Eurosceptic Conservative MEP Dan Hannan has angrily denied allegations he held secret talks about defecting to UKIP. He was accused of considering a switch by Arron Banks, a UKIP donor, who was shocked when he learned Hannan had encouraged Amjad
Almost 20,000 voters in Bradford have ‘fallen off’ the electoral register after they failed to come forward and prove they were real. The new rules require anyone who wants to register to vote to fill out a form themselves, rather
Two UKIP members have been acquitted of electoral fraud at Norwich Crown Court. Mike Monk and Daniel Thistlethwaite were both tried for having knowledge of a false signature on a nomination paper for the 2013 Council Elections in Great Yarmouth. During
Security procedures are being reviewed after a man, who claimed to be drunk and high on cocaine, got through to the Prime Minister on the phone. The unnamed man called David Cameron yesterday, and later claimed he had made “monkeys”
After months of speculation Leon Brittan has finally been publicly named as one of the politicians at the centre of sexual rape allegations from the 1970s and 1980s. Two men have come forward to say they were abused by the
UKIP have launched a new video questioning whether the Conservatives properly vetted Amjad Bashir MEP before he defected to them over the weekend. Mr Bashir has been accused of financial irregularities in Brussels, of being involved with a company that employed
Christina Annesley, a young libertarian who was tipped as a rising star of British politics has been found dead in a hotel room in Thailand aged 23. Miss Annesley, who had been both a member of the Conservative Party and UKIP,
President Obama is “doing rather badly” according to Lord Carrington, the only surviving member of Winston Churchill’s government. The 95-year-old former Foreign Secretary made the comments in an interview with the Daily Telegraph to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sir
Leon Brittan, the former Conservative Home Secretary has died at the age of 75, Sky News reports. Lord Brittan was a major figure in Margaret Thatcher’s government, serving as Home Secretary from 1983 to 1985, and took a prominent role
Jihadi terrorists are at a “high level of readiness” to attack Britain, the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said. Mr Hammond told BBC Radio 4 there was a “very high level of risk” to the country. He was speaking ahead
The Sun newspaper has brought back its page three topless models, after dropping the feature for three days. The paper printed the latest offering – courtesy of Nicole, 22 – under the headline “clarifications and corrections” claiming it was an
A petition backed by UKIP Defence spokesman Mike Hookem MEP and party leader Nigel Farage calling for the immediate release of the Chilcot Report into the Iraq war has reached over 10,000 signatures in a little over 24 hours. The report
The new security fence at the designed to hold back immigrants at the Calais ferry port has been blown over by wind for the second time. Despite costing £12m to install in November French media reports it collapsed on Thursday
A top secret file about “unnatural” sexual behaviour by members of the Westminster elite has been uncovered at the British Government’s National Archive in Kew, West London. Academic Dr Chris Murphy discovered the file last year but has only just
UKIP has launched a campaign demanding the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War be published before the General Election. The inquiry interviewed over a hundred witnesses and was finished in 2011 but yesterday it was announced its potentially explosive findings
Jihad John, the ISIS terrorist accused of beheading several western hostages, has appeared in a new video threatening to kill two Japanese men. Unlike previous videos the masked killer demands a ransom of $200 million ransom from the Japanese government
LONDON, United Kingdom – Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has called Hillary Clinton’s plan to “empathise” with the point-of-view of America’s enemies “mindless naivety”. His comments came at a meeting with Parliamentarians and journalists at the House of Commons, as part
The Labour Party has announced that if it wins the upcoming General Election it will put limits on the amount of fat and sugar that can be added to foods marketed to children. Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham claimed children
Major tobacco companies may sue a future Labour government for £11bn if Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham pushes ahead with his plan for plain packets for cigarettes. Under the scheme, brand names would be removed from packets, which companies argue
Three major fires have been reported in Oxfordshire within nine minutes of each other, after what Police suspect to be a spate of arson attacks. The buildings attacked were a thatched cottage, a funeral directors and one of the major
Sky News cut off the French journalist Caroline Fourest when she tried to display the latest cover of Charlie Hebdo, claiming it breached their editorial policy. Fourest was making the point that British journalists had let down the profession for refusing
A group calling itself ‘Muslims Against Anjem Choudary’ has published an embarrassing picture of the hate preacher with alcohol and a pornographic magazine. The picture, which has been circulated before, is said to have been taken when the 47-year-old attended
Comedian Al Murray, known as the pub landlord, has pledged to stand against Nigel Farage in the South Thanet constituency at the General Election. In his launch video Oxford educated Murray claimed his policies included “fighting Germany, if they are
A lesbian couple have been thrown out of the toilets at the Cineworld Cinema in Ilford, UK after staff mistook them for men. Keira-Louise Williams and Tracey Seaton, claim to have been accosted when they went to the Cinema to
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary has called the latest front cover of Charlie Hebdo an “act of war” against Muslims. The magazine features Mohammed crying and holding a “Je Suis Charlie” sign, with the headline roughly translating to “Everything is forgiven”.
