Rajendra K Pachauri has quit as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) following accusations of sexual harassment being levelled against him. The allegations were made by a 29-year-old researcher working at his think tank, The Energy and
Former Liberal Democrat Party President Tim Farron is facing questions after it emerged his local party branch received a donation from a company just weeks before it was awarded retrospective planning permission for a fishery by the local Liberal Democrat-run
Sweden’s Ornothologial Society has renamed a number of bird species amidst fears that their old names could be considered racist. Amongst others, four bird species with the word “neger” in their name will have it changed to “svart”, the Swedish
A Catholic MEP has slammed European Bishops for being part of an EU “fan club”. Steven Woolfe MEP reminded the Bishops of Aquinas’s teaching that patriotism is a virtue after a Bishops’ Commission released a report denouncing nationalist parties. The
Senior Labour figures are attempting to kill off a proposed amendment to the law which would ban abortions from being performed purely due to the gender of the unborn baby. Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, has claimed that the
Britain must commit to spending at least 2 percent of it’s GDP on defence budget as stipulated in Nato agreements or risk looking weak on the international stage, a number of politicians and army chiefs have warned. They have called
The knives are out for Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, who has been left vulnerable after a row with his leader Ed Miliband over how to fund higher education. A shadow cabinet member has said that, if Labour win the
More than half of the Ukrainian casualties in the battle against Russian-backed separatists are killed by friendly fire and lack of training, a British army veteran who volunteered with the Ukrainian forces has revealed. The soldier, known only as “Saffron”, confirmed
A Church of England Bishop who has attacked the government’s record on helping the poor enjoys a salary and perks worth up to £250,000 a year, it has emerged. The Reverend Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester, was a key figure
Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim woman to sit in Cabinet, used her position to set up a government advisory panel stuffed with Islamist ‘entryists’, it has been claimed. The Cross-Government Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred, set up by Warsi and
A Muslim political party will be contesting seats at next month’s regional elections in France, standing on a platform which includes promises to expand the halal industry and allow girls to wear the burqa. Critics have called the Democratic Union
Students at Kings College London (KCL) have successfully campaigned for the removal of a window featuring former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, an alumnus of the college, on the grounds that his stance on gay marriage makes him “homophobic”. The move
Doubt has been cast over a recent Lord Ashcroft poll which shows Ukip trailing the Conservative Party in four of their key target seats. The poll has been reported as a “blow for Farage”, with coverage suggesting that Ukip will
A Labour Party agent has been jailed for a third time for paedophilia. Andrew Palmer, 52, was sentenced to twenty months in jail after twice breaching a sexual offences order and a community order, the Peterborough Telegraph has reported. Palmer has
Two convicted murderers serving life-terms are set to marry in the UK’s first gay marriage behind bars. Both were jailed after targeting and killing gay men. Mikhail Ivan Gallatinov, 40, was jailed in 1997 for the “cold blooded” murder of 28-year-old gay
Ed Miliband is no stranger to awkward moments, but so far the worst he’s been faced with is a bacon sandwich – until yesterday when a worker at the BAE factory in Lancashire told him “we’re all voting Ukip.” Miliband was
The go-ahead has been given for the world’s biggest offshore wind farm to be built just 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast. The scheme will see 400 turbines spaced over 430 square miles and will cost taxpayers £10.5 billion in subsidies,
Climate change activists pose a “credible threat to the health and safety” of people and the environment, according to a memo prepared by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the Canadian government. The memo has provoked righteous indignation from climate
Legalising gay marriage has cost the Conservative Party thousands of votes, a study by the Evangelical Alliance has found. A recent poll by the Alliance saw support for the Conservatives drop amongst evangelicals from 40 percent down to 28 percent. The
The Labour party faces an “existential threat” in the south of England thanks to the continuing success of the UK Independence Party, a Labour parliamentary candidate has said. Brendan Chilton, the Labour candidate for Ashford in Kent made the comment
The mild-mannered Cambridge Classics professor Mary Beard has described how she was left “wanting to cry” after being bombarded by aggressive trolls on twitter for two full days – merely for signing a letter in support of free speech. As we reported earlier
The BBC refused to include UKIP Member of Parliament Mark Reckless in a debate on the European Union and the ongoing Greek crisis because he is not a woman. The party has said that it will not find a woman
David Cameron has backtracked on his opposition to grammar schools – state schools that select by ability – by indicating he would be in favour of allowing successful schools to expand. One Kent grammar has already put in an application
Channel 4’s mockumentary Ukip: The First 100 Days, aired last night, has been widely panned by critics and the public alike as “agitprop” and a “hatchet job”. Channel 4 has not sought to deny the extreme political bias of the piece,
It sounds like a scene out of a JK Rowling novel or a plot line from Downton Abbey: a local amateur dramatics society has waged war on a rival group by jeering and heckling during a performance to such an extent that children
