In this issue

February 03, 2023

Gina Miller: 'I Was Bullied And Demeaned By Dominic Raab'

First on-the-record accusation of abuse against the deputy prime minister, by top Remain campaigner

1 min

Raab accused of bullying by leading Remain campaigner

Dominic Raab is facing fresh allegations of bullying amid claims that he launched an \"abusive attack\" on a prominent anti-Brexit activist. Remain campaigner Gina Miller said she was \"bullied and demeaned\" by the deputy prime minister after he called her \"stupid\" and \"naive\" during an \"aggressive\" encounter at the BBC in 2016.

2 mins

His aggressive behaviour stunned me into silence

Towards the end of 2016, in a very febrile environment unleashed by the Brexit referendum, I was the lead claimant in a judicial review about Brexit. This case sought clarification from the court on whether the government could trigger Article 50 to exit the European Union without parliamentary approval.

3 mins

What Do The Raab Bullying Claims Mean For Sunak?

Dominic Raab has held eight ministerial roles in four government departments - the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Department for Exiting the European Union, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - since 2018. He has certainly moved about.

4 mins

Family of missing mum of two is 'stuck in a nightmare'

The family of a mother-of-two who vanished while walking her dog in Lancashire has described being stuck in a nightmare”, in an emotional appeal for her whereabouts.

2 mins

Asylum centres ordered to only process Albanian cases to speed up deportations

The Home Office has ordered asylum units to work solely on Albanian claims in a bid to speed up deportations - forcing other nationalities to suffer longer waits. Sources say the push, codenamed Operation Bridora, aims to declare as many applications from Albanians \"clearly unfounded\" as possible and remove people from the UK after a surge in numbers arriving on small boats.

3 mins

NHS issues 'burn deeply inside me', insists Sunak

Rishi Sunak has said he would love to give nurses a \"massive\" pay rise, but insisted the money needed to be prioritised in other areas of the health service.

3 mins

Polite Sunak is our very own public school Forest Gump

Rishi Sunak evidently wants the world to know that he has a very boring kitchen. The golden wallpaper days are over. There has been a grey revolution. Grey lamps, grey sofas, grey paint, even grey art. It would not have been a huge shock if, in the middle of the prime minister’s interview with Piers Morgan, Mrs Hinch had wandered in to wipe down the mantelpiece with a bottle of vinegar spray.

3 mins

NHS Heading For Another Safety Scandal, Warns Expert

The NHS is heading for another major health scandal unless care urgently improves, the government's first patient safety commissioner has warned.

3 mins

Cancer Diagnoses Will Top 500,000 Each Year By 2040

The number of people in the UK diagnosed with cancer will rise by a third by 2040, taking the number of new cases every year to more than half a million for the first time, experts predict.

2 mins

Bank of England increases interest rates to 4 per cent

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the tenth time in a row, putting more pressure on mortgage payers and businesses struggling to pay off loans. Decision-makers on the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) opted to hike the base rate from 3.5 per cent to 4 per cent, to help bring down double-digit inflation.

2 mins

Sunak 'understands' public anger over Shell profits but still no plans to reform tax

Rishi Sunak absolutely” understands people’s anger over Shell’s record profits at a time of soaring household energy bills, Downing Street has said.

2 mins

Mammals infected as bird flu 'jumps' to other species

Bird flu has spread to mammals as the UK faces the biggest-ever outbreak of the virus. Hundreds of cases have been reported in birds since the latest outbreak began in October 2021, with millions culled by farmers in a bid to prevent the disease from spreading. Now foxes and otters have been infected, and are believed to have eaten dead wild birds that were infected with avian flu.

2 mins

Attempted rape charges against footballer dropped

Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has had attempted rape and assault charges against him dropped.

2 mins

EU To Train More Troops For Ukraine As Summit Begins

The EU has pledged to train an extra 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers as part of a raft of announcements at the start of a two-day visit to Kyiv by European leaders.

2 mins

Australia to remove British monarchy from banknotes

Australia has announced that its new $5 bill will not feature an image of King Charles III, a move that spells the phasing out of the British monarchy on its currency notes.

2 mins

House votes to oust Omar from foreign affairs panel

House Republicans have voted to oust Ilhan Omar from the foreign affairs committee, despite a heartfelt speech by the Democratic congresswoman. Shortly before the vote, Ms Omar delivered a speech on how her American identity was informed by her wartorn childhood.

1 min

US secures deal to build military bases in Philippines

The Philippines and the US have agreed to expand their defence pact by allowing Washington to access four more military bases around the South China Sea as it looks to counter China's growing aggression in the region.

2 mins

Politics has no iron laws but the Tories could be wiped out

Predictions are always wrong, and one of the questions that troubles those of us in the political forecasting business is the direction of error. Nate Silver, the US polling guru, once said: \"When the conventional wisdom tries to outguess the polls, it almost always guesses in the wrong direction.\"

3 mins

Shell's profits shine a light on our addiction to fossil fuels

There is much anger at the \"obscene\" profits recorded by Shell - nearly $40bn worldwide in the last year. Big, even by Big Oil standards. Only a few billion of that is generated in the UK, but it's still large enough to be annoyed about. Oil companies are often called \"wicked\" and \"evil\" because they dig fossil fuels out of the ground, which is bad; and they make lots of money without trying very hard, which is equally unpalatable.

5 mins

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