Fears are growing that a serial killer may be on the loose in Manchester after a psychologist suggested murder might explain the high number of men being found dead in the city’s canals. Over the last six years, a total
Tony Blair has claimed that “comfort letters” guaranteeing terror suspects would never be prosecuted for their crimes were vital to the Northern Ireland peace process. The former Prime Minister was being grilled by MPs about his role in giving anonymity
Immigration will not be one of the top six pledges in the next Conservative manifesto, despite it regularly topping polls of the most important issues to voters. The issue did not form part of a major speech by the Prime
Last night BBC Newsnight chose to show the front page of the first edition of Charlie Hebdo since the magazine’s offices were attacked by Islamist terrorists last week. Perhaps unsuprisingly, the remaining staff chose to depict Mohammed crying and holding
David Cameron has pledged to bring back the ‘snoopers’ charter’ if the Conservatives win the election in May. The Communications Data Bill would force telecoms companies to collect information on their customer’s use of the internet, under the auspices of
A former Lord Mayor of London is now the hot tip to replace Kerry Smith as UKIP candidate in Basildon. Alderman Ian Luder applied for the seat at the first selection but was beaten by Natasha Bolter. Since the selection
UPDATE: Since this article was published David Cameron has refused to join the debates unless the Greens are included. Commercial broadcasting regulator OFCOM has ruled the Green Party is not a major party and is therefore unlikely to be included
Nigel Farage has warned viewers of Fox News that Western societies are threatened by a “fifth column living within our own countries” that is “out to destroy our whole civilisation and our way of life”. The UKIP leader made his
Buzzfeed’s ‘Political Reporter’ accused Charlie Hebdo of “goading” Muslims and “mocking” Islamic values in an article published in Muslim News shortly after the last attack on the magazine’s office. Siraj Datoo warned his readers,“don’t let Charlie Hebdo be seen as
Two of the three men believed to be involved in yesterday’s terrorist attack on the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo have been located in Northern France. They are reported to have robbed a petrol station near Villers-Cotteret in the northern
Hundreds of Londoners, French nationals and journalists stood together for a silent vigil in memory of the people killed by Islamist terrorists in Paris today. The event in Trafalgar Square began with the singing of the French National Anthem, with
Senior British figures have taken to Twitter to express their horror and (in some cases) indifference at the attack on Charlie Hebdo by Islamic terrorists. They join an army of other British people who are now using various hashtags including
The latest footage of the terrorist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The two gunmen demonstrate the ‘double tap’ method of using an automatic weapon, their tactics suggest military training. The video shows the moment the two killed a
A man who was given a free nose job on the National Health Service, then threatened to sue it because he was unhappy with the result, has announced his bankruptcy. Sam Barton from Sutton Coldfield, in Birmingham blew a total of
No it is not April Fools Day, and yet The Guardian has surpassed itself with its latest attack on ordinary British families: by claiming diners are “chauvinistic” and “smug” for eating Brown Sauce. The bizarre claim came from Tony Naylor,
