1 week ago He wore the uniform and medals of one of the UK's leading military figures. But it was all a lie

Jonathan Carley posed as a distinguished Royal Navy Admiral to lay a wreath on Remembrance Sunday

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2 w. ago When racists shout ‘Go home’, and you come from 15 places, what to do? | Hugh Muir

A DNA test showed me that theoretically I have links to a long list of countries – and that the way we look at belonging makes little senseWhile accepting that David Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary is, for many, the human embodiment of Marmite – loved or hated, with not much in between – one can still question whether, for all his faults, he should “go home to the Caribbean”. Whether you agree with him over this or that utterance or the broad sweep of government policy, he has, unquestionably made his contribution to Tottenham, in north London, whose people he has represented for a quarter of a century, to parliament, as a senior MP, as foreign secretary and now as an important figure with several key portfolios.So when a lieutenant of Nigel Farage, admittedly no fan of Lammy’s, suggests, without notable contradiction or condemnation from Reform, that Lammy “should go home to the Caribbean”, one is tempted to look at that askance. But then, in the year just pa...

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3 w. ago Bayswater artwork showing two figures lying down confirmed as Banksy creation

Bayswater artwork showing two figures lying down confirmed as Banksy creation  Ilford Recorder

Economics

3 w. ago Banksy unveils new art in London following speculation over murals depicting stargazing figures

Banksy appears to confirm a new mural in London is his latest work

Politics

3 w. ago Banksy confirms new mural in Bayswater — is artist also behind identical artwork in central London?

The new mural from the world-famous street artist depicts two people gazing up at the stars

Economics

4 w. ago Secret documents show 1,000 nuked troops were removed from official study into deaths

Veterans always claimed the official study was a lie - now evidence has emerged government figures may be unreliable

Politics