Britain’s shadow chancellor Ed Balls was left red faced after security at the Bilderberg meeting in Copenhagen refused to allow him in. Security outside the Five Star Marriott Hotel was evidently unimpressed with Mr Balls, who was firmly but politely
Peter Robinson, First Minister of Northern Ireland, has come under attack for defending a Christian Minister who described Islam as “satanic” and “heathen”, according to the Independent. Mr Robinson insisted that Pastor James McConnell does not have “an ounce of
A senior Labour Party activist has said the party should not use an all women shortlist to select their candidate in Grimsby, a key UKIP target seat, because of a “febrile” political atmosphere following major gains by Nigel Farage’s party.
British Prime Minister David Cameron appears to have ditched the government’s controversial pledge to make spending 0.7 percent of GDP a legal requirement. Nick Clegg revealed that the promise, which had proved unpopular with many Conservatives will not appear in
A campaign has been launched to free the ‘Pigeon Man of Morecambe’ who has been jailed for six weeks for feeding local birds. John Wilkinson – known as the ‘pigeon man’ in a little-known nod to a popular children’s TV
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has spent nearly £800,000 of taxpayers’ money on ‘golden handshake’ pay-outs to bureaucrats and retiring officers in the last five years. According to the Manchester Evening News, this includes £200,000 handed to their former head of training
Britain’s Law Commission has called for legislation on hate crimes to be extended to cover transsexuals, the disabled and people targeted by criminals because of their sexual orientation, according to the Daily Telegraph. The commission also called for a full
A close friend and ally of would-be Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has resigned from the Liberal Democrats after he was accused of getting involved with a coup to remove the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Lord Oakeshott had commissioned
The National Union of Students and the government are working together to clamp down on binge drinking on University campuses. Their first target, Royal Holloway has agreed to stop advertising alcohol, create a “café culture” and refuse to serve drunk
A leading Muslim charity is under investigation amidst allegations that it promoted intolerance towards the Jewish community and called for adulterers and gay people to be stoned to death, according to the Telegraph. The Charity Commission is said to have
Just days after losing his European Parliamentary seat, Martin Callanan has been tipped to be the next British appointment to the European Commission. The North-Easterner was leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) at the European Parliament until he
A senior Conservative has claimed that the election count in Tower Hamlets was an “omnishambles” mired in “arguments, threats and chaos”. According to the Evening Standard Cllr Peter Golds said that in one ward there had been a 21 per cent
A leaked ICM opinion poll has suggested that the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg may lose his seat at the next election. The poll suggested that Mr Clegg may be defeated in his Sheffield Hallam constituency, according to Sky News.
Nigel Farage went on the offensive today as victory celebrations turned into a series of pledges to keep up the UKIP “momentum”. In a short speech in Westminster the UKIP leader told a packed room of journalists that his party
UKIP leader Nigel Farage promised a political earthquake, and that was what he delivered across the United Kingdom in the European elections. But tonight’s result may not have been as much of a success as it could otherwise have been
The three main political parties of British politics faced a disappointing night at the local elections after the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) made gains right across the board. As results from 161 of the local authorities in Britain continue
UKIP were “stunned” by the success of their strategy to target traditionally working class seats, and “can’t believe Labour didn’t see it coming”. A senior UKIP source has told Breitbart London that 18 months ago the party changed the focus
Britain’s Home Secretary has announced a package of “reforms from without” for the Police Federation, the group that represents rank and file police officers. Speaking at the Federation’s Annual Conference in Bournemouth, Theresa May told an audience of 2000 officers
Sixteen local authorities identified as “high risk” will post extra police at polling stations for tomorrow’s local and European elections. The Electoral Commission has identified the areas – which have large Asian Muslim populations – as particularly susceptible to voter
A 25-man brawl erupted after rival youths clashed in an area of Sheffield that a former Home Secretary warned could be the scene of race riots. Last November David Blunkett warned that the influx of Slovakian Roma immigrants to the
A British Member of the European Parliament has claimed that Prime Minister David Cameron warned Spain that if it did not stop bullying Gibraltar the UK would “make sure” Madrid did not get the 2020 Olympic Games. According to the
It is 1992 and Neil Kinnock look set to put the Conservative government out of its misery in the General Election. The Tories are still reeling from the loss of Margaret Thatcher two years earlier and Labour is on the
Nearly 200,000 British people signed a petition calling on the US Coast Guard to restart the search for the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, which is believed to have sank in the early hours of Friday morning off the US coast. Boston Coast
Conservatives are facing embarrassment because their group may not be big enough to be recognised after the European elections on Thursday, according to the Independent. The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) were created when David Cameron pledged to walk out
