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Thank you very much. Good evening. I’d like to update the American people with our efforts to protect the election. If you count the legal vote, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that came in late, we’re looking … Read more
Police snooped on leading Labour politicians for decades and engaged in ‘racist targeting’ of MPs and campaigners, an inquiry heard yesterday. Undercover officers allegedly compiled files on figures including former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, Lord Peter Hain and Dame Joan Ruddock because they campaigned against racism and apartheid. They are also accused of spending … Read more
French politicians lined up to demand tougher action against Islamist terrorism today after three people were murdered by a knifeman in Nice. The triple murder is the latest in a long line of terror attacks in France in recent years, including the Charlie Hebdo massacre in 2015 and the beheading of a school teacher two … Read more
‘I am kept awake by climate failures’: Prince William reveals he gets upset over politicians’ failure to combat climate change Speaking to campaigners, Prince William, 38, said he doesn’t understand why ‘those who have the levers’ don’t do more to tackle climate change emergency Prince said pointing out ‘bad things’ was not always best way … Read more
Liverpool is to set up its own ‘local furlough’ scheme to supplement ‘inadequate’ coronavirus wage subsidies for local workers, City Region mayor Steve Rotheram announced today. He blasted the job support scheme set up by Rishi Sunak saying its 67 per cent payments were not enough to keep people going while swathes of the region’s … Read more
The digital paint is barely dry on the multi-coloured PowerPoints and the whacky charts, and already the latest war game from Boris has hit the buffers. Dividing the country into zones designated into one of three tiers (a bit like houses at a particular posh public school) has left us totally confused about who’s in … Read more
Dominic West and his wife struck a ‘denial pose’ in echoes of ‘unfaithful politicians trying to save their careers’ as they posed outside their house today, a body language expert has claimed. The actor, 50, who wasn’t wearing his wedding ring, and his wife Catherine FitzGerald kissed and put on a united front outside their Wiltshire … Read more
Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has been classified as a criminal organisation in an historic ruling that leaves the party leadership facing lengthy jail terms for running a gang. The five-year legal battle was sparked by the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, 34, who performed under the name Killah P, who was stabbed to … Read more
MPs back Rule of Six in Commons vote with just 17 politicians opposing it despite widespread Tory fury at coronavirus law they fear will ‘do more harm than good’ The Covid-19 regulations were passed by 287 votes to 17 a majority of 270 Rules are already in force, with the motion simply offering a retrospective … Read more
US Congressmen this week waded into the controversy over the British Museum’s ownership of the Elgin Marbles, urging Boris Johnson to hand them back to Greece by 2021. ‘The Marbles have been the source of controversy among western allies for many decades. Greece has long wanted these Parthenon Marbles back,’ the 18 US lawmakers said … Read more