A former neo-Nazi selected by the Conservatives to fight a council election next year has pulled out after a backlash against his candidacy. Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted of racially harassing Jewish former Labour MP Luciana Berger in 2016, while already serving a separate jail sentence for sharing antisemitic posts. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch had defended…
Karen Newman, vice president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, criticised the move, saying “it beggars belief”. She said: “We have contacted the Conservative Party to set out our concerns and call on them to rescind his selection and review their vetting processes.” Liberal Democrat MP Adam Dance, whose Yeovil constituency includes Crewkerne,…
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has told the BBC she will be turning Kemi Badenoch’s attack on her at Prime Minister’s Questions into a T-shirt. The Conservative leader called Phillipson a “spiteful class warrior” for taxing private school fees to pay for more teachers in state schools “but the number of teachers has gone down”. Sir…
Anderson .Paak wore a pair of white patent Reva flats from Tory Burch to the Met Gala. Burch had nothing to do with the rest of the musician’s outfit, which included a star embroidered jacket, oval shades, and his trademark wig, but she probably approved of its eclecticism. At an appointment, she said her new…
Shorouk Express Badenoch hits back at empty hall accusations: ‘Fringe was full’ Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Kemi Badenoch has vowed to ban doctors from striking in her Tory conference party…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Reform UK has secured its first defection from a sitting Conservative MP as Danny Kruger joined Nigel Farage’s party. The East Wiltshire MP has…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A former MP who resigned after facing allegations of sexual misconduct and cocaine use has died aged 59. David Warburton represented the Somerton…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sir Keir Starmer has criticised “scaremongering” from Reform and the Tories as he promises his government will make people “feel better off and…
Shorouk Express For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A former Tory MP has appeared in court over his involvement in the general election betting scandal. Craig…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have hit 30 per cent for the first time in the weekly tracker poll conducted by Techne UK for The…
