Here’s some rare good news for 2016: the Daily Mail and Katie Hopkins have been forced into a humiliating climbdown for smearing a Muslim family as ‘extremists’.
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Armando Iannucci makes the top Brexit joke of the year
Armando Iannucci, writer and creator of the series Thick of It, couldn’t help himself today.
Tory MP talks for over an hour in the Commons to try and derail important vote on domestic violence
A Tory MP talked for about an hour and 20 minutes in the House of Commons today in an attempt to derail Britain’s ratification of a world treaty on domestic violence.
WATCH: Labour’s Jess Phillips perfectly denies Tory Philip Davies from interrupting her speech on domestic violence
Labour MPs took to the House of Commons today to urge the British government to ratify the Istanbul Convention on domestic violence.
The EU finally hits UKIP where its really hurt – on their funding
The EU has finally had enough of UKIP and they’re using the easiest method available to hit back: cutting off UKIP’s funding sooner rather than later.
The Sun calls for ‘future criminals’ to be ‘spotted’ even if they’re just toddlers aged three
The Sun newspaper often calls for some pretty idiotic policies, but this one takes the biscuit.
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The Tory war on solar energy: don’t the 12,000 job losses in the industry matter?
The government is planning to penalise businesses and even schools who have invested in solar panels, again, with rate hikes of up to 8 times.
WATCH: Awkward moment for ‘billy no-mates’ Theresa May as she’s left alone at EU summit
Theresa May arrived in Brussels today for a one-day summit to discuss immigration, among other trade issues.
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No, the EU would NOT be “hit the hardest” by trade barriers against the UK…. we would be
This morning on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the Tory MP Dominic Raab claimed the EU would be “hit hardest” if it put up trade barriers against the UK.