Politics
Cayman Islands stall on show at the Tory Party Conference
A stall advertising an infamous tax haven is on display at this year’s Conservative Party Conference. Several attendees have posted pictures of the Cayman Islands stall which looks to have garnered considerable interest among the conference’s suited delegates. Hosted by the island’s tourism board Visit Cayman Islands it appears to promote tourism to the island from the outset, but a deeper look shows a more sinister side to the organisation. Listed under the page “operate your business” their website promotes...
Matilda at 30: Roald Dahl’s Heroine Stands up to Trump
To mark the 30th anniversary, a statue of Roald Dahl’s beloved fictional character, Matilda Wormwood, has been unveiled facing the man voted the person she would be most likely to stand up to in 2018, President Donald Trump. Inspired by Matilda’s courage and the battle she picks with Miss Trunchbull in the novel, the Roald Dahl Story Company gave the general public the chance to decide who they thought she would be taking a stand against in 2018. Topping that list...
Protesters attack UKIP stall & mobile billboard with spray paint
The activists labeled them "scum" and "racist" at a family friendly event in the Kingsmead Square area of the city.
Taxpayers face £30,000 bill so the Government can hire a BUTLER
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is advertising for a "strong team player" to fill the role
‘Brexit could see suicide rate soar’ warns historian
Dr Julie Gottlieb has found suicide rates spike at times of political crises
Almost 1 in 10 school staff bring own food in for hungry kids
Staff regularly fork out to feed pupils who don’t get enough to eat at home according to new survey Almost one in 10 school staff brings food in from home to feed kids who would otherwise go hungry, a shocking study has found. They surveyed thousands of classroom based school support staff up and down the country - 8 per cent of whom felt they have to spend their own money on food for hungry children. Staff report children coming to...
Rees-Mogg blasted for “casual racism” comment
Would be Conservative Party leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has found himself in the centre of a racism storm, over comments he made at the Tory Party conference. Mr Rees-Mogg made the controversial comments at a pro-Brexit rally in Birmingham last night. He said: All the countries who are least interested in their people call themselves ‘people's’, don’t they? “So the People’s Republic of China? Oh, that’s communist. “And the People’s Republic of Jam Jar, or something like that, of Libya, was what it...
Actual barrier to opportunity erected outside Tory Party Conference
A barrier outside the Conservative Party Conference has been making the rounds on social media today ahead of the Conservative Party Conference. Delegates convened yesterday for the first day of the annual meeting in Birmingham with several big issues on the agenda. But despite international issues such as Brexit dominating most of the headlines it was opportunities at home that grabbed most attention on social media. A tweet by Channel 4 correspondent Ciaran Jenkins went viral after the reporter spotted...
Anti-EU group conducts Brexit poll – and it goes horribly wrong
Administrators that run an anti-EU group on Facebook were left red faced after a poll created to gauge the nation's appetite for leaving the union returned a strong Remain consensus. The poll, posted on "Nigel Farage - Leave Means Leave", garnered almost a million votes since it was posted on 22nd September. It asked members of the anti-EU group how they would vote in a second referendum "knowing what you know", but returned a shocking outcome. Some 63 per cent...