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Twitter users have lapped up a tweet by Michel Barnier in which he mocks the state of Brexit trade talks. In a swipe at Britain’s Brexit team, Barnier, The EU’s chief negotiator, shared a picture himself at a London football pitch with the caption: “Short break from intense EU-UK negotiations in London. Went looking for level playing fields…” […]

A Tory MP who complained about a National Trust report into slavery and colonialism has had his argument picked to pieces live on air. Journalist and commentator Dalia Gebrial tore apart Ben Bradley’s claim that the National Trust was attempting to “sanitise” history by highlights links between its properties and slavery. The National Trust came under heavy […]

A Tory minister has been ridiculed after getting the population size of Liverpool wrong during an interview on a new pilot testing programme for coronavirus. Business minister Nadhim Zahawi said 2,000 troops would deliver thousands of coronavirus tests to people living in Liverpool city as part of a pilot programme to map the spread of […]

Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has been permanently banned from Twitter for suggesting the beheading of Anthony Fauci, America’s top public health adviser. Bannon said he wanted to “pike” Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray’s heads as a “warning” to bureaucrats. Fauci, who Trump publicly slandered and suggested firing, has been assigned extra government […]

Here are some of the best tweets mocking Donald Trump after he confused a dance pole with an election poll in a tweet on the US election. Social media users were quick to pick up on the US president’s poor spelling skills and turned the oversight into a Twitter trend. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, […]

Twitter has slapped a warning on a tweet by Donald Trump suggesting the elections was being “stolen” from him. The social media organisation said it had placed a warning on Trump’s tweet “for making a potentially misleading claim about an election”. “This action is in line with our Civic Integrity Policy,” the firm’s @TwitterSafety account said. […]

A health minister has rebuffed calls for cross-party talks on a mental health package for NHS staff, telling Labour the only way they would sway policy was to “win an election”.  Nadine Dorries, the minister for mental health, said the government had launched a range of initiatives to help people with mental health conditions cope during the […]

A former Brexit Party candidate has accused the EU of being ‘spiteful’ after it rejected a UK request to allow Britons to continue using passport fast lanes across Europe after Brexit. Ex-South Shields Brexit Party candidate and South Tyneside councillor Glenn Thompson accused the EU of “spite [and] nothing else” after it emerged the bloc refused to give […]

A lawyer has debunked a Tory minister’s accusation that councils were given £63 million to help fund free school meals over the holidays. Housing secretary Robert Jenrick appeared on Sky News Thursday morning where he suggested councils had already been given funding towards free school meals in June. When asked if the government would review its decision […]

The Department for International Trade has come under heavy fire after claiming soy sauce, which Britain currently enjoys tariff-free access to as a member of the EU, will be cheaper after Brexit. Liz Truss’ department used a Japanese-themed episode of the Great British Bake Off to claim that the price of soy sauce in the UK […]

A Tory minister has been labelled “shameful” after he defended a government memo attacking Marcus Rashford’s call for free school meals. A leaked memo has shown that Tory MPs are being ask to shift the blame for a failed vote to extend free school meals to children during the holidays onto Labour. The statement said MPs should […]

A Tory minister has suggested his government is not responsible for the rising number of children going hungry in the UK and deflected the blame on Labour instead. Paul Scully, a junior cabinet minister, provoked outrage when he said the government would not extend free school meals during the holidays because “children have been going […]

Nigel Farage’s financial newsletter promising subscribers advice to “take back control” of their money has been roundly mocked online. The Brexit Party leader launched a website and daily email service, dubbed Fortune and Freedom with Nigel Farage,  to give members the financial knowledge to “take back control of your money and your life”. The Brexit frontman offers subscribers […]

MPs have come under intense criticism after it emerged they would push ahead with recommendations to up their pay by more than £3,500. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is facing calls to freeze a pay rise for politicians as the rest of the country deals with the economic impacts of coronavirus. IPSA has suggested […]

Boris Johnson’s father has been caught without a face mask in public for the third time in a week. Stanley Johnson was pictured at an Underground station reading a newspaper with his mask lowered. This is the third time the prime minister’s father was captured flouting regulations around wearing face masks. Last Tuesday, Johnson senior was […]

