
A selection of MPs, including former Labour cabinet minister Peter Hain, went on an extraordinary expenses binge in the dying days of the last parliament. Records reveal they treated themselves to iPads and laptop computers, all paid for by the
by Oliver Lane13 May 2015, 8:41 AM PST0

Home Secretary Theresa May has again blasted European Union plans to force the redistribution of migrants around the EU, saying economic migrants who aren’t escaping conflict should be sent back home. Her comments come only a day after a Home
by Oliver Lane13 May 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

Multi-millionaire musician Labour supporter Charlotte Church and Twitter demagogue Katie Hopkins have been offered £100,000 to put the gloves on and settle their differences in the boxing ring. Television boxing station BoxNation made the offer after a recent Twitter election spat
by Oliver Lane13 May 2015, 5:12 AM PST0

Newly returned home secretary Theresa May is offering a robust response to the European Union, as it plans to set quotas for each European nation to receive migrants as they come off smuggler boats in Italy. Remarking that the United
by Oliver Lane12 May 2015, 8:46 AM PST0

Following a flurry of possible Russian submarine sightings off the Swedish coast, the ‘Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society’ (SPAS) has, presuming Russian submariners to be by and large homophobes, deployed a beacon for gay men into Swedish territorial waters. The watertight
by Oliver Lane12 May 2015, 6:29 AM PST0

A Cardiff bus company has taken down a “tongue in cheek” advertising campaign encouraging more young people to take the bus after a local student took to twitter to complain of “sexualisation”. The vinyl sticker adverts had only been applied to
by Oliver Lane12 May 2015, 4:58 AM PST0

A German vegetarian showed zero compassion for a group of carnivores on Sunday night, pulling a knife and then beating them on a train journey between Traunstein, Bavaria and Munich. A group of eight teenagers had brought kebabs on the train to
by Oliver Lane12 May 2015, 4:07 AM PST0

Unencumbered by the constraints of coalition, the Conservatives now have an opportunity and mandate to follow through on their election manifesto pledges, and a bunch more besides. From bringing back hanging to abolishing the BBC, here is the Breitbart London top
by Oliver Lane11 May 2015, 7:46 AM PST0

As the port city of Mariupol, sitting just spitting distance from the border of the rump Ukraine and the pro-Russian Donetsk Oblast prepares for war, striking photographs of the defences being laid recall images of another conflict fought on European
by Oliver Lane11 May 2015, 4:26 AM PST0

LONDON, England: Clearly dissatisfied with the outcome of Thursday’s general election, a group of radical leftists picketed Conservative Central Office this afternoon, questioning the legitimacy of David Cameron’s increased majority. Around 200 of the 28,000 invited via Facebook turned up,
by Oliver Lane9 May 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

As the British economy eclipses France’s to become the second largest in Europe, as British forces remain deployed globally, and as British aid money feeds disaster victims and supports third world nations, the UK election was watched keenly around the
by Oliver Lane9 May 2015, 6:53 AM PST0

Firefighters have said they have ‘strong reason’ to believe a police car which exploded outside an election count in Hinckley, Leicestershire was deliberately destroyed. The car fire was being hosed down by firefighters when it suddenly exploded around 0230 this morning,
by Oliver Lane7 May 2015, 8:35 PM PST0

A three per cent swing to the Conservatives in the first Tory-Labour marginal seat to be declared in the 2015 General election so far isn’t just a cheering result for David Cameron, but it confirms the late surge of blue
by Oliver Lane7 May 2015, 6:36 PM PST0

A remarkable, if possibly slightly tongue-in-cheek bid has been made by London Mayor and Conservative leadership hopeful Boris Johnson to bring Guardian reading, Blairite Labour supporters into the Conservative fold tomorrow. Speaking to The Guardian while on the campaign trail, Johnson
by Oliver Lane6 May 2015, 7:18 AM PST0

Britain’s newly-appointed morality police are exercising their powers to censor pornography made and consumed in Britain. Government officers are forcing one dominatrix offline and attempting to close down a second, with menaces of punitive fines for lack of compliance. The
by Oliver Lane6 May 2015, 4:59 AM PST0

A magazine advertisement for fashion house Prada has fallen foul of British censors who deemed it “irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence”. The ruling deemed the advert gave the impression the model posing appeared to be under the age
by Oliver Lane6 May 2015, 3:52 AM PST0

The National Health Service (NHS) was forced to call out pest-control on average 600 times a month in 2013/14, as unwanted creatures were spotted in hospitals and even attacked patients. Labour has jumped on the figures to blame the Conservatives
by Oliver Lane5 May 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

Despite government action to unseat Islamist radicals attempting to exert control over Birmingham schools, those responsible have merely moved to other positions of influence and continue to harass schools and “preach nonsense”. Birmingham Perry Bar MP Khalid Mahmood, who was
by Oliver Lane5 May 2015, 6:49 AM PST0

For the first election in decades, national security is on the agenda of ordinary voters. The threats of terrorism and unpredictable global geopolitics sharpens minds, and a new opinion poll shows Cameron with a strong lead when it comes to
by Oliver Lane5 May 2015, 4:49 AM PST0

A London mosque has painted its dome in support of a politician running against Nigel Farage in South Thanet in Thursday’s general election, risking legal proceedings for contravening British laws which prohibit religious figures exerting ‘undue spiritual influence’ over elections.
by Oliver Lane2 May 2015, 4:54 AM PST0

A trio of judges have ruled that because vicars are employed by God, rather than the Church of England, they have no ground to claim unfair dismissal if they lose their job, as in the case of Reverend Mark Sharpe.
by Oliver Lane1 May 2015, 7:15 AM PST0

Almost 500 migrants, freshly arrived in Europe after crossing the Mediterranean by boat have set up camp in central Paris as they make their way to their final destination – the United Kingdom. The camp, established under railway bridges with
by Oliver Lane1 May 2015, 6:26 AM PST0

After publicly humiliating children who didn’t want to go on a trip to visit a mosque, the governors of a small rural school in Cornwall have reacted to concerned parents and national news coverage of the debacle by making the
by Oliver Lane1 May 2015, 4:48 AM PST0

The new chairman of the National Trust, former KwikFit and Clarks Shoes boss Tim Parker has laid out his vision for the future of the organisation. In no particular order this includes acquiring 21st century buildings instead of historic properties, making the
by Oliver Lane30 Apr 2015, 8:06 AM PST0

An apparently skilled labourer turned his hand to creative vandalism in the German city of Hamburg this week, bricking up an S-Bahn train door while it was stored in a siding. German authorities have not revealed whether there was a
by Oliver Lane30 Apr 2015, 4:42 AM PST0