7 d. ago Sheryl Crow reveals ‘armed man barged onto her property’ after viral Tesla protest video

The singer shared the video of herself waving goodbye to her car in February

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7 d. ago Withdrawal of critical veterinary medicines could have ‘severe impact’ on NI

A grace period on the movement of animal medicines between Great Britain and Northern Ireland is due to expire at the end of the year.

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3 w. ago Underdogs: The Truth About Britain’s White Working Class review – a complicated class portrait

Journalist Joel Budd travels around Britain demolishing Brexit myths in a nuanced study of a social group too often reduced to a cartoon by politiciansOn 13 November 1968, a 35-year-old Labour politician got to his feet in the House of Commons and had a go at the ranks of Conservative members who faced him. Six or so months after Enoch Powell had delivered his infamously racist “rivers of blood” speech in Birmingham, David Winnick – who was then the MP for Croydon South – had decided to attack the Tory fashion for bemoaning immigration to the UK from such countries as India and Pakistan and expressing faux sympathy with deprived communities in British cities. “Many of those who act as the champions of the white person against immigrants,” he said, “have not in the past gone out of their way to defend the interests of the white working class.”As the Economist journalist Joel Budd points out in this nuanced, enlightening book about the people and places Winnick was referring to, this ...

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3 w. ago Britain's 'Stop Brexit Man' acquitted by judge over his musical protests outside Parliament

An anti-Brexit activist who has spent years mounting a one-man protest outside Britain’s Parliament has won a court victory against a police attempt to pull the plug on his musical activities

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3 w. ago ‘Stop Brexit Man’ apologises for ‘intimidating’ Tory staffers with music

Steve Bray, who regularly protests by playing music outside parliament, is in court after allegedly flouting a police banOn a traffic island in Westminster, he played a song titled ‘Brexit Tragedy’ to the tune of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, serenading MPs with the words: “We all live in a Brexit tragedy, a Brexit tragedy, a Brexit tragedy.”Now, the anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray has apologised after hearing in court that his music made Suella Braverman’s chief of staff feel “exhausted”, “intimidated” and “harassed”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Stop Brexit Man’ apologises in court for ‘intimidating’ Tory staffers with music

Steve Bray, who regularly protests by playing songs outside parliament, is in court after allegedly flouting a police banOn a traffic island in Westminster, he played a song called Brexit Tragedy to the tune of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, serenading MPs with the words: “We all live in a Brexit tragedy, a Brexit tragedy, a Brexit tragedy.”Now, the anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray has apologised after hearing in court that his music made Suella Braverman’s chief of staff feel “exhausted”, “intimidated” and “harassed”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gordon Brown calls for an ‘economic coalition of the willing’ to counter Trump tariffs

The former prime minister said Britain go even further than removing post-Brexit trade barriers with the EU

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4 w. ago Woman can testify Weinstein used force to rape her despite his acquittal, judge rules

A judge says an accuser will be allowed to use the word “force” in her testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s retrial even though the disgraced movie mogul was acquitted of a rape charge that alleged he used physical force against her

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4 w. ago UK must improve trade relations with Europe amid US tariff wars, warns Reeves

Chancellor rules out rejoining customs union but says Britain must bolster post-Brexit trade with partnersUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s unfolding trade war makes it even more “imperative” for the UK to improve its post-Brexit trading relations with the European Union, Rachel Reeves has said.The government has ruled out rejoining the EU customs union, but the chancellor has insisted the UK wants to improve its trade relationship with “partners in Europe”, given the difficulties British firms have found in exporting their products around Europe. Continue reading...

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