Politics

A post on Australian gun control is going viral following the tragic shootings in Las Vegas. The Facebook picture refers to a mass shooting in 1996 which prompted politicians to introduce sweeping gun control measures. The government bought back and destroyed over 1 million guns and put in controls over who can purchase firearms, which has eradicated mass shootings in the country. It has also barely inflicted its citizen's rights to own arms. Only full and semi automatic guns are...

Instead of wasting money creating Uber for the NHS, why doesn’t the health secretary give all NHS staff the pay rise they desperately need? GMB, the union for public sector workers, says a new healthcare workforce app unveiled by Jeremy Hunt will bring the gig economy to the NHS. In a speech to the Conservative Party Conference today, the Health Secretary announced plans to introduce an app-based work system to 12 NHS trusts. Jeremy Hunt said:“They need to be able...

By Benjamin Jenkins Jeremy Hunt has been called out for trying to rewrite history at the Conservative Party Conference after he claimed that the Tories were responsible for the creation of the National Health Service. The Secretary of State for Health played a clip from 1944 when the NHS was founded, insinuating that it was the Conservatives that had created it. But the Tories fought it "tooth and nail" all the way through Parliament on a three line whip and voted against...

Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has come out swinging for the Tories, and seems to be the only one up for the fight, to beat Labour, rather than each other. She said that the Conservative Party needs to “get over its current nervous breakdown and man up.” Davidson said that the support for Jeremy Corbyn will drop off and she will “start the fight.” Currently the main battle in the Conservative Party appears to be between Boris Johnson and Theresa...

The Conservative party conference in Manchester has been under intense police security and subjected to large protests, but inside the ring of steel, Tory MPs are still mouthing off with their reactionary views. It was the turn of South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay to step up and make a statement to wind up everyone outside of the Tory bubble. Mackinlay won his seat in Kent following a close battle with former UKIP leader Nigel Farage in 2015, but is set...

Expect more inaction from White House following the deadliest ever US gun attack in Las Vegas. The National Rifle Association was the biggest financial backer of Donald Trump's campaign last year, which means gun control legislation is off the table. The NRA spent $6 million in TV ads on behalf of the Republican presidential candidate, which is $6 million more than the Trump campaign has spent on itself. In all the gun rights group placed multimillion-dollar bets on Donald Trump...

Outspoken Katie Hopkins turned up to the Conservative Party Conference this morning in the wedding dress from her first marriage. The raucous attention seeker donned her wedding outfit to promote a conference fringe event to take place this afternoon on the subject of divorce. The panel is entitled Sex, Lies and Irreconcilable Differences: Time For No-Fault Divorce? and is being run by the Campaign for Family Law Reform. Every woman should still fit her first wedding dress. Don't sell your hubby a...

Spanish police have turned on fellow emergency service providers during the referendum riots. Videos have emerged of police forces using batons on firefighters as tensions flare in Spain. The videos have been released as videos from across the region have been published on social media showing police use violence against protesters, including women and children. The Spanish police are now beating up Catalan firefighters. This is an absolute shocker. #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/zJeTATJQxJ — Owen Jones? (@OwenJones84) October 1, 2017 Catalan citizens voted...

As Labour Party membership soars over 596,500, above Tony Blair levels, the Conservative Party is facing up to fears that its membership will soon fall below 100,000. Since 2013 when the Conservative Party last publicised membership numbers of 134,000, the party has refused to publish the true numbers amid fears of dwindling rank and file support. And in the last couple of years, while Labour membership continues to rise there have been no reason for the Conservatives to lift their...