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Ex-UK Defence Secretary slammed after taking £75,000-a-year role with Saudi investing firm
Disgraced former UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has decided to take a £75,000-a-year job advising a firm with large investments Saudi Arabia, despite the alleged brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Oct 23, 2018 10:53
No more ‘fake news’: UK govt bans Trump motto from official documents
The UK government has banned one of Donald Trump’s favourite phrases. The term ‘fake news’ will no longer be used on official documents after a recommendation from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee (DCMS).
Oct 23, 2018 13:29
Bellingcat’s Higgins likes lobbing insults on Twitter. Here are some of his favorites
Bellingcat blog founder and Western media darling Eliot Higgins has demonstrated once and for all, in a real-life, non-Twitter debate with MIT Professor Theodore Postol, that his own expertise and credentials are severely lacking.
Oct 22, 2018 20:11
Knives, nooses and show trials: Anonymous Tory MPs attack Theresa May using violent language
A number of Tory MPs have been quoted using violent language such as “bring her own noose,” to attack British PM Theresa May, claiming she is on course to face a vote of no confidence this week from all wings of the party.
Oct 22, 2018 13:16

Sunday Times’ Liddle accused of ‘inciting violence’ after telling Islamists to ‘blow themselves up’
Sunday Times columnist, Rod Liddle has caused a furore on social media after penning an article about hate preacher and IS sympathizer Anjem Choudary, in which he encourages British Islamists to “blow themselves up” in London.
Oct 23, 2018 17:29
‘Porn as harmful as smoking, can lead to sexual violence,’ say British MPs
Pornography should be treated as seriously as major public health issues such as smoking, and funding allocated to curb its harmful effects, which can include sexual violence, a group of MPs claims.
Oct 23, 2018 16:57
No more ‘fake news’: UK govt bans Trump motto from official documents
The UK government has banned one of Donald Trump’s favourite phrases. The term ‘fake news’ will no longer be used on official documents after a recommendation from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee (DCMS).
Oct 23, 2018 13:29
Ex-UK Defence Secretary slammed after taking £75,000-a-year role with Saudi investing firm
Disgraced former UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has decided to take a £75,000-a-year job advising a firm with large investments Saudi Arabia, despite the alleged brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Oct 23, 2018 10:53
Tommy Robinson: Case referred to Attorney General because it's 'too complex'
EDL-founder Tommy Robinson’s contempt of court charges will now be referred to the Attorney General, as the case is 'too complex' to hear at the Old Bailey.
Oct 23, 2018 09:40
Bellingcat’s Higgins likes lobbing insults on Twitter. Here are some of his favorites
Bellingcat blog founder and Western media darling Eliot Higgins has demonstrated once and for all, in a real-life, non-Twitter debate with MIT Professor Theodore Postol, that his own expertise and credentials are severely lacking.
Oct 22, 2018 20:11
Knives, nooses and show trials: Anonymous Tory MPs attack Theresa May using violent language
A number of Tory MPs have been quoted using violent language such as “bring her own noose,” to attack British PM Theresa May, claiming she is on course to face a vote of no confidence this week from all wings of the party.
Oct 22, 2018 13:16
Legalize it? Tough-on-drugs ex-Met Police chief calls for review of UK cannabis laws
A former Met Police chief, who enforced tough anti-drug laws, is the latest voice in the UK establishment to call for a review into cannabis legislation, urging the Home Office to look at Canada and the US for inspiration.
Oct 22, 2018 13:11
Centrist saviour or hypocrite? David Miliband reminded of his Saudi dealings as he decries Yemen War
Did David Miliband forget Britain's selling of Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia while he was Foreign Secretary? The ex-MP was labelled a hypocrite after he decries the kingdom over their war in Yemen.
Oct 22, 2018 10:50
'Absolutely disgraceful!’ Calls for Ryanair boycott in wake of passenger’s racist rant (VIDEO)
People are calling for a boycott of Ryanair after the airline failed to apologize for its handling of an incident in which one of its passengers was subjected to a racist verbal attack by another.
Oct 22, 2018 09:18
‘I regret BBC has put me in this position’ – Scottish leader boycotts event over Steve Bannon
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pulled out of a BBC-sponsored event over controversial ex-WH chief strategist Steve Bannon. The broadcaster says that inviting representatives of various opinions is part of journalism.
Oct 21, 2018 14:24
‘Ugly, black b******’: Passenger launches racist rant at woman on Ryanair flight (VIDEO)
A Ryanair passenger was captured on camera verbally abusing a black woman who had the misfortune to be seated near him. In video of the incident, the man unleashes a torrent of racist abuse as other passengers look on in horror.
Oct 21, 2018 08:58

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