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It’s all so predictable in Britain: the public are asses to immigrants, big business is nuts about Brexit and the media obsesses about how similar the new Prime Minister is to Margaret Thatcher. Yes, that’s right, hacks are giggling nervously about things the rest of us learned in high school biology. Let’s be clear, Theresa May is just like Thatcher in that they are both women, both lead the Tory Party and both are Prime Ministers… but there the similarities end. Don’t get m

LONDON, United Kingdom - Laws handed down from Brussels “seriously undermine” the UK’s ability to defend itself, according to a former SAS chief. General Sir Micheal Rose made the warning as a group of veterans launched a major new initiative to encourage former military personnel to vote to leave the European Union. Sir Michael said: "Sovereignty and defense are indivisible. European law, in my view, has already seriously undermined UK's combat effectiveness as a result of t

LONDON, United Kingdom - The former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has appeared on BBC Daily Politics to defend himself after being accused of antisemitism. It followed his appearance on BBC London earlier yesterday when he said: "When Hitler won his election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews." Labour MP John Mann then accused Mr Livingstone of being a "Nazi ap

WINDSOR, United Kingdom - The Queen banned Obama from landing a dozen helicopters at Windsor Castle because last time he visited six of them ruined the lawn. The 90-year-old monarch is said to have told aides the helicopters were ‘over the top’ and they would be limited to three. US Secret Service claimed it needed all twelve so agents could be in close proximity to the President when he came to the castle on Friday. The service also demanded to post guards inside the private

LONDON, United Kingdom - The hashtag #FuckOffObama trended on Twitter today after the US President demanded the British vote to stay in the European Union. Mr Obama flew 4000 miles to warn that Britain would face consequences if it votes to leave the EU. In advance of the presidential visit the former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith claimed Obama planned to “bully” voters. He went on to say that the Prime Minister had “begged on bended knee” for the president to come to

WINDSOR, United Kingdom - President Obama will fly to the UK on Thursday, reportedly to see HM The Queen during her 90th birthday week. The president is making the 4,000 mile journey across the Atlantic despite being unable to get to Justice Scalia’s funeral in February. Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly at his home in Texas but his funeral was held in Washington, D.C., a short drive from the White House. Instead of the President and first lady attending the funeral the Obama'

WINDSOR, United Kingdom - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 90th birthday today in her home town of Windsor, Berkshire. The British monarch started the day with a walkabout the town, later her eldest son Prince Charles will host a private family dinner at Windsor Castle. The Queen has two birthdays every year, one for official purposes celebrated on whichever Saturday falls between 11th and 17th June. Today’s celebrations are for the more conventional birthday

WESTMINSTER, United Kingdom - The British Parliament got its latest member today, Viscount Thurso, who won every single vote in the House of Lords by-election, all three of them. His win will now entitle him to sit in the Upper Chamber of Parliament for life and claim up to $500 a day in pay. The odd system came about as a compromise in 1999 between the then Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Conservative Leader in the Lords, Viscount Cranborne. The men agreed that the heredit

LONDON, United Kingdom - Five suspected terrorists have been arrested in an operation to hunt down those responsible for the terror attacks in Brussels and Paris. Four were arrested in the City of Birmingham last night, another was arrested at Gatwick Airport in the early hours of this morning. West Midland Police say they arrested three men, aged 26, 40 and 59, and a 29-year-old woman. It is not clear whether the man arrested at Gatwick Airport was planning a repeat of the B

Over the last few days David Cameron's £9m leaflet extolling the virtues of the UK remaining in the EU have been hitting the mats of the British taxpayer. Most of them went straight in the bin, but some inventive sorts decided to get more creative. Here are my favorites: Nigel Adams MP (Con, Selby and Ainsty) was up for recycling, but it was just a bit too glossy: Another Facebook user decided to take issue with some of the claims: But perhaps they should have just amended it

WESTMINSTER, United Kingdom - Police Scotland have warned Twitter users they "may receive a visit from us this weekend" if they post comments that do not comply its guidelines. The guidelines asked that tweets be "kind," "necessary" and not include anything "hurtful." The threat came from the official Twitter account of the Glasgow police division. It read: "Think before you post or you may receive a visit from us this weekend. Use the internet safely." Read full article at T

WESTMINSTER, United Kingdom - Britain will be the scene of a major terror attack, it is not a matter of 'if' but 'when' according to a security source. A former intelligence officer said over 450 Jihadis in the UK are being monitored, along with a total of 25 major plots each on the scale of the Brussels attack. Read the full story at Townhall #terrorism #islamicstate #uk