Politics

Bookmaker Betway are reporting multiple pay-outs of hundreds of thousands of pounds at big odds in what has been dubbed Brexit II for the gambling industry. Early reports suggest the Trump win could be a worse result for the bookies than Brexit and Leicester winning the Premier League. Betway’s Alan Alger, said: “After Leicester winning the League at monster odds and punters cleaning us out in the late hours of the Brexit vote, we could have done without Donald Trump being...

Donald Trump has become the 45th President of the United States in an election that has sent tremors across the World. The Republican candidate took key states such as Texas, Iowa and Utah, as well as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Florida which, amongst others, were assumed to be guaranteed wins for Hilary Clinton and the Democrats. Very few people expected the result and the mood is very much one of disbelief as Barack Obama, a man who stood for...

Donald Trump is on track to win the US election against all odds. The Republican candidate has won the key swing states of Ohio and Florida, and is now projected to win in single figures. After 43 white male presidents some believe a female president following the first black president was a step too far for some Americans, and that's certainly the social media reaction to it. Many believe this is an anti-establishment vote similar to Britain's Brexit vote on...

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,...