Author: Miles Donavan

With a protectionist President in the White House, it seems the British public would rather prefer closer trading ties with the EU. A majority of Britons would rather have a closer trading relationship with the EU than the US, a new poll has found. The poll, carried out by YouGov, found that 57% of Britons would rather have a closer trading relationship with the EU, compared to 16% who would rather have the US as a closer trading partner. It comes after President Trump caused turmoil on global markets through the imposition of tariffs, leading to sell-offs sparking trillions in…

“Imagine just for a moment, Nick, being one of the millions of British Muslims, law-abiding British Muslims, watching him say those things.” TV and radio presenter Matthew Stadlen tore into the BBC on Newsnight for giving “extremist” Douglas Murray an eight-minute interview on primetime television. Murray appeared in a separate segment of the programme, where he told BBC political editor Nick Watt that the UK had pursued “a wildly stupid and lax immigration policy for decades” and defended his comments that the UK needs “less Islam”. Watt challenged Murray on his “less Islam” remark, pointing out that it seemed to…

“I thought he’d got a bit more sense than that.” A video posted by the Trades Union Congress shows voters in Wrexham reacting to Donald Trump’s tarriffs and the news that Reform UK leader and MP Nigel Farage is a big fan of Donald Trump. Residents Wrexham, Wales were asked to guess who had said: “Only Donald Trump can bring sense to the Western world.” Their guesses included “Someone uneducated”, “An idiot”, and “A rich person”. When told the quote came from Farage, one man responded: “Well I never, I was just starting to like him.” He added that it…

‘That’s why different political choices need to be made’ The trade union Unite has warned that the bin strikes taking place in Birmingham, which have resulted in rubbish piling high in the streets as well as an influx of rats, could spread to other parts of the country. It comes as the dispute between refuse workers and the city council in Birmingham continues without a breakthrough, after the latest pay offer by the city council was “overwhelmingly” rejected by bin workers. The dispute centres on the council’s decision to cut a role from its waste service, which the union says…

Barristers for the Solicitor General, who opposes the appeal, said there are “no grounds” for reducing the sentence. Far-right thug Tommy Robinson has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against the length of his prison sentence for contempt of court. Robinson, 42, was jailed for 18 months in October last year after admitting breaching a 2021 High Court order banning him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him for libel. In recent months, Elon Musk has also backed Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, with the billionaire owner of X posting and reposting calls…

“This is what Nigel Farage is: he’s a poundshop Donald Trump.” The National Education Union will use its political fund to campaign against Reform UK candidates, after passing a motion at its annual conference this week. The union described Reform UK as “far-right and racist”, while NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede called its leader, Nigel Farage, a “pound shop Donald Trump”. Delegates at the conference backed a motion stating that  “far-right and racist organisations, including Reform, seek to build on the despair, poverty and alienation in our society by scapegoating refugees, asylum seekers, Muslims, Jews and others who do not…

The Daily Mail isn’t happy because Mark Simms mocked Boris Johnson six years ago The Tory media is outraged about Mark Simms OBE’s appointment as the new interim head of the Charity Commission, who have accused him of praising so-called “hard-left politicians” and mocking Boris Johnson on social media. But there was no such outrage from the Tories and their right-wing media allies when Orlando Fraser was appointed as head of the charity watchdog by then culture secretary Nadine Dorries in 2022. Fraser stood as a Tory candidate for North Devon in 2005 and is founding fellow of right-wing think…

Reform can’t answer basic questions… Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been left stumped on the campaign trail ahead of local elections due to take place on May 1,, when asked how he intended to fund his party’s policies which would involve billions of pounds of additional spending. Populists like Farage are not used to scrutiny, and when it does occur they often fall apart. In a bid to appeal to voters, Farage has said his party would reverse Labour’s decision to means test winter fuel payments, scrap the rise in employers’ National Insurance payments and end the changes to…

Barely a week goes by without the deputy PM being targeted for some alleged new ‘crime.’ Between Ed Miliband, Rachel Reeves, and Angela Rayner, it’s a tight race for the Labour figure most smeared by the Tories and their press. I think Angela Rayner might just snatch the title, as barely a week goes by without the deputy PM being targeted for some alleged new ‘crime.’ This week’s gem? The complaint that Rayner allegedly asked civil servants to help her move house. Tory MP and shadow minister Paul Holmes has reportedly filed a formal complaint, accusing Rayner of instructing her…