37 h. ago Lecturer sacked after calling student a 'troublesome trans kid' and saying universities are like 'care homes for disabled' loses free speech tribunal

Senior University of Derby lecturer Russell Cherrington who was sacked after being accused of referring to a student as a 'trobulesome trans kid' has lost his claim for unfair dismissal.

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62 h. ago 'Very real possibility' Nigel Farage will be next UK Prime Minister, claims rival

When asked if Reform UK leader Nigel Farage could be Prime Minster, SNP leader John Swinney said that he thinks 'it is very real possibility that that could happen'

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1 week ago Voters deserting Labour and Tories as Reform to claim hundreds of seats at local elections, top pollster says

Exclusive: Professor Sir John Curtice said the big winner of the local elections is already Nigel Farage who he claimed is ‘murdering the Tories’

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1 week ago Labour minister who was sacked after a Mail on Sunday investigation revealed he was part of a racist and sexist WhatsApp group is now facing calls for him to quit as an MP

Andrew Gwynne (pictured) was dismissed as Health Minister hours after the MoS showed Number 10 and the Labour officials vile messages he and others posted on a WhatsApp group.

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1 week ago Barry Ferguson in powerful next Rangers manager vow as he shows self awareness and makes one thing abundantly clear

The former skipper got a surprise call in February when he was asked to replace sacked manager Philippe Clement

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1 week ago Nigel Farage blasted over 'fake news' claim about children's health

Nigel Farage was branded 'completely out of touch' and accused of spreading fake news after crass claims that mental illness is being 'overdiagnosed' by GPs

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1 week ago Nigel Farage clashes with charities as he claims GPs are 'massively overdiagnosing' children with special educational needs and disabilities

Ahead of next week's local elections , the Reform UK leader said there was a 'massive problem' among councils due to soaring demand for SEND services.

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2 w. ago Badenoch declines to criticise Jenrick over Reform coalition comments – UK politics live

Spokesperson for Tory leader says she agrees with colleague that ‘we need to bring centre-right voters together’Rosie Duffield, the independent MP who left Labour after the election in part because she felt her gender critical views made her unwelcome in the party (although her resignation letter focused on welfare issues), has claimed that Keir Starmer no longer arguing a trans woman is a woman shows he is a “manager rather than a leader”.Speaking on LBC, Duffield said:It’s just another sign of the prime minister’s lack of leadership skills. I’m bound to say that, he’s a manager rather than a leader. He responds and reacts rather than leads from the front, and this is what we’re seeing again from him.Nigel Farage is peddling a dangerous fantasy by claiming the UK can be self-sufficient in gas.After sixty years of drilling, the truth is the UK has already burned most of its gas. That’s down to geology, not politics, and no amount of hot air from Farage will change that. Continue rea...

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2 w. ago Starmer calls for ‘lower temperature’ in trans debate as Badenoch says he must admit he was wrong about defining women – UK politics live

PM faced questions at PMQs after No 10 spokesperson said on Tuesday he does not believe transgender women are womenRosie Duffield, the independent MP who left Labour after the election in part because she felt her gender critical views made her unwelcome in the party (although her resignation letter focused on welfare issues), has claimed that Keir Starmer no longer arguing a trans woman is a woman shows he is a “manager rather than a leader”.Speaking on LBC, Duffield said:It’s just another sign of the prime minister’s lack of leadership skills. I’m bound to say that, he’s a manager rather than a leader. He responds and reacts rather than leads from the front, and this is what we’re seeing again from him.Nigel Farage is peddling a dangerous fantasy by claiming the UK can be self-sufficient in gas.After sixty years of drilling, the truth is the UK has already burned most of its gas. That’s down to geology, not politics, and no amount of hot air from Farage will change that. Continue ...

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2 w. ago Starmer calls for ‘lower temperature’ in trans debate as Badenoch says he must admit he was wrong about defining women – PMQs live

PM faces questions in Commons after No 10 spokesperson said on Tuesday he does not believe transgender women are womenRosie Duffield, the independent MP who left Labour after the election in part because she felt her gender critical views made her unwelcome in the party (although her resignation letter focused on welfare issues), has claimed that Keir Starmer no longer arguing a trans woman is a woman shows he is a “manager rather than a leader”.Speaking on LBC, Duffield said:It’s just another sign of the prime minister’s lack of leadership skills. I’m bound to say that, he’s a manager rather than a leader. He responds and reacts rather than leads from the front, and this is what we’re seeing again from him.Nigel Farage is peddling a dangerous fantasy by claiming the UK can be self-sufficient in gas.After sixty years of drilling, the truth is the UK has already burned most of its gas. That’s down to geology, not politics, and no amount of hot air from Farage will change that. Contin...

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2 w. ago PMQs live: Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch to face off as Tory leader faces calls to sack rival

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch will face each other in the Commons for the first time in three weeks with the transgender court ruling and Robert Jenrick's antics expected to dominate

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2 w. ago Peter Navarro: the economist who has outsmarted Elon Musk and has the ear of Donald Trump

US president’s chief trade adviser is intellectual driving force behind global tariffs and trade war with ChinaElon Musk called him “dumber than a sack of bricks” but, in the raw contest for political power, Peter Navarro has outsmarted the billionaire.The tumult in global trade shows that for now it is the 75-year-old economist, not Musk, who has Donald Trump’s ear in the Oval Office. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage claims Labour's 'lunacy' Net Zero policies are the new Brexit

Nigel Farage and Ed Miliband squared off over Net Zero yesterday, with the Reform leader predicting the issue could become the 'new Brexit '.

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2 w. ago Reform row: Rupert Lowe threatens to sue Nigel Farage for defamation

Rupert Lowe said he has instructed lawyers to issue letters of claim for defamation against Reform UK's leader Nigel Farage, chairman Zia Yusuf and chief whip Lee Anderson

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3 w. ago Trump adviser Peter Navarro says ‘we’re great’ after Elon Musk calls him ‘moron’

‘I’ve been called worse,’ says top trade adviser after Musk said he was a ‘moron’ and ‘dumber than a sack of bricks’Peter Navarro, a top trade adviser to Donald Trump, said he and Elon Musk are “great” after the president’s multi-billionaire business adviser publicly called him “a moron” who was “dumber than a sack of bricks”.“I’ve been called worse,” Navarro said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press in some of his most extensive remarks about the insults Musk directed at him days earlier. Praising Musk’s role in the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), Navarro added: “Everything’s fine with Elon.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage says Elon Musk calling for new Reform leader was 'him trying to encourage me'

The billionaire adviser to Donald Trump called for a new leader of Reform UK

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage says Elon Musk was just trying to 'encourage' him with tweet jibing that he 'doesn't have what it takes' to lead Reform

Nigel Farage tried to shrug off the spat with Elon Musk - who had previously been rumoured to be considering a $100million donation to Reform.

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage claims Elon Musk was ‘trying to encourage him’ by calling for him to be sacked

Reform UK leader also claims his party still ‘cool’ to young people in wake of fall out with tech billionaire Tesla owner and ‘first buddy’ of US president Donald Trump

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4 w. ago Nigel Farage claims his friendship with Donald Trump could help US tariff negotiations

Nigel Farage has claimed that his friendship with Donald Trump could be useful to the UK government as it navigates the fallout from the US president’s global tariffs.

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