Month: September 2018

A recent poll has found that four in 10 people think multiculturalism threatens British culture. Following the survey, a thread ...

Someone asked Vince Cable if the LibDems were ‘too nice’. Well stop laughing and let’s look at their record.

by Thomas Wintle

Leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable was fielding questions at the party's annual conference on Sunday 16 September when ...

Prof David Nutt reveals how those people with depression who took magic mushrooms are doing now

Professor David Nutt has offered updates on the impact of magic mushrooms on people with depression, in an interview with ...

Listen to legendary prof David Nutt answer ‘what’s your drug of choice?’ at Boomtown festival

Renowned professor David Nutt delivered a talk at Boomtown's Speakers Corner. During the Q&A session, a reveller asked: you're a ...

Theresa May saying: 'People say my Chequers deal is a steaming pile of vomit, but... umm..."

It’s no-deal Brexit or my terrible plan, claims woman who should call an election

After two years of dealing with Brexit, Theresa May finally cobbled together a Brexit plan. It may not be good; ...

Jewish intellectual Noam Chomsky just took apart the antisemitism smears against Corbyn

Renowned Jewish intellectual Noam Chomsky has taken apart the antisemitism smears against Jeremy Corbyn. "Disgraceful efforts" to remove Corbyn Professor ...

The DWP is now facing the wrath of five million workers

by Steve Topple

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is under more pressure over its flagship benefit policy. Because an organisation with ...

A newspaper editor claims Jeremy Corbyn is antisemitic for calling out inequality

Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard has backtracked after taking the anti-Corbyn smear campaign to a dangerous level. "Labour is a ...

Images from the week's satirical stories

The week in satire Vol. #86

And what a week it was! A week in which the dead Michael Foot was accused of working for the ...

Labour’s plan for the DWP is not good enough. It must do better.

by Steve Topple

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is effectively out-of-control. Poverty, death, and destitution are rife under its watch. But ...

Watch Michael Gove squirm on Marr as he plunges his party into its own antisemitism row

by Stefan Schmid

Andrew Marr left Michael Gove squirming on live TV as he drilled down on Conservative support for Europe's "most prominent ...

French police at refugee camp near Dunkirk

‘Serious’ and ‘haunting’ police abuses are reported after the eviction of Dunkirk refugee camp

by Stefan Schmid

Serious police abuses have taken place in the French port city of Dunkirk this week, aid organisations have claimed. The ...

Artwork from Real Junk Food MCR that reads 'FEED BELLIES NOT BINS'

A group in Manchester has found a way of making the fight against climate change absolutely delicious

Food waste is a massive problem. Globally, we bin about a third of everything we produce. This isn't just a ...

Nervous man in a suit saying "I didn't parachute in from London to face off against a load of angry plebs who won't stop going on about local issues"

Study shows mandatory reselection only controversial among ‘crap MPs’

‘Mandatory reselection’ would see local Labour members choosing who will stand as their MP in the event of an election. ...

A senior Israeli official and a US lobbyist weaponised antisemitism against Barack Obama

A senior Israeli government official allegedly weaponised antisemitism against Barack Obama. A new document asserts that the unnamed Israeli official ...

A new short film shows the heroic battle cleaners are fighting at one of the UK’s richest universities

by Chris Jarvis

On 11 September, a short film was released which highlights the impact of outsourcing on cleaners at King's College London ...

‘A big win for whales’ as a bid to resume commercial whaling fails

by James Aitchison