Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major has admitted David Cameron’s EU immigration limits may only be temporary, and be removed when current instability in the Eurozone subsides. He made the comments on the Andrew Marr Show, after a week
Two Australian jihadis are reported to have been told they were too fat to join the ranks of ISIS terrorists. The 22-stone brothers are said to have gone to Syria whilst claiming to their parents they were heading for a
Ken Livingstone was accused yesterday of inciting a “lynch mob” of protesters against the public servants being asked to deal with the shortcomings of Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s administration in Tower Hamlets. On Wednesday the former Mayor of London told Rahman’s
Sir John Major, who led Britain from 1990 until 1997, said yesterday the UK has “just under 50 percent” likelihood of leaving the European Union. At a speech in Berlin he expressed his ongoing support for Britain’s membership of the
The Conservatives and UKIP have begun their final push ahead of next week’s Rochester and Strood by-election. Polls say UKIP will win their second House of Commons seat with a comfortable margin of 12 percent, but the Conservatives are still
National Health Service bosses have launched a campaign to persuade patients to stay away from hospitals and general practitioners (GPs) this Christmas, and use privately-run pharmacists instead. The NHS’s medical director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, said the NHS is unable
Yoko Ono has secretly bought the former home of John Lennon, according to sources in Liverpool. Yoko is said to have bought the house as an anonymous ‘over the phone bidder’ in an auction at the Cavern Club last year.
Stephen Benn, son of the maverick socialist MP Tony Benn, has claimed the lordship his father fought to renounce. He will now be formally known as Viscount Stansgate and by registering at the House of Lords is entitled to run
Former minister Ken Clarke has claimed Margaret Thatcher was a pro-European who “knew the value of the EU” and Nigel Farage has “no answers” to the problems faced by modern Britain. His comments came at a private dinner in the
Ed Miliband has the worst rating of any major party leader ever, with just 13 percent of voters saying they would be happy to see him become Prime Minister. The IPSOS Mori poll for the Evening Standard also shows the
David Cameron has called on Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green supporters in Rochester and Strood to tactically vote Conservative to stop UKIP winning the by-election. He said the by-election was a “two horse race” and that anyone voting UKIP was
A group of young Muslims have been videoed launching rocket fireworks at police in Bow, East London. The video was distributed on Facebook by members of the public that were concerned it did not appear in the mainstream media. The
Members of the public broke with tradition today by applauding HM The Queen for attending the remembrance Sunday commemoration despite police uncovering a plot to kill her at the event. The annual ceremony on Whitehall remembers British soldiers killed in
Rochester and Strood Green Party have been accused of disrespecting the memory of fallen soldiers by refusing to observe the tradition of not campaigning on remembrance Sunday. Activists where pictured without poppies, running an anti-war street stall ahead of the
A Russian actor and anti-Putin campaigner has been found dead at his home in Moscow, with some reports suggesting he was found in a “pool of blood”. Alexei Devotchenko had attended a large number of protests against the Russian leader
The Health Secretary has hit out at immigration because he is worried his mixed race children will be discriminated against. Jeremy Hunt said health tourism risked creating “social divisions” that would see resentment against his half-Chinese family. He claimed British
Exchanges between lawyers and their clients are being routinely intercepted according to papers released by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT). The documents show MI5, MI6 and GCHQ accessed communications that gave the government “an unfair advantage akin to playing poker
Ed Miliband is fighting for his political life tonight as the patience of his MPs appeared to give way. His leadership has been dogged with mistakes, personal awkwardness and a failure to connect with the public. Earlier this week MPs
Last night around a thousand masked anarchists tried their very best to take over Central London and start a revolution. They’d bought their V for Vendetta masks in advance from the local toy shop, and got ready to do battle
David Cameron has told an audience at an award ceremony he wants to see an Asian Prime Minister within his lifetime. The GG2 Leadership Awards recognise contributions by the Asian community to British life, and this year’s top award went
David Cameron has refused to rule out a pact with UKIP after the next election. When the Prime Minister was asked by BBC Radio Kent if he would consider a minority administration supported by Farage’s party he said he would
An effigy of Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is to be burnt in Lewes, England as part of the celebrating of Bonfire Night. The annual event celebrates the day a plot was foiled to blow up King James I by
Five Libyan soldiers have claimed asylum in the UK to avoid being thrown out of the country after their visit was cut short because their colleagues were accused of multiple sex attacks. The cadets were amongst a group of 300
This week’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) was, even by the admission of the two leaders, the battle between the parrot and the weasel. Miliband spent the whole parroting the same question, whilst Cameron’s weaselled his way out of being clear
MPs have been warned that British schools are offering illegal advice to pupils after information saying that gay or straight oral and penetrative sex reflects “positive choices” in the life of a 13-year old was sent to all schools by
