
A Saudi Arabian Guantanamo detainee with links to Britain is to be granted a £1 million payout by the British government as compensation for his time served at the detention centre, despite the American intelligence services insisting that he has links
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Feb 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

A Conservative Member of Parliament has called for the NHS to be reformed by introducing charges for those who lead “unhealthy lifestyles” by drinking too much, eating junk food or leading promiscuous lives.Dr Philip Lee MP, a practicing GP, has
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Feb 2015, 7:42 AM PST0

Ministers have ordered an annual review of the National Health Service after it was revealed poor standards of care lead to 12,000 early deaths a year. The figures came after the NHS regulator, the Health Ombudsman, was described as “inadequate”
by Andre Walker8 Feb 2015, 2:24 AM PST0

HM The Queen has vetoed plans to celebrate overtaking Queen Victoria as the longest reigning British monarch ever in September. The Sunday Express reveals she is does not “want a fuss” as she fears it would be disrespectful to the
by Andre Walker8 Feb 2015, 1:24 AM PST0

I can’t help thinking that the ever increasing bills for “online engagements” are a re-hash(tag)ed tale of the Prime Minister’s New Clothes. Like every self-respecting political activist, I’ve lost uncountable hours trudging around housing estates come rain, shine or inevitably,
by Alexandra Swann7 Feb 2015, 5:31 AM PST0

On Thursday night I was due to fill in for Suzanne Evans on BBC Question Time as she was unfortunately taken ill and could not attend. Let us put some emphasis that word, ‘due’, as on the morning of the
by Steven Woolfe7 Feb 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Yesterday a tweet of mine got 270 re-tweets; a personal record. I’m not one of these celebs who wake up, feel a bit groggy, tweet, “Ugh, mornings, they’re a bit crap, aren’t they?’ and get 35,672 retweets. As a lowly
by Dominic Frisby7 Feb 2015, 1:49 AM PST0

Birmingham Councillors have voted to keep their own cushy, city centre car park, despite congestion levels reaching all-time highs across the City. Councillors on the Labour run authority overwhelmingly voted to preserve their exclusive car park, in the heart of
by A.B. Sanderson7 Feb 2015, 1:30 AM PST0

A chilling document detailing the kind of life women in the Islamic State ‘Caliphate’ should live has been translated, saying that children as young as nine can get married and a woman should leave a completely ‘sedentary’ life. The treatise,
by A.B. Sanderson7 Feb 2015, 1:27 AM PST0

Here’s a video that you absolutely must see. Not, I hasten to warn you, because it’s exciting, well-produced or informative; rather, because of the fascinating light it sheds on the debate about global warming in general and also, in particular, on the ongoing controversy about whether organisations like NASA and NOAA are playing fast and loose with the world’s temperature data sets.
by James Delingpole7 Feb 2015, 1:02 AM PST0

Anti-Semitic attacks hit an all time high last year, more than doubling from the previous year’s total to hit 1,168 incidents in 2014. And as the Paris attacks of last month continue to reverberate, there are fears within the British
by Donna Rachel Edmunds6 Feb 2015, 9:20 AM PST0

The Head of the British Army, General Sir Nicholas Carter, has said that more must be done to recruit soldiers from ethnic minority backgrounds, and the Muslim community in particular. The Chief of the General Staff, who took up his
by A.B. Sanderson6 Feb 2015, 8:50 AM PST0

Three months out from the election, you would expect Labour to be on the offensive. Instead, they seem to be offending as many people as possible. Emily Thornberry’s snobbish comments sneering at White Van Man and the St. George’s Cross
by Alex Wickham6 Feb 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

Non payment of the BBC licence fee will remain a criminal offence thanks to Peers in the House of Lords rejecting a government attempt to make it a civil offence. Lord Grade, a former BBC Chairman conveyed concern that there were “dark forces
by Donna Rachel Edmunds6 Feb 2015, 8:03 AM PST0

The people of Rotherham could be forgiven for believing they had a new hope in the form of their fresh MP Sarah Champion. After the insufferably smug and criminally negligent “true Guardian Reader” Denis MacShane, anything would seem an improvement.
by Danny Lee Weston6 Feb 2015, 8:01 AM PST0

The City of Melbourne, Australia has stumbled upon a novel way of wasting taxpayer money: email any one of the city’s 60,000 trees and they will email you back, as their thoughts are helpfully channelled through the minds of friendly, handsomely paid
by Donna Rachel Edmunds6 Feb 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

Following a two weeks of turbulence after awarding the Duke of Edinburgh a knighthood, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has received a boost from the Liberal Party’s Deputy Leader as he prepares to face his colleagues in a leadership coup, the
by A.B. Sanderson6 Feb 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

British tax payers have been funding illegal Palestinian homes on the West Bank despite the area being under Israeli jurisdiction, a dossier of photographs has revealed. A report by NGOs, international lawyers and MEPs say the 400 homes erected in
by A.B. Sanderson6 Feb 2015, 4:42 AM PST0

Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis went into his meeting today with Wolfgang Schauble, the German finance minister, urging Germany not to humiliate his country over its debts. To which I’d say, “Too late, Mr Varoufakis. You have already humiliated your
by Paul Nuttall MEP6 Feb 2015, 4:06 AM PST0

Stephen Fry has caused outrage by stating that any God who created this universe was “an utter maniac, totally selfish” and “evil”. His impassioned speech against an all knowing, all creating deity was filmed back in December when he was
by A.B. Sanderson6 Feb 2015, 2:40 AM PST0

Have a look around. Go on. See if you can recognise the country you live in. Take a quick shufti at the all welcome, multi-culti, hail-fellow-well-met, step right in, pull up a pew and make yourself at home England you
by Simon Kent6 Feb 2015, 2:07 AM PST0

Few walks of life are today immune to the spectre of political intolerance. At universities, speaker disinvitations and censorship campaigns are at an all-time high. In technology, there are purges of chief executives with the wrong political views and executives who make the wrong sort of joke. In the world of video games, petitions are launched against “offensive” titles, and progressive journalists wage smear campaigns against conservative developers.
by Allum Bokhari & Milo Yiannopoulos5 Feb 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

The men have been charged as part of the ongoing operation Sanctuary, Northumbria police’s thirteen-month investigation into child sex offences and the predominantly Pakistani heritage grooming gangs plaguing northern England. A number of the men appeared in court today and
by Breitbart London5 Feb 2015, 9:18 AM PST0

Pet owners may unwittingly be buying non-stunned meat for their animals even while they avoid meat killed by the controversial method for their own diet. Despite the debate about labelling of food for human consumption after restaurants and producers of food
by A.B. Sanderson5 Feb 2015, 9:06 AM PST0

Astonishing figures show that the total cost of renewable energy infrastructure in Europe to the end of 2012 came to over €600 billion, excluding additional fees for grid connections and upgrades. And this enormous sum is one and a half
by A.B. Sanderson5 Feb 2015, 8:55 AM PST0