
Just days after the insurgent UK Independence Party made electoral history by winning two by-elections in a row, leading members of both the Conservative and Labour Parties have decried their respective parties as out of touch. Labour Member of Parliament
by Donna Rachel Edmunds23 Nov 2014, 7:46 AM PST0

A giant 67 turbine wind farm planned for the mountains overlooking Loch Ness will be an environmental disaster thanks to the sheer quantity of stone which will need to be quarried to construct it, according to the John Muir Trust.
by Donna Rachel Edmunds23 Nov 2014, 5:21 AM PST0

There may be as many as 2,000 Brits currently fighting with ISIS, a Muslim Labour MP has claimed. His estimate, based on his experience as a Member of Parliament for the predominantly Muslim constituency of Birmingham Perry Barr, is roughly
by Donna Rachel Edmunds23 Nov 2014, 4:50 AM PST0

A Malaysian doctor turned jihadist bride has authored a blog described as “Mills and Boon meets Jihad”, thanks to breathless prose in which she describes meeting her husband on their wedding day, and falling in love with him 24 hours
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Nov 2014, 8:53 AM PST0

Technological advances and the leaks by Edward Snowden have meant that the ability of British intelligence officers to effectively monitor jihadist suspects is at a ten year low, according to Britain’s most senior anti-terrorism policeman. He described his officers at
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Nov 2014, 8:01 AM PST0

The government is secretly being run by a senior civil servant, according to claims by Michael Gove’s ex aide Dominic Cummings. Sir Jeremy Haywood, who was Tony Blair’s principle private secretary between 1999 and 2003 is said to have Prime
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Nov 2014, 7:49 AM PST0

Estimates of Britain’s energy capacity margins may be overoptimistic, as the National Grid has based its figures for wind power output on an assumption that wind farms will generate at least 23 percent of their capacity, it has emerged. The
by Donna Rachel Edmunds20 Nov 2014, 3:56 AM PST0

Greenpeace’s boat ‘Artic Sunrise’ has been seized by Spanish authorities and impounded following allegations that those on board were harassing Spanish oil workers. The vessel is the same one seized by Russia in the Arctic in 2013 during a protest
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 Nov 2014, 3:45 PM PST0

The green agenda has claimed a new victim: the Philae comet probe. As the probe lies dormant, unable to recharge its solar powered batteries so far from the sun, it has emerged that green lobbyists were behind moves to bar
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 Nov 2014, 3:33 PM PST0

Mehdi Hasan, the Islamist apologist and political director of the Huffington Post has called for boycotts, strict regulation, and enforcement of diversity quotas to tackle “demonising press coverage” of Muslims. He presented his solution is a speech yesterday at a
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Last Sunday the American hostage Peter Kassig was gruesomely and gratuitously beheaded by ISIS militants alongside a number of captured Syrian soldiers. He was 26 years old. Just one week earlier the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Labour Leader Ed Miliband has been taken to task over the Manison tax – by ex pop star and current model Myleene Klass. As Mr Miliband looked on in bewilderment she berated him on the proposed Mansion Tax, saying “you
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The Labour party would fund 1,000 new UK border guards by introducing a £10 levy on all travellers from countries which have a visa waiver agreement with the UK, allowing them to be fast tracked through customs. The plan was
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Scientists and computer programmers have recreated the brain of a lifeform in robot form by mapping the neural connections of nematode worms, translating that into software and downloading it into a lego robot. They found that the robot behaved in
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Germany’s Vice Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, has indicated that the country will abandon its commitment to reducing CO2 emissions by 40 percent by 2020, from a 1990 base level. In doing so he has won the ongoing clash with his own
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

A businessman, Mike Watts, who built the first private toll road in Britain in over 100 years to bypass road works, is set to lose out on any profit thanks to the local council who appear to have gone to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The environmental group Sea Shepherd negligently dumped up to 500 litres of diesel into the Trinity Inlet in Cairns, Australia, because the crew didn’t have the correct manual for the boat they were operating, it has emerged. The climate website
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

An NHS doctor has skipped bail for charges of assault and fled to Pakistan, where he has become a senior Taliban leader. He was able to leave the country despite being ordered to surrender his passport as part of his
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Jihadi John, the London-born ISIS terrorist who has brutally beheaded four American and British hostages over the last few months, is understood to have been injured by a coalition airstrike. The strike took place last week, and was the same
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

A high-ranking Conservative has admitted that Rochester and Strood will fall to the UK Independence Party this Thursday, and that the Conservative party’s best hopes are now to keep the “defeat to single digits”. Meanwhile, six more Conservatives are rumoured
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

54 men have given birth in Australia in the last year alone, according to figures released by Medicare. A number of people identifying as men have also accessed abortions, the figures revealed. The trend for transsexual men to give birth
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Conservative Member of Parliament Andrew Bridgen is mounting an offensive against the BBC licence fee, backed by 50 of his colleagues. He has written to Culture Secretary Sajid Javid branding the licence fee one of “the most regressive taxes in
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Each badger killed in last year’s cull to stop the spread of bovine TB cost taxpayers £3353, according to figures released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The trial scheme cost just under £6.3 million to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds14 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The Bible has been voted as the book deemed “most valuable to humanity” in a YouGov poll for the Folio Society, edging Darwin’s On the Origin of Species into second place. Only two novels made the top ten, whilst the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds14 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

A non-Christian is set to address the Church of England’s General Synod for the very first time on the 18 November, but the man chosen is none other than Fuad Nahdi, a British Muslim with ties to the radical Muslim
by Donna Rachel Edmunds14 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0