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'Farage and Burnham are wasting Britain's time and money"
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (351+ words) Nigel Farage seems to think he's above the rules. He didn't want anyone knowing he'd been given a fishy "5 million personal "gift', and he didn't want anyone knowing he stays in the house of a convicted criminal, so he didn't…...
Number of Labour MPs who have backed Andy Burnham in day 1 of leader nominations
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (321+ words) Andy Burnham has been backed by 322 Labour MPs to be the next leader of the party on the first day of nominations. The Makerfield MP is the only declared candidate in the race to replace Sir Keir Starmer and is…...
Keir Starmer could make one last U-turn before he goes - 'staggering hypocrisy"
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (531+ words) Sir Keir Starmer could break a pledge not to hand out honours after he leaves Downing Street - three years after saying he would never do it. The Prime Minister twice declined to rule out the prospect of a resignation honours…...
Labour donor offers to fund Count Binface's by-election against Nigel Farage
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (341+ words) A Labour donor has pledged to fund Count Binface's by-election battle against Nigel Farage. Green entrepreneur Dale Vince has got in touch with the joke candidate's agent to offer to fund his run for Clacton. Count Binface, whose real name…...
I asked Clacton voters about Nigel Farage's by-election - one thing surprised me
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (407+ words) A burned-out van sits abandoned on a Clacton street, its charred shell a bleak welcome to the seaside town Nigel Farage now wants to represent all over again. It is, some locals mutter, a fitting symbol of a Britain many…...
Andy Burnham about to face a furious Labour civil war as energy crisis explodes
4+ hour ago (336+ words) Andy Burnham needs to get off the fence on how he will keep Britain's lights on as prime minister. The former Mayor of Greater Manchester commented after nominating himself for the Labour leadership that "it is all starting to feel…...
'Nigel Farage's courage and audacity could be about to disastrously backfire"
4+ hour ago (269+ words) Determined to win public backing against his quasi-judicial tormenters, he resigned his Commons seat in Clacton, Essex to fight a by-election there. A by-election contest between Binface or Fox and Farage would be a farce. At best, even if the…...
Andy Burnham reveals his plan to keep struggling high street shops open
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (282+ words) Top of his list is a dramatic shake-up of business rates, the levy long blamed for hollowing out the nation's high streets, with the Labour frontrunner pledging to scrap them entirely for high street firms. He said: "There's two things…...
Bulgarian beauty known as 'Queen of lashes' deported after spying for Putin
5+ hour, 52+ min ago (410+ words) Two Bulgarians who were part of an "industrial scale" spying operation have been released from prison and deported, the Daily Express can reveal. Vanya Gaberova and Ivan Stoyanov were booted out after serving a year in prison. Gaberova was locked…...
Keir Starmer accused of using Government cars to transport his pet cat
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (271+ words) A row has erupted after Tories accused Sir Keir Starmer of using Government cars to take his pet cat Prince between Downing Street and Chequers. Conservative MP Richard Holden asked in a written parliamentary question if the Prime Minister's pets…...