Politics
Odds on David Davis to resign plummet as he becomes favourite to go next
David Davis is favourite to leave Theresa May's cabinet next. Odds on the Brexit Minister resigning plummeted from from 8/1 to 2/1 today. With cabinet tensions over customs plans reported to be boiling over, Davis looks to be in line to go next according to the latest betting data. May has also been cut into 5/1 from 6/1 to hold her hands up and step down before anyone else in the government, while Chris Grayling has come in from 6/1 to...
4 million forced to use food banks as poverty grips Britain
New figures have revealed that nearly four million adults in the UK have been forced to use food banks as poverty grips Britain. The research, which comes hot heels of revelations leaked yesterday that Britain has nine out of the ten poorest regions in Northern Europe, found there to be "shocking" levels of deprivation across the country, with experts warning that social security policy changes under the Tory government were leading to “destitution by design”. The exclusive poll commissioned by The Independent...
“Which will last longer, the Northern rail franchise or her premiership?” May runs out of answers
With Theresa May looking more vulnerable than ever, she cut a sorry figure at Prime Minister’s Questions today. “Just like our shambolic privatised railways, this government’s incompetence threatens our economy, businesses, jobs and our communities,” said the Labour Leader, referencing the Northern Rail franchise shambles. “So, my question to the prime minister is this,” added Jeremy Corbyn, “Which will last longer, the Northern rail franchise or her premiership?” Accused of having wasted more energy negotiating with her own fiercely divided...
Theresa May asked not to deport 10-year-old asylum seeker orphan
Theresa May was today asked about a 10-year-old orphan facing deportation. Glasgow North East MP Paul Sweeney called on the Prime Minster to guarantee asylum for a 10-year-old boy orphaned in Scotland. When he was a three-year-old toddler Giorgi Kakava and his widowed mum Sophie fled Georgia seven years ago amid threats from gangland figures in their native country. Sophie died in February before their asylum application could be processed, leaving her son orphaned. The young Celtic fan, who only...
May gives Commons 12 hours to debate 15 crucial amendments to the Brexit Bill
MPs will have just 12 hours to debate 15 crucial amendments to the Brexit bill, including the customs union, the date and time of the exit and Northern Ireland. The latest amendments from the House of Lords will circle back to the Commons on 12 June, but with a working majority of just 13 Prime Minister Theresa May has given politicians just half a day to debate the changes and send the bill back to the house. Tory chief whip Julian Smith...
Number of Britons saying the vote to leave the EU was the wrong decision reaches a new high
The number of Brits saying the vote to leave the EU was the wrong decision has reached a new high, according to the latest data. In the same week that prominent Leave campaigner Nigel Farage claimed he never “promised that Brexit would be a huge success” confidence from the British public also seems to be diminishing. Shocking analysis recently pooled the mounting evidence that suggests Brexit will make us poorer. Some 97 per cent of academics, the IMF, World Bank, HM...
In numbers: Jeremy Hunt’s reign as Britain’s longest-serving health secretary
Jeremy Hunt became Britain's longest-serving custodian of the NHS this weeki having surpassed Margaret Thatcher's Health Minister, Norman Fowler, and Aneurin Bevan, the man who set up the health service in the first place. With waiting times getting increasingly worse, doctors and nurses fleeing in their droves, care standards falling dramatically and the private sector increasingly gobbling up services the question on everyone's mind is; How has he survived so long? Given his record over the past five years and 274 days, one...
Conservative Muslim Forum join nationwide call for Tory party Islamophobia probe
The Executive Committee of the Conservative Muslim Forum has just added its voice to calls last night from over 350 mosques and Muslim organisations all over the Muslim community for an independent investigation into Islamophobia in the Tory party. It will be increasingly hard for Theresa May to ignore the mounting pressure for an independent inquiry after some sickening high profile racist incidents within the party. - Especially in her current weakened position, facing conspiracies and hostile briefings from within...
New plugin translates all mentions of “Tommy Robinson” to “convicted fraudster Stephen Yaxley-Lennon”
A new Google Chrome plug-in has been developed that translates all mentions of Tommy Robinson to "convicted fraudster Stephen Yaxley-Lennon". Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for 13 months for potentially prejudicing a court case. The hashtag #FreeTommyRobinson has been populated by sympathisers since his sentencing, but few people know the name is an alias. To avoid any confusion, HOPE not hate has released a 'Tommy Robinson' Chrome extension that translates all mentions of the former EDL leader...