Extra £200,000 legal bill ‘could topple’ Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon‘s government spent an extra £200,000 of taxpayers’ money on a doomed legal battle with Alex Salmond, even after lawyers said she was bound to fail. The damning revelation was being seen as the clearest indication yet that Scotland’s First Minister had breached the Ministerial Code – a resignation offence. Last night, Scottish Tories warned: … Read more

Extra £200,000 legal bill ‘could topple’ Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon‘s government spent an extra £200,000 of taxpayers’ money on a doomed legal battle with Alex Salmond, even after lawyers said she was bound to fail. The damning revelation was being seen as the clearest indication yet that Scotland’s First Minister had breached the Ministerial Code – a resignation offence. Last night, Scottish Tories warned: … Read more

Robert Jenrick warns City of London they will damage its ‘rich history’ with bid to topple statues

By James Robinson for MailOnline  William Beckford  William Beckford – often referred to as Alderman Beckford to distinguish him from his novelist son of the same name – was a well-known political figure in the 18th century. A vastly wealthy man, he twice served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1762 and 1769. But … Read more

Cargo ship suffers epic losses after 2,000 containers topple over during a storm en route to Japan 

Cargo ship suffers epic losses after 2,000 containers topple over during a storm en route to Japan Container ship, ONE Apus, arrived at the Port of Kobe, Japan, on Tuesday  It lost 1,816 cargo containers 1,600 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii   The ship reportedly encountered 52-foot waves during its journey  By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline … Read more

Ali, Karl, and Brisbane: Why Today show is about to topple ‘unbeatable’ Sunrise

It took three tumultuous years, a dozen line-up changes and one sensational back flip – but the Today show are once again the darlings of breakfast TV. The pairing of Karl Stefanovic and Alison Langdon – the show’s third partnership in as many years – have started September in an unfamiliar position: on top. Through … Read more

Trump slams D.C. police for ‘doing nothing’ as protesters topple Confederate monument

President Donald Trump hit out at Washington D.C. police late on Friday night, claiming they were ‘doing nothing’ as protesters tore down and burned a statue of a Confederate general. The monument of General Albert Pike was hit by demonstrators as a protest in Raleigh, North Carolina, also targeted statues of soldiers at a Confederate … Read more

Topple the Racists says ‘colonial warmonger’ Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris should be removed

Born in Cheltenham in 1892, Sir Arthur Harris emigrated to Rhodesia, modern day Zambia and Zimbabwe, at the age of 17, returning to England at the outbreak of the First World War to serve his country. He joined the Royal Flying Corps and in 1918, when it was created, he joined the RAF. By the … Read more

78 statues and monuments at risk of being torn down by ‘Topple The Racists’ campaign

The campaign to tear down monuments in towns and cities across Britain gathered pace today as a ‘hit list’ of statues and memorials deemed to be ‘celebrating racism and slavery’ reached 78. A website called ‘Topple The Racists’ has controversially identified dozens of landmarks from Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert’s Bodmin Beacon to Lord Kitchener’s memorial in … Read more

Racists or heroes? Black Lives Matter want to topple statues of famous Britons due to slavery links

Black Lives Matter activists are calling for the removal of 60 statues of slave owners and racists across Britain. Top of their target list is the statue of Cecil Rhodes and petitions also exist to remove the statue of slave-trading West India Docks founder Robert Milligan, and the statue of former Home Secretary Henry Dundas … Read more