Politics

The SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has told her party’s conference that a bill for a new referendum is due to be published. The previous referendum ended in defeat for the SNP with 55 per cent of voters opting to remain part of Britain. However, a wave of nationalism spread through the country after the vote, virtually wiping out Labour north of the border in the last general election. She said: “So, I can confirm today that the Independence Referendum Bill...

“The long march to freedom” has begun, the only problem is the Prime Minster doesn’t know the way or if the Promised Land is a toxic landfill site, or a nirvana where unchained UK citizens are served by carefully selected foreign people. As you can imagine most of the new, and old, opposition leader’s questions were on Brexit and Theresa May’s plans for it. Only this morning 170 questions from the Labour party over Brexit landed on her desk. A...

A nurse who raised serious concerns about patient and staff safety is about to be sacked and is now staging a hunger strike outside the Department of Health. Jade Taylor, 46, has also been sleeping outside the government office, decided she had to speak out after her own parents were allegedly mistreated at Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust. She was so angry about the poor treatment she bravely spoke out but feels she became a target by senior staff, and...

Labour has finally got its mojo back, well a tiny bit, and have asked the government 170 questions on Brexit, one for each day before Theresa May has declared she will invoke Article 50 and begin the withdrawal from the EU. Emily Thornberry, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Keir Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union wrote an open latter to David Davis, Brexit Secretary. If he could answer one question each day, like an xmas advent...

This news must panic even the most ardent of “Brexiteers,” as a leaked Treasury document would destroy the UK economy. The fall that has been predicted would damage jobs across the country and send business to the wall. The report was shared with The Times and suggests that GDP might fall to almost ten per cent if the UK leaves the European project and opts to follow World Trade Organisation rules. The paper was published by the ex-Chancellor George Osborne...

A-list Hollywood star Robert De Niro had some strong words for Presidential hopeful Donald Trump. The Raging bull star didn’t hold back when he attacks the billionaire star of the Apprentice, during the video The short film was released as another audio recorded of Trump was leaked, which caught him talking in lewd and offensive way towards women, claiming he “grabs them by the pussy.” Trump then took part in the presidential debate with Clinton, who many have said failed...

Former Labour leader Tony Blair has indicated that he could be returning to politics to tackle the "one party state" that currently exists in Britain. Speaking to Esquire magazine he said he is “very motivated” to tackle the Tory party’s vision of Brexit Britain, a vision the current Labout party set-up is unable to challenge because they don't appeal to mainstream voters. He said: "I don’t know if there’s a role for me . . . There’s a limit to what I...

Steven Woolfe is suspected to be suffering from bleeding of the brain after he was punched in a bust up outside the European Parliament. The MEP, who is favourite to become the next UKIP leader, collapsed in Brussells amid reports he was punched by a colleague. He was rushed to hospital with suspected head injuries, which could be critical. UKIP party insiders told The Telegraph that Mr Woolfe was punched by a colleague from the same party following an altercation, with one...

Today a joint statement was released, signed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the Leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood, and Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, the co-leaders of the Green Party calling for progressive parties to work together to resist the ‘Tories' toxic politics’. Here is the statement in full: The countries of the United Kingdom face a spiralling political and economic crisis. At the top of the Conservative Party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now...