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Green Party deputy whose policy is to ‘abolish landlords’ is a landlord
Mothin Ali, co-deputy leader of the Green Party in England and Wales and a Leeds city councillor, has reportedly been letting out two rental properties despite his party adopting a policy to “abolish landlords”. The revelation, first reported by The Sunday Times, is awkward for the Greens given the policy’s stated aim of ending “the…
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Nadine Dorries says she is ‘mortified’ that people she knows could see vile ‘deepfake’ pornographic clips of former politician as police make arrest
Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has spoken of her “deep distress” after Thames Valley Police told her that a man had been arrested over ‘deepfake’ pornographic videos depicting her. The 36-year-old, from Reading, was arrested and had thousands of images and videos seized from his devices after AI-generated content of Dorries, three other female Westminster…
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Robert Jenrick vows to cut taxes for millions… and says he’ll quit if pledge isn’t met in the first 100 days
Robert Jenrick, Reform UK’s shadow Chancellor, has pledged to raise the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000 within his first 100 days in office if the party wins the next general election, promising to resign if he fails to deliver it in that timescale. The announcement, made at Reform’s conference in Birmingham, was designed to shift…
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Ministers plan to slash paperwork rules for small UK businesses
The UK business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has announced plans to cut the volume of paperwork companies must complete, simplifying corporate reporting rules and exempting some small and medium-sized enterprises from certain form-filling requirements altogether. The move matters because ministers argue that excessive bureaucracy diverts time and money away from day-to-day trading, particularly for smaller firms…
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Bayeux Tapestry lands in UK, Baltic hybrid-threat force, GOP convention turmoil
The Bayeux Tapestry has gone on display in Britain for the first time, unveiled by King Charles and President Macron, while Germany proposes a Baltic rapid-response force against Russian threats and the Republican Dallas convention descends into disarray amid fake-website claims; also: OpenAI’s wiki mishap, Newcastl…
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REVEALED: Rare agreement between FF and FG Cabinet ministers ahead of next month’s Budget will be welcome news for cash-strapped households as winter closes in… but environmental lobby won’t be pleased
The Irish Cabinet has reportedly agreed that planned carbon tax increases due after next month’s Budget are now “politically impossible”, with ministers confirming there will be no government-initiated rises to home heating fuel, petrol or diesel while oil prices remain volatile amid the escalating conflict with Iran. This marks a rare point of agreement between…
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As three children are killed in a horror 24-hour spell on Irish roads, one disturbing piece of evidence reveals why Gardai suspect that tragic teen hit-and-run victim Bryan Lowe’s death was no accident
Gardaí investigating the death of 16-year-old Bryan Lowe in Co. Clare believe he may have been deliberately killed rather than the victim of an accidental hit-and-run, after evidence emerged that he was dragged a “significant” distance under the vehicle that struck him. Detectives are examining whether the incident followed a dispute between youths, with one…
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Trump envoys meet Putin before Kyiv peace mission
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff spent over three hours in closed-door talks with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday, as part of the Trump administration’s renewed push to end the four-year war in Ukraine. Putin called the conflict a “complicated situation” but praised Trump for persisting with efforts towards a settlement, and both he…
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Nitschke left euthanasia device behind over UK customs seizure concerns
Dr Philip Nitschke, the euthanasia campaigner known as “Dr Death,” spoke at a London event promoting his “suicide collar” device but did not bring it into the country, saying he feared it would be seized by customs. His visit had drawn calls from MPs and campaigners for the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to bar him…