Late-night pubs and bars selling takeaway alcohol will escalate violence that has seen police injuries at illegal street and block parties, ministers have been warned. The danger was highlighted during a Westminster debate by Liberal Democrat Lord Paddick, a former Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner. He was among a number of peers to raise concerns that … Read more
The diplomatic war over Huawei took an extraordinary twist last night after a controversial dossier accused China of trying to manipulate key Establishment figures in the UK. Entitled China’s Elite Capture, the 86-page report details an alleged campaign by Beijing to persuade influential individuals to back Huawei and its strategic aims. Among a string of … Read more
A Lib Dem peer says he is ‘baffled’ by claims he was targeted by a fake PR campaign to help boost the perceptions of Chinese technology company Huawei. Lord Clement-Jones was allegedly targeted in a covert bid to invite British politicians and business leaders to take part in staged radio interviews and email them fake … Read more
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls the POLICE on Nigel Farage claiming he ‘broke lockdown rules by visiting a pub less than 14 days after returning from the US’ as he is pictured enjoying a pint on Super Saturday Brexit Party leader had gone for his first pint as pubs were allowed to open again … Read more
Ministers face Huawei defeat in House of Lords: Peers plot to scupper 5G deal over China’s links to human rights abuses Boris Johnson is under pressure over deal for Huawei to build 35% of 5G network A group of peers want to amend law to block the deal on human rights grounds Government has launched … Read more
Layla Moran has revealed she lost around half her body weight after gastric band surgery at the age of 23. The Liberal Democrat MP and party leadership contender, 37, from London, now wears as slender size 12, but once tipped the scales at just under 20 stone and was a size 24. Speaking to The Times, … Read more
He became a national hero during the Second Boer War in South Africa for defending a town for 217 days and is mostly known today for founding the world Scout Movement. But Lord Baden-Powell is also considered as a racist by some for forcing Africans out on cattle drives by threatening them with floggings and … Read more
Militant leaders of the National Education Union make it clear they will stop at nothing to prevent schools opening on June 1, using often spurious claims about ‘elf ’n’ safety’ and filing a list of 169 sometimes ludicrous demands to be met before they will consider a return. This is despite widespread fears of the … Read more
A peer was last night accused of ‘milking the taxpayer’ by furloughing himself while claiming the daily House of Lords allowance during lockdown. Lord Fox, 62, has used the Government’s job retention scheme to pay himself as the owner of a strategic communications company. But the Liberal Democrat frontbench spokesman for business has also chosen … Read more
More than two million NHS staff and care workers on the front line of coronavirus battle should get a £29-a-day danger bonus, Lib Dems say NHS and care workers should get pay rise amid coronavirus crisis, LIb Dems say Call for military style £29-a-day supplement to recognise the danger they face Polls suggest public backs … Read more
Parliament will reopen digitally in little over a week’s time to allow ministers to face scrutiny over their much-criticised handling of the coronavirus pandemic, it was confirmed today. The House of Commons will sit on April 21, the scheduled end of its Easter recess, despite the UK continuing to be under a stringent lockdown. Ministers, … Read more
Opposition parties unite to demand the recall of Parliament as new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calls for right to probe ministers as coronavirus death toll nears 10,000 Sir Keir said that the House of Commons must be open for business after Easter The new Labour leader said even if it means MPs asking questions … Read more
Liberal Democrat lothario Lembit Opik’s fiancée, 36, reveals she is expecting the 55-year-old’s baby just a week after kicking him out over his friendship with glamorous Russian colleague Sabina Vankova already shares a two-year-old daughter with former Lib Dem MP She threw Mr Opik out of the family home in in Epsom, Surrey, earlier this … Read more