Eight years ago on Sunday, we went to vote in the Brexit referendum. Let’s not forget that most of our rulers never wanted it in the first place. It only happened because of the campaigning of Nigel Farage and Ukip and the determination of a bunch of Tory MPs like Sir Bill Cash. It became...
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s bodyguard arrested over alleged bets on UK election date
LONDON — One of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s police bodyguards has been arrested over alleged bets on the date of Britain’s national election made before it was announced, authorities said Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police force said that a constable in the Royalty and Specialist Protection Command was arrested Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The arrest came...
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Exclusive: Nato in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons
He then came out in support of Kyiv over its request to use Western weapons on targets inside Russia. And now ahead of the next Nato summit, he has tabled proposals for the alliance to play a greater role in the West’s support for Ukraine. About 99 per cent of the weapons deliveries to Kyiv...
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U.S., Britain, Canada raise alarm over Russia meddling in Moldova’s election – UPI.com
President of Moldova Maia Sandu is seeking re-election in October. On Thursday, the United States, Canada and Britain accused Russia of attempting to influence the outcome of the upcoming contest. File Photo by Dumitru Doru/EPA-EFE June 14 (UPI) — The United States, Canada and Britain are raising the alarm over the Kremlin’s ongoing campaign to...
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Swedish company’s games featured in illegal online casinos – Radio Sweden
At a press conference in Thailand, police are counting cash amounting to the equivalent of SEK 34 million. Some of the money is suspected to have been obtained by a criminal network, after defrauding elderly Thai people in cryptocurrency scams. The police found the money in late 2023, after a raid on two illegal online...
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Labour has no vision for how UK deals with dangerous world, says Cameron
Labour has rebutted criticism of its defence approach, pointing out that under the Tories the Army has shrunk to its smallest size since the Napoleonic era. Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has also said he would press the nuclear button in office if needed, and insisted his shadow cabinet supports his pro-Trident stance. Lord...
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Britain Is Plagued by Tories’ Failure to Build
This is part of a series on what 14 years of Tory rule have delivered for Britain’s economy, society and standing in the world. The challenges awaiting the next government are numerous. Britain doesn’t spend enough on its housing, railways and other economic infrastructure, and the country is poorer, less competitive and more unequal as...
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Britain’s Rishi Sunak apologizes for leaving D-Day event early to return to campaigning | CBC News
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party. Sunak’s decision to leave early was met with dismay within his Conservative Party, which is trailing far behind the Labour...
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General election latest: Two-thirds of voters say Sunak leaving D-Day early was ‘unacceptable’
The Foreign Secretary has praised Rishi Sunak’s apology and said he wanted to make D-Day commemorations “all about the veterans”. Asked about the Prime Minister’s apology, Lord Cameron, who filled in for Mr Sunak, said: “I think it’s a tribute to the way he is that he thought on reflection he wished he had stayed...
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Gibraltar fires back warning after Spanish MEP demands UK to ‘get off’ the Rock
Furious Gibraltarians have branded a Spanish MEP as “clueless” and a “puppet”, after he called for the UK to decolonise the Rock. In a campaign visit on Sunday to Campo de Gibraltar, which neighbours the British Overseas Territory, Jordi Cañas demanded that the UK hand back the Rock to Spain. He called the territory a...
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Unemployed Britons to do migrant jobs under Labour plans
Unemployed Britons will be trained to do jobs normally taken by overseas workers to cut net migration, the Shadow Home Secretary has said as she unveiled Labour’s plans to curb Britain’s reliance on foreign labour. Yvette Cooper told The Sunday Telegraph that a new cross-government drive will be launched aimed at training up the unemployed to fill roles...
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Britain has become the welfare state for the world
New properties were being built. Designer clothes were suddenly evident everywhere. And the whole place was flush with cash. When Inspector Vassil Panayotov, a determined copper who could have stepped straight out of an old-fashioned detective mystery, noticed how much money was swilling around the Bulgarian village of Sliven, in the foothills of the Balkan...