Extinction Rebellion protestors are convicted of blockading national newspaper printing press

Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been found guilty of blockading a national newspaper printing press in a demonstration that cost publishers more than £1million.    The activists stopped 3.5million newspapers reaching readers when they used bamboo structures to block trucks from leaving the Newsprinters printing works in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, on September 4. Caspar Hughes, 49, of … Read more

JD Sports bracing for bruising investor rebellion

JD Sports bracing for bruising investor rebellion after it was slammed for handing ‘inappropriate’ special bonuses to chairman Peter Cowgill By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 13 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 June 2021 JD Sports is bracing for a bruising investor rebellion after it was slammed for handing … Read more

Five Extinction Rebellion protesters are convicted over printing press blockade

Five Extinction Rebellion protesters are convicted over printing press blockade that stopped millions of newspapers being delivered Three men and two women are first to be punished following demonstrations  It comes after several other activists walked free from court on a technicality  The blockades were criticised as an affront to free speech as cost millions  … Read more

Extinction Rebellion deliberately causing criminal damage at protests to get jury trials

Extinction Rebellion fanatics are deliberately causing at least £5,000 of criminal damage at protests to get jury trials as they believe they’ll stand a better chance of acquittal Extinction Rebellion deliberately causing criminal damage to get a jury trial Anyone who causes at least £5,000 of damage can be brought before a jury Protestors believe … Read more

Activists launch fake oil attack on the City slickers during Extinction Rebellion prank 

Five are arrested after activists launched fake oil attack on the Bank of England in an Extinction Rebellion ‘April Fool’s prank’ Members of Extinction Rebellion sprayed fake oil over the Bank of England Covered outside in substance made of mixture of black pond dye and guar gum  The City of London police attended the demonstration … Read more

Boris Johnson faces a new Tory rebellion threat over pre-Easter vote to extend lockdown laws

Boris Johnson faces a new Tory rebellion threat over pre-Easter vote to extend lockdown laws for another SIX MONTHS despite plans to end most restrictions in June By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 08:01 GMT, 14 March 2021 | Updated: 08:02 GMT, 14 March 2021 Boris Johnson is facing yet another Tory rebellion … Read more

Vote on £4bn foreign aid cut ‘is delayed over Tory rebellion fears’

Vote on £4bn foreign aid cut ‘is delayed over Tory rebellion fears’ as ministers try to avoid clash with backbenchers ahead of G7 summit The PM vowed to slash £4billion from the aid budget to boost nation’s finances  He plans on reducing handouts to £10billion for the first time in a decade  Ministers are expected … Read more

Vote on £4bn foreign aid cut ‘is delayed over Tory rebellion fears’

Vote on £4bn foreign aid cut ‘is delayed over Tory rebellion fears’ as ministers try to avoid clash with backbenchers ahead of G7 summit The PM vowed to slash £4billion from the aid budget to boost nation’s finances  He plans on reducing handouts to £10billion for the first time in a decade  Ministers are expected … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson faces new Tory rebellion over schools

Boris Johnson faces new Tory rebellion over schools: PM resists mounting pressure to reopen classrooms across England as research shows Oxford jab cuts Covid transmission by two-thirds Conservative MPs want to accelerate reopening of schools in England Scotland is reopening primary schools after half-term on February 22 This is raising concerns that English pupils risk … Read more

Ministers stump up cladding cash to quell Tory rebellion

Ministers stump up cladding cash to quell Tory rebellion: Government will provide more money for people faced with cost of fixing unsafe material in wake of Grenfell amid fury from MPs Leaseholders face average cost of £40,000 each to replace dangerous cladding  Tory MPs have accused Ministers of ‘incompetence’ in their response to crisis   Christopher … Read more