How changes to UK planning law could become ‘a licence to kill nature’ If you walk down an unpromising, overgrown pathway which winds behind a school on Portsea Island in Portsmouth, you are rewarded a few minutes later when the landscape bursts open to reveal the vast estuary stretching across to Porchester Castle. WhenContinue reading “Changes to UK planning law”
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2nd half of February American farces
On February 14, JD Vance, the US vice president, has warned that the loss of British values poses a greater threat than Russia in his landmark address to the Munich Security Conference. European leaders had descended on the German city with the intention of discussing an end to the war in Ukraine, but MrContinue reading “2nd half of February American farces”
Recommended news articles for 4 February 2025
Angela Rayner to set rules on Islam and free speech The Deputy Prime Minister is planning to create a council on Islamophobia and is lining up Dominic Grieve, a former Tory minister, to lead it, The Telegraph can reveal. The 16-strong council will help help draw up a government definition of anti-Muslim discrimination and willContinue reading “Recommended news articles for 4 February 2025”
In the news, the second half of August 2024
Friday August 16 GPs next in line for cash handout from Starmer Doctors are demanding an 11 per cent funding rise in the hope of receiving a pay rise similar to Sir Keir Starmer’s bumper offer to train drivers. Leaked letters reveal that the Government has awarded them an above inflation boost of 7.4 perContinue reading “In the news, the second half of August 2024”
In the news the first half of August 2024
Thursday August 01 Donald Trump’s claims that Kamala Harris had only recently “turned black” have been criticised by his fellow Republicans. In a rare rebuke of their presidential nominee, a number of Republicans voiced concerns over the remarks, which have been condemned as racist. “I think the better approach is to focus on the policiesContinue reading “In the news the first half of August 2024”
Frontpage news for June 2024
Young royals face National Service under Sunak’s election plans Unveiling a National Service scheme for 18-year-olds, Rishi Sunak said it was aimed at instilling a “shared sense of purpose” in youngsters amid influences “trying to divide our society”. The Conservatives are positioning as the only party that can be trusted with defence. Meanwhile, senior ToriesContinue reading “Frontpage news for June 2024”
Banking sector crossed the line of denying access to financial services
By Dominic Penna Political Reporter Afternoon, The truth about the Nigel Farage row raises some serious questions for Coutts, while Rishi Sunak’s jibe at Sir Keir Starmer speaks to a wider issue that could haunt Labour. The Coutts Files His two decades of campaigning for Brexit has certainly caused some headaches for the Tories inContinue reading “Banking sector crossed the line of denying access to financial services”
Third week of July 2023
Monday July 17 2023 A wonder drug that can slow Alzheimer’s by 60 per cent could mean the disease is one day treated like asthma or diabetes, experts have said. Donanemab hailed as ‘new era’ in treatment The US drugs company Eli Lilly published final results of trials of donanemab – an infusion that helpsContinue reading “Third week of July 2023”
There was a time when the very existence of a blind trust was news in itself
There was a time when the very existence of a blind trust was news in itself – the existence of Peter Mandelson’s blind trust when he was a minister in Tony Blair’s government was a row in itself in 2009.
Westminster has dragged trans people into its attack on Scotland’s powers
Resentment among party members concerns the approval or disapproval of the gender recognition reform act.
Some View on the World 