GERMANY HAS just announced that Angela Merkel’s “open door” policy for refugees has been overturned in practice as well as forgotten in principle: only 280,000 people sought asylum in 2016 – down by 600,000 on 2015. Merkel’s original response to ...
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More calls to solve NHS crisis
THERESA MAY and Jeremy Hunt are still in denial about the serious problems in the NHS, as ever more professional bodies call for urgent action. The Royal College of Nursing has called the state of the NHS “the worst” that ...
Read More »May’s mental health boost based on wishful thinking
PRIME MINISTER Theresa May has announced a policy decision to give more priority to treating mental illness. As her announcement contained virtually no extra funding, it constitutes little more than wishful thinking. May made her announcement at an event held ...
Read More »Khan panics as Tube shuts down
THE MAYOR OF London, Sadiq Khan, has condemned today’s London Tube strike as “totally unnecessary”, claiming that the dispute should have been solved “amicably”. The Labour Mayor had promised commuters there would be no more strikes on the Tube in ...
Read More »UPDATE: Kelsey-Eve Price found
Breaking news: missing Kelsey-Eve Price has been found. Her family is greatful to everyone for their help. KELSEY-EVE PRICE has been missing since 5th January. Her family and friends have mounted a massive social media campaign to try to find the ...
Read More »Mayor Khan refuses to back unions’ safety calls
TALKS ARE BEING held at ACAS today, Saturday, in an attempt to halt a 24 hour strike on London Underground (LU), due to begin on Sunday evening. The strike would involve members of the RMT union and members of the Transport ...
Read More »Joanna Lumley opens Sunseeker stand at London Boat Show
Emdad Rahman THE ICONIC Joanna Lumley was the guest of honour as the celebrated British actress officially opened the Sunseeker International stand at the London Boat Show. Lumley, who is best known for playing Patsy Stone in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, ...
Read More »Government idle as NHS collapses
THE RED CROSS has had to step in to bail out the NHS from collapsing under the weight of government neglect. While Health Minister Jeremy Hunt keeps up the pretence that the new junior hospital doctors’ contract is going to deliver ...
Read More »MPs tell immigrants: “Learn English” – or else!
THE ALL-PARTY Parliamentary Group on Social Integration has called on the Government to force all immigrants to the UK to learn English before they come to the UK or to enrol in classes as soon as they arrive. The Group, the ...
Read More »Brexit chaos as Rogers resigns
SIR IVAN ROGERS has resigned, with immediate effect – with no explanation for his sudden departure yet being made public. Rogers has been the UK’s permanent representative to the EU since he was appointed by David Cameron in 2013. Widely ...
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