LEAKED: Footage from Inside No. 10 Downing Street! Andy Serkis troll of Theresa May is devastating

As Theresa May's grip on power looks more weak and wobbly than ever, conflicting reports coming from Westminster on whether parliament's meaningful vote on her Brexit agreement will go ahead or not on Tuesday, Andy Serkis dropped this brilliant video titled "LEAKED: Footage from Inside No. 10 Downing Street!" The Hollywood legend used the acting and animation genius that made his Gollum performance in Lord of the Rings movies so memorable to devastating effect in this short clip. And just as...

Breaking: Brexit deal vote pulled, sources say

Cabinet sources have told the BBC the Brexit deal vote planned for tomorrow has been pulled just hours after ministers confirmed it was "definitely on". Earlier this morning Michael Gove insisted Tuesday’s crunch Commons vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal will take place as the prime minister made a final push for MPs’ support. But last minute revelations seem to have scuppered the Prime Minister's plans. BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg has said two cabinet sources have told her the vote...

ECJ rules Britain can cancel Brexit as MPs prepare to vote on May’s deal for leaving EU

The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other 27 EU members. The ruling comes as MPs prepare to vote on Theresa May's deal for leaving the EU, which is expected to end in a crushing defeat for the beleaguered PM. It comes after a senior ECJ official - the advocate general - said last week he agreed the UK should be able to change its mind about leaving. Political commentators in...

Employers are twice as likely to say Brexit is bad for young workers   

Half of employers say Brexit will harm young people’s economic prospects in the short-term – twice the number that think it will be helpful, according to a YouGov survey for the charity Young Women’s Trust.  Many employers also expressed concern about the longer-term financial impact on young people of the UK leaving the EU. 50 per cent of those with responsibility for hiring staff say that the economic implications of Brexit will negatively affect 18 to 30 year-olds in the long-term. This compares to 33 per cent who think it will have a positive effect. One in four (27...

Caroline Lucas and People’s Vote win plaudits following live Brexit debate

Caroline Lucas, arguing in favour of a People's Vote in a live Brexit debate broadcast on Channel 4, looks to have walked away with the plaudits after a fiercely contested battle with senior politicians. The Green MP lined up against Jacob Rees-Mogg, who campaigned for a hard Brexit, James Cleverly, who was backing Theresa May's deal, and Labour MP Barry Gardiner who called for a General Election in the debate, which replaced the Prime Minister's head-to-head with Jeremy Corbyn after the respective...

Brexiteer Priti Patel says UK should threaten Ireland with no deal Brexit food shortages

Disgraced former minister Priti Patel is in hot water again today – for gleefully suggesting that the threat of food shortages in a no deal Brexit could be used to encourage Ireland to drop their insistence on a backstop to prevent a hard border across Ireland. The former Tory Minister for International Development was reacting to a government report leaked to theTimes newspaper that outlined food shortages would be worse for Ireland than the UK in a no deal Brexit....

Vote Leave illegal spending “sufficient enough” to swing the result of the referendum

One of the world's leading experts in computational propaganda has concluded Vote Leave's illegal overspending was "very likely" to have been sufficient to swing the result of the referendum. Professor Philip Howard, director of the Oxford Internet Institute, has presented exhaustive analysis of the campaign’s digital strategy to the High Court which concludes it reached “tens of millions of people” in its last crucial days after its spending limit had been breached. It is more than plausible that the reach was...

Boris Johnson told to apologise for not declaring over £50k income on time

Boris Johnson has found himself in hot water again. Only a few weeks after his water cannons were sold off at a huge loss. Now he has been told to apologise, in Parliament, after he repeatedly failed to register payments from his newspaper column and books.The totals involved with the nine late-registered payments was £52,722.80 In a report, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Kathryn Stone, said that Boris admitted he had failed to register payments in time on nine occasions in...

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