The raw delight with which Reddit and other chat rooms are taking on hedge funds and the financial establishment is understandable. How enticing it is that for a small retail commitment of cash, there is the promise of great gains at the end of the rainbow. It is not just holders of exchange traded funds … Read more
Boris Johnson saw off his Tory critics tonight as MPs voted the latest strict lockdown measures into law. The Prime Minister saw off a small rebellion by backbenchers who accused him of launching an ‘assault on liberty and livelihoods’ as they warned lockdown will inevitably cause some people to ‘break’. But with Labour vowing to … Read more
Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists have tonight tried to stop the ‘disastrous’ Covid cycle lane in High Street Kensington from being torn up by the Tory council after it was inundated with ‘hundreds’ of complaints. The radical Left-wing demonstrators, who infamously disrupted the distribution of British newspapers including the Mail, the Times and the Sun in … Read more
Boris Johnson got his brutal post-lockdown tiers approved by the Commons last night thanks to Sir Keir Starmer’s tacit support after suffering the biggest Tory revolt of this Parliament as more than 50 Tories defied the whip. The new three-tier system was signed off by a margin of 291 to 78 and came into force … Read more
Cycling activists descended on an exclusive west London shopping street today to protest the removal of its hated Covid cycle lanes after the council decided to tear up the ‘disastrous’ scheme following hundreds of complaints. Councillors said the lanes on Kensington High Street would be removed by tomorrow after a huge backlash – with the … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a major backbench rebellion over plans to reintroduce the tiered lockdown system, with 70 of his own MPs refusing to support them unless he proves they will work. The Prime Minister will set out tomorrow a return to the three-level system but with more areas potentially placed into the top Tier … Read more
The devastated widow of a British soldier killed by an IRA bomb has said she would give Extinction Rebellion protesters a ‘punch on the nose’ for desecrating the Cenotaph yesterday. Dianne Rose, 74, added she would give veteran Donald Bell – who was injured in the blast in Northern Ireland that killed her husband in … Read more
Furious veterans, MPs and the families of fallen soldiers have slammed Extinction Rebellion after the group hijacked the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in a ‘shameful’ climate change stunt that went unchallenged by police. The eco-warriors trampled over wreaths and unveiled a banner reading ‘Honour Their Sacrifice, Climate Change Means War’ on the 100th anniversary of the memorial … Read more
Extinction Rebellion activists spark fury after they hijack the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in climate change protest and hang wreath saying ‘act now’ XR unveiled banner reading ‘Honour Their Sacrifice, Climate Change Means War’ Ex-soldier and XR member Donald Bell led protest and held two-minute silence He hung wreath decorated with the words ‘climate change … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester who is camped on top of a crane in Norwich says he is ‘cold but in good health’ 24 hours after climbing the structure. Alex Sidney, 17, from Dereham, in Norfolk, scaled the crane on Duke Street early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting … Read more