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naomi24
//The G7 has agreed to use frozen Russian assets to raise $50bn (£39bn) for Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces. US President Joe Biden said it was another reminder to Russia "that... ...
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ToraToraTora
Farage is demolishing the morons, especially Nicky Campbell. He argues that pursuing net zero is an act of national self harm that cannot possibly make any difference. Nicky Campbell and several... ...
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sandyRoe
... during his time as PPS to Sunak. Backing his judgement with money  as to when the election would be held shows confidence in his own judgement.
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gulliver1
Looks like the Tory Party will be saved from the embarrassment of sitting sulking in the opposition benches after the General Election then .As Reform have now overtaken them in the polls and... ...
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drmorgans
  Unscreen episode of a popular BBC comedy: "Sir Humphrey, my friends and colleagues are suggesting I made a botch of my last job, although I only did it for 18 months and the previous incumbents... ...
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gulliver1
Brits are Queuing up to take their holidays in the EU. Why !English seaside towns are dumps , it never stops raining in the UK and Staycations are nothing but a rip-off.A cottage in Cornwall will... ...
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ToraToraTora
It seems Labour will introduce a new race equality act. I am not aware of anything at all that is not already the same for everyone regardless of race. What is it going to equalise?
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ToraToraTora
Fair enough I like the idea, wheel out some people moaning about their lot....  1) Bloke with 2 kids lives in a 1 bed flat in London, can't save for a mortgage. 2) Bloke has cancer and only a few... ...
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gulliver1
Post Brexit Figures on migration  shocked the audience as Beth Rigby told Sunak that the total net migration into the UK in the past  three years was 1.9 million compared  to     836.000 in the... ...
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ToraToraTora
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/12/who-won-the-sky-tv-general-election-leaders-debate-our-writ/ Starmer was like a weedy schoolboy getting torn a new one my the head master....  Even... ...
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sandyRoe
Will the mild mannered Labour leader success where Corbyn failed? Has our democracy ever faced a greater threat? Starmer's plan to make it impossible to overturn Left-wing revolution... ...
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Atheist
Instant viewer scorer put Starmer with positive votes nearly double Sunak's. I would have put it even higher. The studio audience reaction was overwhelming in its preference for Starmer.
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Deskdiary
Common sense and fairness to women swimmers has prevailed.   Are sporting bodies finally realising that it is unfair for men to compete against... ...
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sandyRoe
... would it be considered a bad thing if Labour secured one?
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ToraToraTora
No wonder he spat the dummy out. 180% GDP national debt and Marine Le Pen kicking his April. Add to that the France could collapse the Euro and no wonder Macron wants to bail out! UK ND 85%! and... ...
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gulliver1
Grant Shapps, is Pleading with voters not to vote Labour and give them a super -majority. Which is seen as effectively conceding that the Tories have already lost the election in his eyes.You... ...
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youngmafbog
Right-on liberalism has a lot to answer for and IMHO this is not acceptable in any shape or form.   When are the authorities going to get tough on... ...
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sandyRoe
...of people already struggling to make ends meet? https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-conservatives-promise-12-billion-pound-sickness-benefit-savings-2024-06-08/ ...
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sandyRoe
... being more diligent in their pursuit of tax dodgers. If tax evasion presents so much low hanging fruit why hasn't it been dealt with long ago?

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