people have struggled to receive money on time and have also been left with less income than on their previous benefits. Mr McDonnell said to Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme: “I think most people have now come to the conclusion it has got to be scrapped....
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon backs people’s vote
Sturgeon is not expected to give her key note speech until Tuesday.
Inside Conservatives’ Alternative Brexit Conference hosting climate deniers
By Chloé Farand Chloé Farand is a reporter at Desmog UK investigating climate change denial - where this report first appeared. In a packed lecture hall a few hundred metres away from the Conservative Party Conference, climate science denier and hard-Brexiter MP Owen Paterson told the cheering crowd: “We are the mainstream of the Conservative Party.” As the rift between different factions of the Conservative Party deepens over Brexit, Paterson, a political advisor to the group Leave Means Leave, was preaching to an audience...
Tory MP Nadine Dorries agrees last minute out of court settlement with her former PA
The maverick MP for Mid Bedfordshire's former PA Andrea Gordon planned to sue the ex I'm A Celebrity.. contestant for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination
Theresa May’s hypocrisy over Diane Abbott abuse
Yesterday Home Secretary Sajid Javid praised veteran Labour MP Dianne Abbott for being the sort of "role model" that Conservatives should be appealling to, insiting "it takes guts and determination to become the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons," in a rousing Conservative Party Conference speech many speculated was his pitch to be the next Tory leader. Keen not to be outdone in the messaging of inclusiveness, Prime Minister Theresa May also heaped praise on the...
Dancing Queen Theresa May priced for Strictly by bookies
Bookmakers make Theresa May a 33/1 shot to waltz her way to Strictly Come Dancing’s Glitterball Trophy in any series before the end of 2020. The Prime Minister swaggered onto stage to the tune of ABBA’s Dancing Queen at the Conservative Party conference earlier today and is now being eyed up by the leading online bookmaker as a future Strictly champion. Away from the jigs and jives, Betway are odds-on at 5/6 that May will not secure a Brexit deal...
Tory activists brandishing Jude sign and Hitler moustaches condemned for “vile anti-Semitism”
Conservative activists who scrawled Jude on their skin and donned Hitler moustaches have been condemned for “vile anti-Semitism” on social media. A photo posted on Facebook from the university society in Plymouth showed students from a Conservative group wearing T-shirts crawled with graffiti, including one stating, “F*** the NHS”, The Mirror revealed today. Another looks like he is sporting a Hitler-style moustache, while a friend appears to be making a hand gesture used by white supremacists. The photo has been met...