David Davis: Article 50 Timetable Still Stands
Timetable to trigger #Article50 by end of March still stands, says #Brexit Secretary @DavidDavisMP https://t.co/IHk2jn1BsJ — Sky News (@SkyNews) January 24, 2017 Up-sum of David Davis’ Commons...
View Article“Feminist” Ewan McGregor Defended Child Rapist Polanski
Principled feminist Ewan McGregor pulled out of a TV interview with Piers Morgan this morning, tweeting: “Won’t go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch.” Worth recalling a different...
View ArticleKhan Finally Admits He Could Have Frozen All Fares
At last! Sadiq Khan has finally admitted to ITV London that “hypothetically it’s possible” that he could have frozen all fares, including Travelcards. In other words, he was wrong when he claimed it...
View ArticleGreens Nuke Progressive Alliance in Copeland
There will be no ‘progressive alliance’ to help Labour in Copeland: the Greens have gone kamikaze by selecting a loudly anti-nuclear candidate in a constituency where more than 10,000 people are...
View ArticleJohn Humphrys Does Trainspotting
John HumphI dubbed John Humphrys’ @BBCr4today version of the Trainspotting monologue over the original scene and I love it a bit too much. pic.twitter.com/Z9p9oi69E9 — Mark Wallace (@wallaceme)...
View ArticleWhite Paper Brexit Blockers Represent Leave Constituencies
The latest attempt to frustrate Brexit comes in the form of Tory MPs seeking a white paper so there can be “greater debate” in the Commons, a demand being made by Remainers Anna Soubry, Alistair Burt...
View ArticleMoD Perm Sec: EU Operationally Irrelevant to UK Security
Before the referendum Downing Street coordinated a letter from 12 former military chiefs to the Telegraph claiming that remaining in the EU was “in our national interest”. It quickly fell apart when...
View ArticleTed Cruz Shoots and He Scores
US gossip site Deadspin has been needling Ted Cruz about basketball ever since he called a hoop a “basketball ring“ at a campaign rally when he was running against Trump in the Republican primaries....
View ArticleLabour Leave: Select Brexiteer to Hold Stoke
Labour Leave has a poll out this morning giving Paul Nuttall a 10% point lead in Stoke, on 35% to Labour’s 25%. It is being downplayed by psephologists as something of a voodoo poll due to its tiny...
View ArticleJulian Huppert Linked to Oscar-Nominated Sexy French Actress
Congratulations to French actress Isabelle Huppert, who has been nominated for an Oscar for her role in the film Elle. Would you believe that the sultry Parisian star of the silver screen is related...
View ArticleSadiq Spoils Corbyn’s Main Attack Line
Lifelong Eurosceptic Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t have much to criticise the government about on Brexit. His main attacks are that Theresa May is creating a “bargain basement economy” and that Labour will...
View ArticlePMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Q1 Helen Jones (Warrington North) If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 25 January Q2 Chris Philp (Croydon South) Q3 David Warburton (Somerton...
View ArticleCorbyn Buries Northern Ireland Police Officer
At the beginning of PMQs Jeremy Corbyn paid tribute to the police officer who was shot in Northern Ireland this weekend, offering his condolences and telling the Commons he “lost his life”. The police...
View ArticleMay Hits Corbyn With Killer Sadiq Quotes
Theresa May reads out Sadiq Khan’s quotes spoiling Corbyn’s main attack line on workers’ rights, as reported by Guido this morning. Another happy reader… The post May Hits Corbyn With Killer Sadiq...
View ArticleCash for Access Sinner Straw’s Sermon on Integrity
Disgraced Jack Straw is taking some time out from offering to take cash-for-access to chair a lecture on “integrity and public service” at Westminster Abbey. Promotional literature for the church’s...
View ArticleFirst as Tragedy, Then as Farce
Karl Marx famously remarked that history repeats itself, “first as tragedy, and then as farce”. He was right. So right in fact that even his own ideological movement would be subject to the same...
View ArticleLibDems Choose Brexiteer to Run Against Bridgen
The LibDems have selected a Brexit-backing candidate to take on Tory MP Andrew Bridgen in his Leave stronghold of North West Leicestershire at the next election. Cllr Michael Wyatt is a “LibDem For...
View ArticleKirkup Leaves Telegraph Again
James Kirkup, who quit the Telegraph in 2014 only to change his mind and stay, has left again, this time probably for good. He’s leaving his post as Executive Editor (Politics) to become Director of...
View ArticleLabour Stoke Candidate Backed Turkey Joining EU, Called Brexit “Massive Pile...
Labour have selected an ardent Remainer who backed Turkey joining the EU as their candidate in the Stoke-on-Trent by-election. Gareth Snell, a councillor who used to work in Tristram Hunt’s office,...
View ArticleLabour Stoke Candidate: Corbyn is “IRA Supporting Friend of Hamas”
Fair to say Labour’s anti-Brexit Stoke-on-Trent candidate is not a fan of Jeremy Corbyn. Gareth Snell backed Owen Smith in the Labour leadership election, blasting Jez as an “IRA supporting friend of...
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