The official remain campaign, Britain Stronger In Europe, has seized upon the death of MP Jo Cox to promote its cause just days before the British electorate head to the ballot box to decide on Britain’s membership of the European
The Bulgarian Parliament has overwhelmingly given the green light to a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas in the country, with only eight Members of Parliament voting against it. The bill’s approval means that Bulgaria is on track to
The matron of a shelter for unaccompanied child migrants in Sweden has been accused by two Afghani teenagers of forcing them to have sex with her on a number of occasions. The boys say she used a combination of threats
Labour politicians and left wing media pundits have been attracting widespread criticism from the public for seeking to link the murder of fellow Labour MP Jo Cox to the Brexit campaign. Neil Coyle, the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, provoked an
The British public are overwhelmingly more interested in finding out about leaving the European Union (EU) than remaining within it, data from Google has shown, with immigration being the most searched referendum-related topic. Millions of Britons have taken to the
Switzerland has formally withdrawn her long-standing application to join the European Union (EU), as only “a few lunatics” now want to be involved with the bloc. The verdict comes just one week before Britons go to the polls to decide
Muslims living in Luton in the United Kingdom were told during Ramadan last year that it was their Islamic “duty” to throw homosexuals from a “high building,” a jury at the Old Bailey has heard. Five men have appeared at
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has been slammed by London’s estate agents who insist that he, not the possibility of an exit from the European Union, is to blame for the recent slump in London’s property market. In
Data analysis of the campaigns being conducted in the run up to the EU referendum has shown that the Remain camp is overwhelmingly relying on Project Fear, deployed in particular in economic terms, while the Leave campaign is more positive
A 19-year-old girl has been stabbed three times in Rennes, western France, in an attack carried out as an attempted “sacrifice” for Ramadan. Her injuries were not life-threatening. The knife attack came just a day after a jihadist killed a
The former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith has accused the government of “perpetrating an enormous deceit” on the British public, as it emerged the government is secretly planning to grant visa-free travel to up to 1.5 million Turks. Documents leaked
British entrepreneurs are on track to start up a record number of businesses this year, ignoring the doom and gloom forecasts from pro-Remain economists in the run up to the EU referendum. 91,618 new businesses have been formed in the
The Prime Minister is “menacing” voters in a desperate bid to get them to vote Remain in the referendum, former Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said. The Prime Minister stepped up Project Fear over the weekend, warning Britons that
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has put out an appeal for millions of dollars’ worth of extra charitable funding to help migrants in the Balkans, claiming that their original target of $555 million is now not enough. In January, the
Britain will be shut out of the Single Market if she opts to leave the European Union (EU), Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has threatened. But Leave campaigners have questioned whether German manufacturers would welcome the move, and accused the
The German news weekly Der Spiegel has published a cut-price bilingual edition today, urging British voters to stay in the European Union (EU) under the headline “Please Don’t Go!” The emotive headline sets the tone for what is, in essence,
A regional German court has recognised as valid the marriage of a 14-year-old Syrian girl to her 20-year-old cousin, despite the legal age for marriage in Germany being 16. The case represents a landmark ruling, with the Federal Court set
Young people have the most to lose from staying in the European Union (EU) and must vote to leave to secure their future, trade unionists have warned. Pointing to the eye-watering levels of youth unemployment found within some member states
A British Asian man who skewered the Prime Minister on his failure to get a grip on immigration during a televised TV debate this week has advised people to leave the country in the event of a vote to remain within
The referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union may face a legal challenge after the government extended the deadline for registering to vote by two days. Britons had originally been given until midnight Tuesday to register to vote in
A petition calling on the government to ban halal and kosher slaughter of animals is well on the way to receiving the 100,000 signatures required to prompt a debate in Parliament on the issue. Halal and kosher slaughter of animals
A vote to remain within the European Union (EU) is unlikely to put the issue to rest entirely, as the government did not go far enough in its renegotiation of Britain’s membership terms, a new report has claimed. With just
Support for the European Union (EU) is on the wane across Europe thanks principally to the migrant crisis, with the majority of Europeans wanting to see Brussels have less power, not more, according to a new poll. Britons will be
The criminal investigation into child grooming in Rotherham is set to run for eight years, officials have revealed. The local MP has slammed the time-frame as “too long.” So far just eleven people have been convicted in relation to the
Turkey’s President has been slammed as “chauvinistic” for his insistence that motherhood must come before a career. Leave campaigners have repeated warnings that remaining within the European Union will lead to political union with Turkey. Speaking at the opening of
A planned merger between the German and London stock exchanges would be essential in maintaining economic ties between Germany and the UK in the event of a Brexit, the head of the German exchange has said. Although the merger was
The leaders of Britain’s biggest unions have called upon their six million members to vote to remain within the European Union (EU), on the grounds that they don’t trust Britain’s current Conservative government. Ten trade union figures, including the leaders
The BBC has warned English football fans not to dress as crusaders when attending the Euro 2016 tournament this summer as they might cause offence to Muslims. The advice comes via their ‘iWonder’ website, aimed at a younger audience, which
It has emerged that Prime Minister David Cameron’s insistence that an Australian-style points-based immigration system would be bad for Britain directly contradicts a pledge to introduce such a system in the Conservative Party’s 2005 manifesto – which Mr. Cameron wrote.
A Conservative Party Police and Crime Commissioner has blocked a licence for a gay sauna – because the location is too close to a mosque, which she said might cause “policing issues”. The sauna’s owners withdrew the application after receiving
A manual used in English and Welsh prisons to teach inmates about Islam should be withdrawn as it encourages them to take part in violent jihad, a cleric has advised. Since 2011 the prisons service has been using a Tarbiyah
Donald Trump has rescheduled a planned trip to the UK and will now arrive in the country the day before the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU). He has previously made it clear that he backs Britain
Opinion on the European Union (EU) referendum question may cut across the political divide, but when it comes to the UK’s national boundaries the divide is crystal clear: Scotland backs remaining within the EU while much of England wants out. In May
A British Muslim has received death threats from other members of his community after he spoke out about alleged hate preaching and the glorification of murder by Imams in three local mosques. Khalil Ahmed says he has been targeted after
The government has kept no records on the majority of the £2.5 billion of research it commissions each year, an inquiry has found, leading to concerns that it may be using its lack of transparency to cover up findings it
An Australian couple who came to the UK legally under a scheme designed to attract people to the Scottish Highlands have been threatened with deportation as the government has now scrapped the scheme. The couple say they could be left
Magistrates have turned down an extraordinary request by the Tory MP for South Thanet and his agent to prevent Kent Police from having more time to investigate serious allegations of electoral misconduct, thanks to the far-reaching nature of the case.
A taxi driver has launched a hard-hitting diatribe against Britain’s political classes who he said have “killed Britain” through uncontrolled immigration, perfectly encapsulating the ‘working man versus elite’ debate at the heart of the EU referendum. Cabbie ‘Alfie’ from London’s
An East London school has been accused of making an “ISIS recruitment video” after it awarded first prize in a public speaking competition to a girl who used her speech on the Jewish / Palestinian conflict to repeat the blood libel against Jews and promote other anti-Semitic tropes.
The Conservative Party descended into open warfare yesterday as three MPs called for the Prime Minister David Cameron to resign over Project Fear. The calls have raised the possibility of a general election this autumn, to allow the Conservatives to
