US defence secretary Chuck Hagel resigns: It was the greatest privilege of my life November 24, 2014 Chuck Hagel, the US defence secretary, has resigned from his position after President Obama "reluctantly" accepted his request to step down. Barack Obama made an announcement from the White House Rose Garden where he confirmed Hagel would leave after two years in the post. The move is widely seen as an attempt to signal a [...]
EU referendum: Owen Paterson calls for Brexit after loss of Rochester and Strood to Ukip November 24, 2014 Ex-cabinet minister Owen Paterson has called for Britain to withdraw from the EU in a speech to business leaders. The Tory backbencher, who proved a controversial environment secretary, told the campaign group Business for Britain, which aims to get the UK a better deal with the EU, that a free trade agreement would be a [...]
Pro-Scottish independence newspaper The National unveiled at Glasgow rally November 22, 2014 Editor of the Sunday Herald Richard Walker has unveiled the details of the first Scottish daily newspaper to back independence to a crowd of 12,000 SNP supporters in Glasgow. The National, which is set to be published on Monday by Newsquest, will only be published for five days and will cost 50p a copy. A [...]
NHS and police phone lines down across England November 22, 2014 Police forces in England are reporting that the 101 non-emergency phone line is down thanks to system faults. Furthermore, the NHS 111 non-emergency number is also down in some areas. Scots have been advised to contact the number 08454 24 24 24. However, the police emergency number of 999 is still working as normal. Some [...]
Tessa Jowell plans to run for London Mayor in 2016 as Labour candidate in fight to succeed Boris Johnson November 22, 2014 Veteran Labour MP and former cabinet minister Tessa Jowell has thrown her hat in the ring for the race to succeed Boris Johnson as London Mayor in 2016. The former culture secretary told the BBC she is "certainly planning to run" for mayor. However, she added that now "isn't time for a formal declaration". Jowell [...]
Mark Reckless splits with Nigel Farage on Ukip immigration policy after Rochester by-election win November 22, 2014 Barely 24 hours after being sworn in as Ukip's second elected MP Marke Reckless is as already criticising his party leader Nigel Farage. Speaking to the Times, Reckless said Ukip's immigration policy "changed on Wednesday, and I'm a bit sore about how I came out of that". Speaking on Tuesday at a hustings event during [...]
Miliband argues Labour is still party of working class Britain after Emily Thornberry Twitter snobbery gaffe November 22, 2014 Embattled Labour leader Ed Miliband has come out fighting to persuade the nation Labour is still the party of Britain's working class. In an article for the Daily Mirror, Miliband attempted to counter the perception the Labour party is run by a metropolitan London based middle-class elite. The piece comes in the wake of a [...]
Google under threat from EU Parliament as MEPs prepare non-binding resolution November 22, 2014 The world's biggest search engine could soon find its European operations under threat from the EU parliament thanks to antitrust regulations. A non-binding resolution is being assembled to break up Google's European operations, according to documents seen by Reuters. The measures are being prepared by EU politicians to counter the alleged power and dominance of [...]
A new “people’s army”? How the Greens could be set to become the new Ukip November 21, 2014 While much of today's media coverage has been focused on Ukip's victory in the Rochester and Strood by-election the "peoples army" are not the only ones on the march. The Green Party has been creeping up in the polls and is now posing to a major threat to Ed Miliband's left flank in England. The [...]
New newspaper the National will be first Scottish daily to support independence November 21, 2014 The debate over Scotland's future in the United Kingdom is about to become even more intense with the launch of the first Scottish daily newspaper to back independence. The paper will be called the National and is set to be launched on Monday by Newsquest, priced at 50p. The paper's banner will read: "The newspaper [...]
