Senior Tories plot ‘Parliamentary lock’ to subject Covid emergency measures to a vote by MPs

Senior Tories plot for ‘Parliamentary lock’ to stop Boris Johnson imposing limits on the public’s freedom without scrutiny Tory MPs unhappy with new restrictions like the Rule of Six are planning a revolt A new amendment could force ministers to put measures to a vote by MPs first The MP leading the charge says ministers … Read more

Senior Tories plot ‘Parliamentary lock’ to subject Covid emergency measures to a vote by MPs

Senior Tories plot for ‘Parliamentary lock’ to stop Boris Johnson imposing limits on the public’s freedom without scrutiny Tory MPs unhappy with new restrictions like the Rule of Six are planning a revolt A new amendment could force ministers to put measures to a vote by MPs first The MP leading the charge says ministers … Read more

Thousands of BA cabin crew vote to accept pay cuts

Thousands of British Airways cabin crew vote to accept pay cuts as firm battles to survive By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 19 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 September 2020 Thousands of British Airways cabin crew have voted to accept pay cuts as the firm battles to survive.  The … Read more

Patagonia sparks controversy by stitching ‘vote the a**holes out’ on clothing tags

Patagonia sparks controversy by stitching ‘vote the a**holes out’ on the inside of its clothing tags Patagonia’s crude call for customers to vote went viral over the weekend The message is featured on tags in the outdoor clothing brand’s latest shorts line The move was met with mixed reactions online as some fans said they … Read more

Patagonia sparks controversy by stitching ‘vote the a**holes out’ on clothing tags

Patagonia sparks controversy by stitching ‘vote the a**holes out’ on the inside of its clothing tags Patagonia’s crude call for customers to vote went viral over the weekend The message is featured on tags in the outdoor clothing brand’s latest shorts line The move was met with mixed reactions online as some fans said they … Read more

Samuel L. Jackson vows to teach people to swear in 15 different languages if they pledge to vote

Samuel L. Jackson is using his unique set of linguistic skills to encourage fans to vote in the upcoming election. The 71-year-old actor took his verified Twitter on Monday, telling hiss 8.5 million followers that he will teach them how to swear in 15 different language. The Pulp Fictions star’s fans came through in droves, … Read more

More than 400,000 Americans registered to vote using Snapchat for the US presidential election

More than 400,000 people have already registered to vote on Snapchat. Of them, 57 percent were between the ages of 18 and 24, a demographic notoriously underrepresented at the voting booth. The platform is expected to up its efforts in the weeks before the election, launching high-profile PSAs starring Snoop Dogg, Arnold Schwarzenegger and former … Read more

Two Alexei Navalny allies win local election vote in city where he was poisoned

Two allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navanly won local parliament seats Monday in the Siberian city of Tomsk where he was allegedly poisoned last month, according to early poll results. Andrei Fateev and Ksenia Fadeeva came out on top in two constituencies, while the ruling United Russia party topped the polls overall in Tomsk … Read more

Shetland Islands councillors overwhelmingly vote to probe independence from Scotland

The Shetland Islands vote to pursue independence from Scotland – so can Nicola Sturgeon turn them down without torpedoing her own bid for referendum? Council members argued decision-making had become increasingly centralised They said public funding for the islands had been cut under SNP Government  Voted in favour of exploring options of ‘financial and political self-determination’ … Read more