His grand oak-panelled office with its conference table and comfy sofas in the heart of Whitehall, four miles from Kensington Palace, is too far away for Simon Case to hear the cries of anguish emanating from the royal bunker where he used to work. The irony that he left the back-stabbing, hot-tempered intrigue of palace politics … Read more
Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launched a stunning attack on her predecessor Alex Salmond yesterday as an open war erupted between the two big beasts of the SNP. Miss Sturgeon accused her former friend and mentor of creating an ‘alternative reality’ to paint himself as the victim of a conspiracy. She said Mr Salmond peddled … Read more
Alex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon‘s husband of attempting to have him ‘imprisoned’ as part of conspiracy at the top of the SNP. The former First Minister claims Peter Murrell led a ‘deliberate, prolonged, malicious and concerted effort’ to damage his reputation and remove him from public life. Mr Salmond also implicates Miss Sturgeon’s chief … Read more
The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, is said to have personally overseen changes on the social media platform’s content policy that would allow the site to ‘go easy’ on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the website run by him, InfoWars. InfoWars is an American far-right conspiracy theory and fake news website owned Jones who was … Read more
‘A golden opportunity’: How YouTubers, politicians and even conspiracy theorists can seize control of Facebook following Mark Zuckerberg’s ruthless ban on news from the platform YouTuber calls on followers to ‘control the narrative’ on Facebook amid news ban News still blocked, but politicians and YouTubers can still post unfiltered views Dozens of pages and groups … Read more
Facebook to Fakebook: The social media site is now dominated by cats, satire and conspiracy theories after banning Australians from reading reliable news Expert says Facebook becoming a ‘misinformation nightmare’ after news ban Websites dominated by satire, cats and conspiracy theories are still allowed Comes as Australian MPs debate law to force Facebook to pay for … Read more
For years, guessing how rich the Queen is has been a popular – if exasperating – parlour game. On the one hand, she is famously frugal, keeping warm with a £30 electric heater and sticking to for decades the same brand of £7.99 nail varnish. On the other, fabulously wealthy, with a portfolio that spans works … Read more
Pregnant Covid conspiracy theorist, 28, admits virus IS ‘real’ after she tests positive and is left struggling to breathe Tori Howell adamantly believed pandemic was a hoax before getting symptoms She then tested positive and is now at home struggling to breathe due to virus Said: ‘I read so many things online about it and thought … Read more
Piers Corbyn has been arrested over leaflets comparing Britain’s vaccination programme to Auschwitz. Police said the Covid-19 conspiracy theorist, 73, was detained for ‘malicious communications and public nuisance’. The brother of former Labour leader Jeremy came up with the ‘concept’ for a pamphlet which features a cartoon drawing of the Nazi death camp. Above the gates leading into Auschwitz … Read more
The family of a Tennessee nurse who fainted on live TV after getting her COVID-19 vaccine say she is being harassed by conspiracy theorists who are peddling the false claim that she is now dead. Tiffany Dover, a 30-year-old nurse manager at the CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, fainted after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer … Read more