President Donald Trump issued a White House statement on Wednesday calling for no more violence amid reports his supporters could try and disrupt Joe Biden’s inauguration. His pronouncement came while the House of Representatives debated impeaching him a second time and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy urged him to accept responsibility for last week’s MAGA … Read more
President Donald Trump issued a White House statement on Wednesday calling for no more violence amid reports his supporters could try and disrupt Joe Biden’s inauguration. His pronouncement came while the House of Representatives debated impeaching him a second time and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy urged him to accept responsibility for last week’s MAGA … Read more
RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Tyra Sanchez is arrested and charged with vandalism RuPaul’s Drag Race champ Tyra Sanchez, real name James William Ross, has been arrested on charges of vandalism, according to reports Ross won season two of the Emmy-winning show in 2010 but has since ‘retired’ from his drag act Police responded to a … Read more
Crackdown on statue vandalism: Justice Secretary Robert Buckland pledges new laws to protect monuments with tougher sentences for perpetrators after campaign by 120 Tory MPs Robert Buckland says laws against desecration of memorials are ‘inadequate’ MPs will present a proposed Desecration of War Memorials Bill this week Justice Secretary Mr Buckland said he ‘fully agrees’ with … Read more
Yet again, the future of Cecil Rhodes hangs in the balance. Intimidated by a delirious mob, the governing body of Oriel – his and my Oxford college – voted to remove the statuette of the 19th-century diamond magnate from its niche high above the city’s high street. Yesterday, the inevitable backlash began, as a former … Read more
Boris Johnson’s government has made many startling missteps as it has sought to manage the coronavirus pandemic. Some have been understandable; this is a new virus and the havoc wreaked, unprecedented. Others have been the result of incompetence or complacency. There is one ‘misstep’, however, that stands out as profoundly stupid. That‘s the decision to … Read more