Category Archives: News
I lost four stone in six months even though I always hated exercise
After almost a year of negotiations, Fiona Dawson has quit her senior role at a luxury fashion retailer to focus on her health. I worked in marketing for decades. I loved my job, but the long working hours and extremely stressful environment made me lose sight of all my priorities, especially my health. The pounds… Read More »
Asylum seekers deceive church leaders to avoid deportation, judges say
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and other bishops in the House of Lords accused of being ‘blind’ to impact of mass immigration – DOUG PETERS/PA Judges expressed concern that some “unquestioning” church leaders were being “duped” by insincere asylum seekers who converted to Christianity to avoid deportation. A series of judicial decisions have highlighted examples… Read More »
As by-election defeats loom, leading Conservatives say we’ve given up the fight
Woman in coma ‘evacuated’ from home
Julie Iswan, 43, who had sickle cell disease, was evacuated from her home. (SWNS) One woman said she was removed from her home while in a coma, and when she got out of intensive care, all her belongings were gone. Juliet Iswan, 43, was in Bristol Royal Infirmary last February after suffering a stroke that… Read More »
Will voters punish the Tories for the sins of Peter Bone?
If the Conservatives were trying to retain the seat of disgraced former MP Peter Bone, you could be forgiven for not noticing. On a gray Wednesday morning in early February, there wasn’t a single Conservative poster or billboard to be seen during the 20-minute walk from Wellingborough station to the city centre. This is the… Read More »
Rishi Sunak’s cheap trans joke didn’t surprise me but his outcry did
Being trans in Britain takes the idea of ”you have to laugh or you’ll cry” to new, nightmarish levels. Before you meet Rishi Sunak, rest assured that I’m not being flippant: I don’t mean “laugh”, as anything is even remotely funny. I mean, it’s like having your jaw slack and slightly scoffing as if you… Read More »
‘This whole approach is getting old’
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s fraud case is expected to make a final decision soon in a sprawling civil case that could seriously damage the former president’s family business and branding real estate empire. That is, if he can tell whether one of Mr. Trump’s co-defendants is lying in the courtroom. Judge Arthur Engoron is… Read More »
Trump achieved four ‘wins’ in one day. This means chaos for everyone
For the first time in weeks, Thursday was a day of “good news” for the former president, who for years baselessly portrayed himself as the victim of a Democratic conspiracy to keep him out of the White House. He was pleased with his lawyer’s case before the U.S. Supreme Court. He won another primary. The… Read More »