Tag: Democracy

New research by Opinium reveals that 26% of Leave voters believe they were 'misled' during the EU referendum campaign. And the data ...

A viral video of a sickening attack on a dog sums up the UK’s animal cruelty problem [VIDEO]

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS FOOTAGE THAT MAY UPSET THE READER A video of a man's unprovoked attack on a dog ...

A mother has made a desperate plea for help as her son slowly dies in a UK prison

A mother is appealing for help for her disabled son, who she claims faces "death by institutional neglect" in a ...

One of the UK’s most notorious bloggers has just been arrested on ‘harassment’ charges

One of the UK's most notorious bloggers has reportedly been arrested and bailed on suspicion of "harassment and malicious communications”. ...

No one can decide if this Labour MP was really crying over Big Ben or taking the piss [VIDEO]

21 August 2017

On Monday 21 August, MPs gathered outside parliament to hear Big Ben chime for the last time until 2021. But ...

The Independent just sold us a country’s mass abortion experience without even questioning it

On 16 August, The Independent reported on mass abortion in Iceland. But what it failed to do was give its readers ...

The families of the Hillsborough 96 could be denied justice by the government. Again.

Some families of the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster may be denied the right to attend the ...

A court has ruled that a council’s ‘outrageous’ policy is legal. And it’s so bad even Michael Gove objects to it

On Tuesday 15 August, the High Court ruled that members of the public were not allowed to take "direct action" ...

Rejected Blairite David Miliband tries to fool us about the EU. But no one’s buying it.

by Timothy J. Woods

Former Labour minister and Blairite David Miliband recently praised the European Union (EU) for its commitment to "democratic rules". But in ...

Theresa May accused of hijacking democracy as she stacks Brexit committee with Tories [OPINION]

by Ben Janaway

Claims of a 'power grab' are flying, with Theresa May accused of a plot to hijack a key Brexit Committee. ...

As Trump threatens nuclear war, a new book annihilates him in less than 170 pages

THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS LANGUAGE THE READER MAY FIND OFFENSIVE With Donald Trump repeatedly making the headlines over the escalating situation ...

The Yorkshire councillors standing up to Westminster elitism may well be onto something

by Ed Sykes

Since 1997, a number of powers have moved away from Westminster and towards particular parts of the UK; including Scotland, ...

The UK’s nuclear deterrent has been placed on ‘red alert’. And Theresa May will be furious

The UK's nuclear 'deterrent', the Trident submarine system, has been placed on 'red alert' by an official government watchdog. And it's ...

UKIP has now officially been wiped off the face of the map. Electorally speaking.

UKIP has lost control of its last remaining local authority, after a councillor defected to the Tories. And it completes ...

The media has kept quiet about May’s grubby ‘golden handshakes’ to 20 Tory ministers. So we’re naming them

This week, the government quietly slipped out the "severance" payments made to ministers who departed government after Theresa May took ...

A catastrophe at a primary school sums up the mess our education system is in