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Jacob Rees-Mogg is the leader Britain needs, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said, as he claimed that no prime minister since Margaret Thatcher has been able to stand up to the EU’s “bullying bureaucrats.”
- Eastern Europeans driving homelessness, Tory MP claims (VIDEO)
Migrants from Eastern Europe are driving the rise in homelessness in the UK because they don’t want to pay for accommodation, one Conservative MP claims. - We will bring down the government – DUP warns May over Brexit red lines
DUP leader Nigel Dodds threatened that his party is prepared to vote against Theresa May’s government if their Brexit “red lines” are crossed, he said in an interview with ConservativeHome website. - BBC Newsnight report into disinformation bares hallmarks of information warfare
"In the world of information warfare, the Russians are on the offensive," says a new BBC Newsnight report on disinformation, which bares all the hallmarks of a corporation waging an information war of its own. - Dubai-based British twins face jail for allegedly assaulting police & cursing Arab women
A pair of high-flying British twins are at risk of spending three years in a Dubai prison after allegedly assaulting a policewoman while drunk and “cursing” at Arab women.
- Trump to visit UK in July – reports
US President Donald Trump will visit the UK this summer, according to reports in the British media. The visit is thought to be scheduled for mid-July. - Eastern Europeans driving homelessness, Tory MP claims (VIDEO)Migrants from Eastern Europe are driving the rise in homelessness in the UK because they don’t want to pay for accommodation, one Conservative MP claims.
- We will bring down the government – DUP warns May over Brexit red linesDUP leader Nigel Dodds threatened that his party is prepared to vote against Theresa May’s government if their Brexit “red lines” are crossed, he said in an interview with ConservativeHome website.
- Margaret Thatcher’s heir? Farage fantasizes over Rees-Mogg becoming next PMJacob Rees-Mogg is the leader Britain needs, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said, as he claimed that no prime minister since Margaret Thatcher has been able to stand up to the EU’s “bullying bureaucrats.”
- Ethnic minority MPs suffer 15% more Twitter abuse than white colleagues, research reveals
Research has found that ethnic minority MPs have recently suffered 15 percent more abuse on Twitter than their white counterparts. The UK’s first black female MP, Diane Abbott, tweeted that she wasn’t surprised with the results. - Vlogger crowdfunds £85K to appeal Nazi pug case, says he ‘can’t allow’ anyone the same ordeal
A YouTube comedian who was fined £800 after teaching a pug to do a Nazi salutes while he made anti-Semitic comments has racked up over £85,000 on a crowdfunding page he set up to reverse the precedent set by his conviction. - MP blasts Theresa May for using Labour Party to shield herself from Windrush scandal (VIDEO)
Labour MP Yvette Cooper MP has lashed out at Prime Minister Theresa May after the UK PM quoted her during PMQs, while trying to defend her ill-fated "hostile environment" immigration policy. - Tory TERF? Cabinet minister Liz Truss under fire for retweeting praise of 'anti-trans' group
A cabinet minister has been accused of being a “TERF” after she seemingly endorsed a feminist parenting group which has come under intense scrutiny over accusations of transphobia. - Did the UK bomb Syria because of a lie? Going Underground investigates
Going Underground has been busy, taking the world’s biggest geopolitical concern head-on in its latest episode. Afshin Rattansi chats to Aleppo MP Fares Shehabi about the latest US-led attacks on Syria. - BBC Newsnight report into disinformation bares hallmarks of information warfare"In the world of information warfare, the Russians are on the offensive," says a new BBC Newsnight report on disinformation, which bares all the hallmarks of a corporation waging an information war of its own.
- SAS should have oversight - MPs call for end to special forces secrecy
The secrecy around the UK’s special forces could be coming to an end as political pressure mounts for more scrutiny on military operations. - ‘UK weapons being used repeatedly against people in Gaza’ – Anti-arms activist slams govt (VIDEO)
UK arms deals are once again in the spotlight, as new figures reveal sales to Israel have soared since the 2014 war in Gaza. UK weapons are now being used by Israel against Palestinians, according to anti-arms campaigners.
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Three times a week Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to discover the stories that aren’t...Aleppo MP Fares Shehabi on chemical weapons use & Tara Osman on ‘Food bank as it is’ (E601)We go to Syria to speak to the MP for Aleppo, Fares Shehabi, and ask him whether British missile strikes on his country were based on lies. Playwright and food bank volunteer Tara Osman explains why nearly one and a half million food bank packages... - Renegade Inc.
Renegade Inc. is a new kind of talk show for people who think differently. We interview thinkers,...Does anyone interesting live in London anymore?Samuel Johnson once said, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” But when Dr. Johnson said it in the late 1700s, real estate wasn’t exorbitantly priced and financialization hadn’t gripped the capital. Today,...
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Another violent day of protests in Gaza
Tear gas is deployed in clashes on the Gaza-Israel border amid massive anti-Israel protests, including by the families of imprisoned Palestinians. A local journalist working for RT is also tear-gassed -
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