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Parish council planning and environment committee meetings are usually quite a dull and sleepy affair. But for the people of Handforth in Cheshire, one such event turned into an explosive trail of insults, power grabs and chaos as councillors lost control of what was meant to be a very simple agenda. Footage of the absurd meeting … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen threw her deputy leader under the bus over the EU vaccine shambles on Monday, as Jean-Claude Juncker condemned her export ban bid. The European Commission president pinned the fiasco – that saw Brussels threaten to implement a hard border on the island of Ireland – on Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for Trade. … Read more
Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, were nominated on Sunday for the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on Middle East peace. The pair were recognized for four normalization deals between Israel and Arab nations known as the ‘Abraham Accords.’ They were nominated by lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who was … Read more
Last week, the UK became the first country in the world to authorise the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and this week we’ll be the first to start using it to inoculate people against Covid-19 – having already given more than a million people an initial first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Deploying this second vaccine is another … Read more
Dido Harding’s deputy in Test & Trace ‘lost it’ during months of chaos and was forced to seek help from psychiatrist colleague Sarah-Jane Marsh acted as director of testing at Test & Trace until six weeks ago She was forced to seek help from NHS psychiatrist colleague after ‘losing it’ Test & Trace cost £22billion … Read more
Good grief, the Commons was tense yesterday. Tauter than the strings on a well-tuned ukulele. With Brexit trade talks hanging by the flossiest of threads over in Brussels, the House had that subdued air of a hospital waiting room. As each hour passed, the atmosphere grew antsier. Jokes and jibes were in short supply. Penny … Read more
Sadiq Khan’s Labour deputy mayor appears to eat his EAR WAX in front of ‘disgusted’ viewers during live public meeting Jules Pipe, 55, was seen using end of hinged arms on glasses to scoop out gunk Deputy Mayor then appeared to sniff ear wax before licking it while on camera One viewer said Sadiq Khan … Read more
Spain is considering a FOUR-DAY week, Deputy PM confirms Pablo Iglesias said the Spanish government is investigating a four-day working week as part of Treasury negotiations ahead of budget talks The Podemos leader said the move would ‘undoubtedly’ create more jobs The leader of the Más País party also voiced support, saying it is the perfect … Read more
Jordan North has become the first camp leader of this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!. The radio DJ, 30, was voted into the position by the public and chose Victoria Derbyshire, 52, as his deputy after the result was announced on Sunday’s show. As leader, Jordan will be allowed to sit in … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Deputy chief of staff to the secretary of defense has resigned amid Pentagon purge Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Alexis Ross has resigned, a US defense official told CNN Thursday Chief of Staff Jen Stewart had already submitted her resignation Tuesday Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper in … Read more