Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood warns the world is ‘fertile for dictators’ Margaret Atwood, 81, warned against ‘extremes at both ends’ of political sphere She penned classic dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale set in a near-future US Believes there is reason to fear the extreme political climate around the world By Monica Greep For Mailonline Published: 18:33 GMT, … Read more
Hungary and Poland plunged the EU into political crisis by blocking a £1.65 trillion coronavirus rescue budget that they claimed ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), because access to the funds would be conditional on respecting … Read more
Political correctness does not address the real problems faced by ethnic minorities in Britain, the head of the National Black Police Association has said. Andrew George, an inspector with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, told the Sunday Telegraph that this sensitivity may have gone ‘too far in some stages,’ such as leaving people unable to … Read more
Political spouses are making headlines around the world these days. As the globe waits to see if Melania will walk off in her Louboutins to Mar-A-Lago or act as Trump’s ‘voice of reason’ and convince her husband to step down peacefully, attention in Westminster has turned firmly to Carrie Symonds and the power she wields. … Read more
Boris Johnson has pledged to ‘work closely with whoever’ is US President but Joe Biden’s election victory could present issues on Brexit and the Irish border. The US-UK relationship has been turbulent under Donald Trump, although he has repeatedly praised Boris Johnson and backed Brexit. A Biden administration would be expected to put a much … Read more
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has urged the European Union to respond to ‘political Islam’ and called for an end to the ‘misunderstood tolerance’ in the wake of the terrorist attack in Vienna which left four people dead. Mr Kurz called on countries across Europe to ‘focus much more strongly on the problem of political Islam … Read more
Meghan Markle’s political activism ‘won’t end after the US election’ because she feels ‘encouraging people to get involved’ is ‘important’, her spokesperson has revealed. The Duke, 36, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, have faced furious backlash over the last few months by weighing in on the US election – breaking with centuries-old tradition that calls … Read more
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary claims new lockdown is a ‘cover-up for Boris Johnson’s political mismanagement’ – as airline suffers £178m loss in first half of 2020 and predicts WORSE to follow Ryanair announced losses of £178million from the coronavirus pandemic Ireland-based low cost airline said it ‘expects record higher losses’ to come CEO Michael O’ … Read more
Roadkill Rating: DNA Rating: As Oscar Wilde nearly said, to lose one character in a violent car accident is unfortunate. To do so twice in a single episode looks like careless driving. Sleazy Cabinet minister Peter Laurence, played by Hugh Laurie in Roadkill (BBC1), was heading home in his vintage Mercedes to confront his wife … Read more
Video showing deputy premier ‘eating a FLY’ is released by his political rivals – but the ‘juvenile’ online attack doesn’t sit well with voters LNP video of Labor’s Steven Miles ‘eating a fly’ uploaded to Facebook Deputy Premier appears to lick his lips and swallow the insect Harsh criticism of ‘juvenile’ video as Queenslanders go … Read more