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British sea power will return to the Gulf in what will be the largest Royal Navy deployment to the region since the 1970s. UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has hailed the move as the start of “an enduring presence.”
- We may have to use nukes if I don’t get more cash – UK Defence Secretary Williamson
Not long after accusing Russia of planning to murder thousands of British people, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has warned the UK may have to use its nuclear weapons if it doesn’t get a bit more cash from the government. - Tommy Robinson arrested for ‘breach of the peace’ after chasing down accused child abusers
EDL leader-turned independent journalist Tommy Robinson has been arrested in Leeds after confronting defendants outside a courthouse as they entered to face trial over sexual abuse allegations. - George Osborne takes on job number… 8! For major European investment firm
Ex-Tory Chancellor George Osborne has agreed to take on yet another job, to add to a packed portfolio, bringing the number to eight, after accepting a position as chair of major European Investment firm Exor’s ‘partners council.’ - Cannabis for medical use could become law after MPs form legislation action group
A group of doctors in politics are taking on the House of Commons to lobby to repeal the ban on the medical use of cannabis. Four MPs, who are also doctors, have formed an action group to take on the issue.
- #ICYMI: Sweden issues a fighting guidebook, but millennials want WiFi not wars (VIDEO)
This week the world was asking, does Sweden know something we don’t? The famously peaceful and egalitarian home of flat-pack furniture handed out a guide to fighting a war to all of its citizens. - We may have to use nukes if I don’t get more cash – UK Defence Secretary WilliamsonNot long after accusing Russia of planning to murder thousands of British people, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has warned the UK may have to use its nuclear weapons if it doesn’t get a bit more cash from the government.
- George Osborne takes on job number… 8! For major European investment firmEx-Tory Chancellor George Osborne has agreed to take on yet another job, to add to a packed portfolio, bringing the number to eight, after accepting a position as chair of major European Investment firm Exor’s ‘partners council.’
- Tommy Robinson arrested for ‘breach of the peace’ after chasing down accused child abusersEDL leader-turned independent journalist Tommy Robinson has been arrested in Leeds after confronting defendants outside a courthouse as they entered to face trial over sexual abuse allegations.
- Cannabis for medical use could become law after MPs form legislation action groupA group of doctors in politics are taking on the House of Commons to lobby to repeal the ban on the medical use of cannabis. Four MPs, who are also doctors, have formed an action group to take on the issue.
- 40 years after the Bahrainis kicked them out, the Royal Navy returns to the GulfBritish sea power will return to the Gulf in what will be the largest Royal Navy deployment to the region since the 1970s. UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has hailed the move as the start of “an enduring presence.”
- Move over Ireland: Romanians are now the 2nd biggest migrant group in UK
After a surge in arrivals in recent years, Romanians are now officially the second most common group of non-British nationals in the UK, confounding predictions that Brexit would cause a drop off of migrants from Eastern Europe. - David Lammy and Toby Young battle on Twitter over accusations of Oxford University ‘racism’
Labour MP David Lammy and Toby Young, the Spectator writer and free schools advocate, have rekindled their war of words on social media concerning the explanation to Oxford University’s lack of black British students. - Columbine-obsessed teens guilty of plotting copycat killings at Yorkshire school
Two teenage boys with a "very real interest in violence" and obsessed with the Columbine school massacre, have been found guilty of planning a similar-style attack on a North Yorkshire school. - ‘MI6 – secretly we’re just like you’: Creepy spy TV ad aimed at ethnic minority mums
UK’s international intelligence service, MI6, has launched their first ever TV ad to attract mothers from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, in a bid to create a more diverse and emotionally intelligent spy workforce. - Yulia Skripal’s first post-poisoning TV appearance: What we did and didn’t learn
In Yulia Skripal’s first televised statement since being poisoned by a nerve agent, she looked better than could be expected given her ordeal. So what did we learn from her public appearance, and what new questions were raised? - ‘Stand up’ to the Daily Mail - crowdfunding campaign aims to take down Brexit bullies
A funding drive, launched by an anti-Brexit campaign group, aims to raise millions of pounds so it can take on “Daily Mail bullies” and continue with what it calls the “fight for our right to stop Brexit.”
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