Politics

Not a single baby in Britain was given the name ‘Nigel’ last year, official figures show, and it could all be down to former UKIP leader Nigel Farage. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Oliver is now the most popular name for boys in Britain, but names such as Corbyn and Jacob are growing in popularity. Harry and George ranked highly in a nod to the royal family, and Noah and Charlie have also been rising in popularity....

A new poll has revealed British people have finally turned their backs on Brexit, with the majority now saying the country should remain in the EU. Theresa May is today set to give a make-or-break speech on her plans for EU withdrawal, with an offer of £20 billion to be tabled in return for access to the single market and a customs union. May will head to Florence in the hope of convincing EU leaders of the “importance of negotiations...

A decisive survey has revealed the public have warmed to Jeremy Corbyn’s style and cooled on Theresa May. Jeremy Corbyn has leapfrogged Theresa May for having sound judgement and likeability in the eyes of the public. The Labour leader has also overtaken the Prime Minister on the question of having “a lot of personality”. The survey found four in ten voters say Mr Corbyn has sound judgement, up ten points in a year, while Mrs May’s score on this has plummeted...

Turkey has submitted almost 2,000 content removal requests to Twitter this year according to The Spectator Index. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been heavily criticised on the global stage for censoring the media in his country. The 2016–17 purges in Turkey brought about in reaction to the failed coup d'état have resulted in many journalists being locked up and several news outlets being shut down. Last year the president shut down an unprecedented number of television channels, radio stations and daily...

Donald Trump's approval ratings have jumped up following his speech to the United Nations where he threatened nuclear war. Following a low of 39 per cent in the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll last month Trump is back at 43 percent in this week’s survey, with other surveys showing similar results. The president once again courted controversy this week when he threatened to "totally destroy North Korea" in a highly-combative debut speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Addressing world leaders and...

The Office for National Statistics today released new zero hours contracts data. The data shows that women and young people are most affected by the contracts that do not guarantee any hours in a given week Women make up 58 per cent of those on zero hours contracts and 34 per cent of workers with no guaranteed hours are aged 16 to 24 – the largest age group However, the number of people on zero-hours contracts in the UK has fallen...

The recent skyrocket in Bitcoin’s market value has caused there to be a great deal of speculation about how long lasting this success will be and whether it is just a matter of time before it sees a significant crash (as was the case on previous occasions). As Bitcoin is decentralised by nature, it is possible that it will perform differently than other currencies as it is not controlled by any company, government or a particular organisation. Bitcoin, the very...

Another day, another disaster for Brexit...and all who sail in her towards the giant fatberg that is Boris Johnson’s ego.  The Brexit department head Oliver Robbins has left his role, which has thrown the Government's plans into further disarray after Boris Johnson was reprimanded, over the weekend, for repeating the false claims of the £350m pledge for the NHS if the UK left the EU. - The Foreign Secretary's lies even called out by the UK Statistics Authority. Robbins was, until very...

Threat to good manufacturing jobs in Belfast risks ‘domino effect’ with thousands of jobs at stake, union warns GMB, the union for aerospace workers, has called for the Government to intervene to protect Bombardier jobs in Northern Ireland. The union's call comes on the day Theresa May is expected the discuss the Bombadier trade dispute with Canadian leader Justin Trudeau. Bombadier, a Canadian company and Northern Ireland's biggest manufacturing employer, announced another 95 redundancies at its Northern Ireland operations on...