A Tory politician has urged colleagues to back Rishi Sunak as Boris Johnson’s replacement at No 10. Senior Tory MSP, Murdo Fraser, retweeted a message which praised the chancellor and criticised Boris Johnson. The post, which was written by Herald columnist Iain Macwhirter read: “Rishi Sunak reaches the parts Boris cannot. “He’s as fluent and convincing […]

Laurence Fox has been labelled a hypocrite after vowing to boycott Sainsbury’s because of its support for Black History Month. The 42-year-old actor accused the supermarket of promoting “racial segregation and discrimination” during a Twitter rant on Sunday. Fox’s post came after the supermarket chain announced it would be marking Black History Month, an annual observance of black […]

Robert Jenrick has been accused of having “double standards” after his criticisms of opposition MPs breaking Covid regulations was not extended to the prime minister’s top adviser, Dominic Cummings. SNP MP Margaret Ferrier broke self-isolation guidelines when she travelled from her Glaswegian seat of Rutherglen and Hamilton West to Westminster while waiting for the results of a coronavirus test. Upon […]

Nigel Farage has been called a “traitor” after issuing a tweeting defending the EU’s threat to sue Downing Street over breaking the Brexit withdrawal agreement. The Brexit Party leader caused controversy on Thursday when he appeared to suggest the EU was in its rights to take Britain to court after it approved laws explicitly overriding the Withdrawal […]

A government minister has admitted No 10 “looked to Europe” for help developing the latest of coronavirus lockdown rules. Speaking on Sky News, skills minister Gillian Keegan said Downing Street was trying to strike a balance between keeping pubs open and suppressing a second spike in Covid cases. Asked if the 10pm curfew was leading […]

A Tory minister has admitted she does not know what lockdown restrictions were being applied in North East England during an interview on national radio. Apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan said she was unaware of what restrictions were in place across the North East because she was not a local MP. Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Keegan was […]

A British fashion label will stop selling its polo shirts in North America after they were being associated with a far-right group. Fred Perry, founded by and named after the triple Wimbledon champion, said it was “incredibly frustrated” Proud Boys had adopted its black and yellow shirt and announced it would stop selling the item in North America and Canada. In […]

A leading Tory Brexiteer has been branded a hypocrite after accusing the government of trying to remove people’s liberties. Steve Baker, a former chair of the hard-line Eurosceptic Westminster group the European Research Group (ERG), said it was “only fair” MPs got a vote on coronavirus laws that would take away people’s liberties before they came into effect. Brexiteer […]

A Brexiteer MP has complained the UK is “like East Germany under the Stasi” after being spotted on London’s Underground without a face mask. DUP Brexit spokesperson Sammy Wilson was pictured travelling on the London Underground without a mask days after the government increased fines for failing to wear a mask on public transport to £200. Asked […]

The number of wealthy Britons seeking EU citizenship has shot up substantially since the beginning of this year, immigration agencies say. Investment immigration firm Astons has seen a 50% and 30% year-on-year increase in interest from clients seeking Cypriot or Greek citizenship respectively this quarter, Reuters reports. Henley & Partners also reported a rise in requests for advice […]

Nigel Farage has been called out over a tweet slamming Boris Johnson’s government as “the worst ever”. Farage lambasted Downing Street on plans to create a “border” in Kent after Brexit. Speaking with The Times‘ Patrick Maguire, the Brexit Party leader said: “Not only an internal border with Northern Ireland but now Kent too. “Is this […]

Viewers have squirmed and cringed at Matt Hancock discussing how new coronavirus restrictions affect people’s sex life. The health minister was asked by Sky News’ Kay Burley how long the government had planned to stop people having “casual sex”. Burley was pointing out the restrictions allow “established couples” to meet up but bans those who […]

Andrea Jenkyns MP misspelt the word “British” in an attack against O’Brien online, prompting a wave of ridicule online.  Jenkyns, who is deputy chair of the pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG), hit out at the radio presenter for a tweet in which he suggested the Tory MP’s real Twitter account was “a million times better […]