Politics

By Marcus Hendriks Perhaps the overriding sentiment towards the election currently pervading New York City is one of apathy. On one level this is unsurprising, as the primaries and secondaries have by now combined to form a long, protracted process of over one year. But on another, this is an election after all, a fairly important affair. This attitude is even observable in the news coverage. Today, a Fox News anchor’s exhaustion was unsuccessfully masked by humour when commenting that even...

Ok this isn't as scientific as an Ipsos/Mori poll, but traditional polls aren't exactly doing very well, so why not listen to a goat? I was, and still am sceptical about this animal's psychic ability, but it chose Clinton to win, and that's enough for me. It turns out that Boots the goat is a professional psychic that predicts political outcomes. The 3-year-old goat from Jedburgh, Scotland, beat many pundits by correctly asserting that the United Kingdom would vote to...

The savage cuts that have blighted the UK’s poor and lower middle class have “systematically violated the rights of disabled people,” concludes a UN study. The highly critical report, published in Geneva on Monday afternoon makes 11 recommendations to improve the circumstances of people with disabilities across the UK. The Conservative Government immediately rejected the claims. However, the level of cuts prompted many Tories to raise serious concerns about the impact it would have on the less well off in society....

The CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) is considering a complaint regarding the Leave campaign, which it is felt misled the country with some of its claims during the campaign, leading to 52 per cent of voters opting to leave the European Project. The director of public prosecutions, Alison Saunders is now considering a complaint of "undue influence" over the referendum tactics by the Vote Leave and Leave.EU campaigns. Under electoral law, "undue influence" is a corrupt practice which includes the use of "a...

The outrageous wealth of World politicians has been revealed in a new study which ranks our very own Boris Johnson and David Cameron amongst the wealthiest politicians in the World. Using a range of different sources, Lottoland has rounded up the likes of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and more to analyse just how much money each of the politicians has to their name, with some surprisingly contrasting results. Russian President Putin is reported to be worth...

It has been alleged that Prince Andrew made anti-Brexit comments during a dinner last week, reports the Daily Mirror Many pro-EU will be supporters will be pleased that a prominent member of the royal family has come out against Brexit, however the royal family is supposed to keep out of politics and are supposed to keep their opinions on government decisions to themselves. Prince Andrew breaking with convention shows the importance of the matter and his level of concern. However,...

Jeremy Corbyn has said that his party would consider voting against invoking Article 50 if the Conservative party can’t ensure the UK has access to the single market. Corbyn told the Sunday Mirror the Tories need to meet their “Brexit bottom line,” or they would rebel against the result of the EU referendum. Corbyn would join with Tory Remain MPs, Liberal Democrats and SNP members to try and block the bill. If there were enough dissenting Tory MPs Brexit could...

Donald Trump would get absolutely pummelled in the polls if it was up to Brits. The outspoken Republican would garner just 11 per cent of the votes with Hilary Clinton romping home with a 58 per cent share. Clinton is way ahead of Trump in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Newcastle when it comes to bets placed, with only Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester are putting more dosh on Donald. TheNominant.com survey also confirmed that the Democratic candidate would...

LBC presenter James O'Brien laid into the Leave supporters regarding the Brexit High Court ruling. He said to Leave voters: 'If you think you voted in possession of truth, honesty and facts then you're a banana.' O'Brien is one of the most outspoken media figures against Brexit and the misinformation that led the UK to vote to leave the EU. After the front pages of the right-wing press this morning, you have to wonder how many would count James as an...