A rousing message to the world from a young leader of the pro-democracy protesters defying China

As my plane took off, I looked down wistfully for one last time at the city I love so much, with its skyscrapers, its ferries and its fabulous fizzing energy. I was bidding farewell to Hong Kong. At the age of 26, I was leaving my home, my parents, my two brothers and my friends … Read more

A rousing message to the world from a young leader of the pro-democracy protesters defying China

As my plane took off, I looked down wistfully for one last time at the city I love so much, with its skyscrapers, its ferries and its fabulous fizzing energy. I was bidding farewell to Hong Kong. At the age of 26, I was leaving my home, my parents, my two brothers and my friends … Read more

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls the POLICE on Nigel Farage claiming he ‘broke lockdown rules’ at pub

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls the POLICE on Nigel Farage claiming he ‘broke lockdown rules by visiting a pub less than 14 days after returning from the US’ as he is pictured enjoying a pint on Super Saturday Brexit Party leader had gone for his first pint as pubs were allowed to open again … Read more

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls the POLICE on Nigel Farage claiming he ‘broke lockdown rules’ at pub

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls the POLICE on Nigel Farage claiming he ‘broke lockdown rules by visiting a pub less than 14 days after returning from the US’ as he is pictured enjoying a pint on Super Saturday Brexit Party leader had gone for his first pint as pubs were allowed to open again … Read more

Ed Miliband denies new Labour leader Keir Starmer is ‘purging’ Corbynistas after Long-Bailey sacking

Ed Miliband denies new Labour leader Keir Starmer is ‘purging’ Corbynistas saying he was right to sack senior left-winger Rebecca Long-Bailey for a ‘significant error of judgement’ in anti-Semitism row Mr Miliband said ‘decent’ Ms Long-Bailey made a ‘significant error of judgement’ She shared article online containing an allegedly anti-Semitic conspiracy theory In it actress … Read more

Ukip picks tax consultant who lists ‘Nazi Germany’ among his hobbies as its new leader 

Ukip picks Freddy Vachha, a tax consultant who lists ‘Nazi Germany’ and the ‘Belgian Congo Holocaust’ among his hobbies as its new leader Freddy Vachha warned ‘sinning’  Westminster politicians to ‘watch out’  Gave first speech in front of the statue of Winston Churchill outside Parliament He is Ukip’s sixth leader in four years as it … Read more

Ex-Tory leader William Hague replaces Prince George’s godfather on the board of their royal charity

Ex-Tory leader William Hague replaces Prince George’s godfather and William and Kate’s long-standing friend on the board of their royal charity William Hague to have new role after William and Kate re-organise Royal charity Former leader of the Conservative Party to replace Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton Lord Hague first worked with William on action against the illegal wildlife trade  … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches the Opposition leader taking Boris Johnson to task for dumping Dfid

Teeth flashing, eyebrows arched stiffly like two bows stretched at full twang, in a hot and humid House of Commons Labour’s Sarah Champion was not happy. She was unleashing a torrent of anger over the Prime Minister’s decision to merge the Department for International Development (Dfid) with the Foreign Office. It was ‘incredulous’ that the … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches the Opposition leader taking Boris Johnson to task for dumping Dfid

Teeth flashing, eyebrows arched stiffly like two bows stretched at full twang, in a hot and humid House of Commons Labour’s Sarah Champion was not happy. She was unleashing a torrent of anger over the Prime Minister’s decision to merge the Department for International Development (Dfid) with the Foreign Office. It was ‘incredulous’ that the … Read more

North Korean leader ditches his usual dull attire as he observes social distancing

Kim Jong Un’s feeling all white! North Korean leader ditches his usual dull attire as he observes social distancing during meeting, weeks after he was rumoured to be seriously ill Kim Jong Un appeared in high spirits for a meeting of the 13th Political Bureau The North Korean leader ditched his usual attire in favour of … Read more