As one big Conservative monster after another comes face to face Hunger Games On election night, one escaped the carnage: the former Conservative leader, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, stood on the podium with former and current Labour candidates who had done him a great service by their bitter infighting. The electoral officer for Chingford and… Read More »
Top advisers have warned that the “unpredictable” or even “unstable” Emmanuel Macron could resign after a second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday. “I know the man, this is not science fiction,” a former senior adviser told The Telegraph of the French president, whose centrist alliance is likely to be left with half the number… Read More »
Some of Rishi Sunak’s closest allies have faced a furious backlash after they were rewarded by the former prime minister despite their “mad” role in calling an early election. In a sign of growing anger within party ranks over the decision to hold an early election and concerns about the way it was conducted, former… Read More »
The rush to make “change” in the next 100 days will become overwhelming and the need to tear up the Labour manifesto to justify painful taxes on “wealth” held in pensions, savings and assets will emerge. These will be the days of “opening the books” and seeing that there is no money left. But the… Read More »
On a freezing afternoon, January 23, 1975, John Bonham sat in the back of a stretch Cadillac limousine, drinking vodka from a bottle. After Led Zeppelin had completed a three-night tour of the Chicago Stadium the previous night, the band’s next concert in St. Louis was cancelled because singer Robert Plant had fallen ill. Lively… Read More »
As families gather to eat at restaurants, a ruthless robbery gang quietly attaches tracking devices to their vehicles. A “sophisticated, carefully planned and well-executed plot” saw tens of thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and cash stolen from homes in Liverpool’s suburbs. Six homes were targeted in September and October last year. The masterminds behind… Read More »
One of Jay Slater’s friends has spoken out against conspiracy theories circulating on social media. Brad Hargreaves was one of the friends who travelled with Jay Slater to Tenerife to attend the NRG music festival – and became the target of trolls who sent him insults online. Brad told his Instagram followers that it was… Read More »
Labour has promised to “kick-start economic growth” after 14 years of Conservative rule and aims to address the growing problem of economic inactivity. So how will this affect the benefits system? The party’s manifesto sets out broad strategies to boost employment rates, without going into any detail. There is no clarity on intended changes to… Read More »
As the defeated parties face the inevitable election canvasses, the Scottish National Party will be second only to the bloodshed in Conservative circles. From a party that boasted of not having lost an election in almost two decades, its furious supporters claim this defeat has almost killed the cause closest to their hearts: Scottish independence.… Read More »
Jay Slater’s family responded to a TikTok user who gave up searching for the missing teenager by saying: “We need experts, not hikers.” Flying Callum Fahim Tenerife The 19-year-old’s mother, who contacted him online and called him for two weeks before withdrawing her call after receiving death threats, told Sky News. He said he and… Read More »