Late-night pubs and bars selling takeaway alcohol will escalate violence that has seen police injuries at illegal street and block parties, ministers have been warned. The danger was highlighted during a Westminster debate by Liberal Democrat Lord Paddick, a former Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner. He was among a number of peers to raise concerns that … Read more
The diplomatic war over Huawei took an extraordinary twist last night after a controversial dossier accused China of trying to manipulate key Establishment figures in the UK. Entitled China’s Elite Capture, the 86-page report details an alleged campaign by Beijing to persuade influential individuals to back Huawei and its strategic aims. Among a string of … Read more
‘Sad Ed Davey. Needs to get a life’: Nigel Farage hits back at Lib Dem leader who reported him to the police claiming he had broken lockdown rules with pub visit Mr Farage, 56, denied breaking lockdown after he visited a pub yesterday Critics said he broke lockdown as he returned from US less than … Read more
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls the POLICE on Nigel Farage claiming he ‘broke lockdown rules by visiting a pub less than 14 days after returning from the US’ as he is pictured enjoying a pint on Super Saturday Brexit Party leader had gone for his first pint as pubs were allowed to open again … Read more
Ministers face Huawei defeat in House of Lords: Peers plot to scupper 5G deal over China’s links to human rights abuses Boris Johnson is under pressure over deal for Huawei to build 35% of 5G network A group of peers want to amend law to block the deal on human rights grounds Government has launched … Read more
Britain is facing a ‘dementia timebomb’ as the number of people living with devastating brain disease rises almost 40 per cent in five years There were 526,800 people diagnosed last year, up from 380,350 in April 2014 Lib Dem MP Layla Moran warned urgent changes were needed to social care The Alzheimer’s Society charity said … Read more
Liz Truss has been challenged to eat a ‘set menu’ of cheap American food which her Cabinet critics fear will flood Britain under the terms of a US trade deal she is trying to strike. The International Trade Secretary, who has been accused of risking the future of our farmers by allowing lower-quality so-called ‘Frankenfood’ … Read more
He became a national hero during the Second Boer War in South Africa for defending a town for 217 days and is mostly known today for founding the world Scout Movement. But Lord Baden-Powell is also considered as a racist by some for forcing Africans out on cattle drives by threatening them with floggings and … Read more
Militant leaders of the National Education Union make it clear they will stop at nothing to prevent schools opening on June 1, using often spurious claims about ‘elf ’n’ safety’ and filing a list of 169 sometimes ludicrous demands to be met before they will consider a return. This is despite widespread fears of the … Read more
A peer was last night accused of ‘milking the taxpayer’ by furloughing himself while claiming the daily House of Lords allowance during lockdown. Lord Fox, 62, has used the Government’s job retention scheme to pay himself as the owner of a strategic communications company. But the Liberal Democrat frontbench spokesman for business has also chosen … Read more