Author: Laura Robinson
Ben Wallace said aliens not over UK after asking for analysis after spy balloonsDefence Secretary also refused to rule out a bid to become the next Nato boss By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 17:18 EST, 15 February 2023 | Updated: 17:18 EST, 15 February 2023 There is no sign of ET in the skies above Britain, Ben Wallace joked yesterday.The Defence Secretary was asked about possible UFOs after four high-altitude objects, including an alleged Chinese spy balloon, were shot down over North America.US officials stressed there had been ‘no indication of aliens or extra-terrestrial activity’.Mr Wallace told Times Radio he had…
Nicola Sturgeon faced a backlash from rival nationalists today over her handling of the drive for independence as she abruptly quit as Scotland’s First Minister.After she stunned UK politics with her announcement this morning, pro-separatist politicians criticised Ms Sturgeon’s unsuccessful efforts to force the country out of the United Kingdom.The First Minister appeared close to tears as she confirmed her bombshell departure in an emotional speech at her official residence of Bute House in Edinburgh.He exit comes amid a meltdown over her bid to loosen gender identity rules and fading prospects of splitting the UK.She said her job was the ‘best…
Pictures emerged today of the ‘inedible and terrible’ food being offered to asylum seekers staying in two budget hotels. The images, which showed dubious looking food including burgers, chicken rolls and kebabs, were taken in two guesthouses near Bristol that have been commandeered by the Home Office. A campaigner said the people living there felt reluctant to complain themselves, so they wanted to raise the issue on their behalf.Between 100 and 150 men are living in one hotel south of Bristol, with their wives and children in a second hotel nearby. Residents are given £8.24 a week to buy items like clothes and…
Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm made just £144 in its first year – highlighting the threat faced by farmers from what he calls council bureaucrats, ‘badger vigilantes’ and ‘cow police’. The former Top Gear host has been praised for using his hit Amazon Prime show to expose the problems facing the agriculture industry, from meddlesome pen-pushers to uncertainty caused by Brexit. Working on the farm has previously led the presenter to wonder how farmers ‘who don’t have Amazon film crews’ would survive the removal of agricultural subsidies after Brexit. Charlie Ireland, who advises Clarkson on how to manage his 1,000-acre farm, predicts the UK…
On his visit to London on Wednesday, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky urged the UK to supply him with modern fighter jets, telling a Westminster Hall audience: ‘We have freedom. Give us wings to protect it.’ Boris Johnson has been the most voluble supporter of the idea of handing Britain’s fleet of more than 100 RAF Typhoons to Ukraine, but the idea has been greeted with scepticism from military experts. JUSTIN BRONK, a research fellow at London’s Royal United Services Institute, is among the many critics of the proposal. Below, he explores its numerous drawbacks and explains why providing their pilots with ‘generic’ training could be…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to deliver his anti-Channel migrant promiseChannel migrants will be barred from taking judicial reviews against deportationBy David Barrett For The Daily Mail Published: 04:12 EST, 4 February 2023 | Updated: 18:49 EST, 5 February 2023 Ministers are drawing up plans to block Channel migrants from lodging legal challenges against deportation.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has already outlined how the Government intends to automatically bar migrants from claiming asylum as part of his pledge to ‘stop the boats’.But extra measures are being drafted to strip back migrants’ ability to launch judicial reviews or appeals.Two separate sets of…
Rail union barons today vowed to continue strikes for up to three years as train drivers rejected a pay hike that would have left them on an average of £65,000-a-year – almost double the average UK salary.Members of Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have walked out again today in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions but those involved claim talks are ‘going backwards’.Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan spoke as the majority of Britain’s train services were cancelled on Friday due to industrial action – and warned that they are ‘in this for the long haul’.Warning…
Homeowners and house hunters told MailOnline of their misery today as the Bank of England hiked interest rates to a 15-year high of four per cent. Business owner Victoria Williams, who signed up to a variable mortgage last month, will now be left paying nearly £1,000 more a year due to the announcement. Meanwhile, NHS worker Rachel Bennett, who has already been struggling to buy a house with her husband, Jack, says it may now be an impossible dream.She told MailOnline: ‘It is nearly impossible to get onto the property ladder, and now rates are going up even more. It’s an impossibly frustrating…
The United Kingdom has been given its worst ever score in a global corruption report, which blamed public spending and ministerial misconduct.The closely watched study by anti-graft organisation Transparency International said most of the world’s countries were failing to fight corruption, finding 95 percent have made little or no progress since 2017. The report ranks countries on a scale from a ‘highly corrupt’ 0 to a ‘very clean’ 100. Denmark is seen as the least corrupt this year with 90 points, and Finland and New Zealand both follow closely at 87. Somalia ranked worst, with 12 points.The United Kingdom, meanwhile, was given…
For decades, politicians from prime ministers down to the most humble backbenchers have communicated with their constituents on smart, headed notepaper.Much of this bespoke stationery — along with the business cards used by MPs and members of the Lords — has been provided by Langford Printers, a 50-year-old family firm that serves an array of prestigious London establishments as well as the Houses of Parliament. But, sadly, the Kentish company, which sends vans into the capital every day to make deliveries, has now been forced to close.And owners Adrian Langford and Mark Southgate firmly place the blame on one man:…