The Foreign Office has been accused of abandoning British citizens stuck in war-torn Sudan, after a night-time evacuation mission to rescue embassy staff. Diane Abbott, a key ally of Jeremy Corbyn, has been stripped of the Labour whip after claiming Jews, the Irish and Travellers suffer prejudice, not racism. Channel migrants will be able to claim legal aid to fund human rights challenges against deportation under measures introduced by Suella Braverman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Apr 24, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Food inflation is at a 45-year high, rising by 19% last month, raising fears of further interest rate rises. Judges will no longer be able to block migrant deportation flights after Rishi Sunak agreed to rebel Tory MP demands to tackle the Channel migrant crisis. Russian spy ships threaten to sabotage the UK’s energy supply, after mapping wind farms and key communication cables off the coast of Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 20, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rishi Sunak has promised tougher laws against eco-protesters as Extinction Rebellion threaten to flood the capital with 30,000 activists ahead of the London Marathon this weekend. Keir Starmer says the NHS is “broken” and he believes the future of the health service is in jeopardy under the Conservatives. The SNP is plunged into chaos once again as the treasurer Colin Beattie was arrested and released without charge as part of the police investigation into the party’s finances. Hosted on Acast. ...
Apr 19, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Machetes and so-called zombie knives "with no practical use" could be outlawed in England and Wales under proposals to shut legal loopholes and curb violence. Rishi Sunak is facing an investigation over claims he failed to declare his wife’s shares in a childcare agency that could benefit from a policy announced in the budget. Energy suppliers have agreed to a ban on forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of customers over 85. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Apr 18, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast The RCN union leader has warned nurses could strike until Christmas, with members joining doctors in months of rolling walkouts. A damning report reveals dozens of rapes and sexual assaults take place in our hospitals every week, with 6,500 attacks being reported in just three years. Rishi Sunak will today call on Britain to end its “anti-maths mindset” if the economy is to grow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 17, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Buckingham Palace has confirmed Prince Harry will be attending his father’s coronation alone, as Meghan stays in California. President Biden has promised £5billion of investment in Northern Ireland if power sharing is restored, as he addressed an audience in Belfast yesterday before heading to the Republic of Ireland. The Scottish government has confirmed it will launch a legal challenge over Westminster’s block on new gender self ID laws. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Apr 13, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast US President Joe Biden has arrived in Northern Ireland and will meet with Rishi Sunak today, promising to ‘keep the peace’ As the junior doctor strike enters its second day it's been revealed their militant leader, Doctor Robert Laurenson, has gone on holiday for a week. 1106 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats in the past week, which is more than double in the same week last year and a record so far this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 12, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Junior doctors begin a four-day strike today with 350,000 appointments to be cancelled and millions of patients facing a month of disruption. Petrol bombs have been thrown at police by dissident republicans, as US President Joe Biden flies into Northern Ireland today to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Labour say they will continue their controversial attack ads on Rishi Sunak after claiming the PM doesn’t think child sex abusers should go to prison. &nbs...
Apr 11, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s been labelled the most disruptive strike in NHS history – routine appointments will be postponed in favour of emergency treatment during the 96-hour industrial action by junior doctors Sir Keir Starmer doubles down on controversial crime attack ads labelling Rishi Sunak soft on child sex offenders – the Labour leader says he “stands by every word". I’ll be talking to his right-hand woman Emily Thornberry at 7.30. A shortened coronation procession – are you planning on lining the street...
Apr 10, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast After Nicola Sturgeon’s husband was released without charge as part of a police investigation over £600,000 pounds of donations to the SNP, Scotland's former first minister faces questions over whether she had prior knowledge of his arrest. The government has leased a giant barge to be docked off the Dorset coast to hold 500 asylum seekers, despite legal threats from local Tories. Metropolitan Police officers have been taken away from fighting terror and serious and organised crime to investigat...
Apr 06, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump has spoken overnight after pleading not guilty to 34 criminal charges in a New York court, claiming the US is 'going to hell' and the charges are an attempt to interfere with the 2024 election. Rishi Sunak will rewrite equality laws to protect women by making it easier to bar trans people from female sports and single-sex spaces. The invitations for next month's Coronation have been sent by Buckingham Palace from King Charles and Queen Camilla, not consort. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Apr 05, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump is set to appear in a Manhattan court today for his arraignment over alleged hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Thomas Cashman has been jailed for a minimum of 42 years for the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool. Former Conservative Chancellor and leading Brexiter Nigel Lawson has died at the age of 91. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 04, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rishi Sunak says political correctness cannot be allowed to prevent police tackling grooming gangs, as he unveils new measures to protect children and young women from abuse. Port of Dover officials have clashed with the home secretary over whether Brexit is to blame for delays at the border. Keir Starmer has clarified his stance on transgender issues by stating that 99.9 percent of women 'of course haven't got a penis'. &nb...
Apr 03, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Schools are failing to tell parents if their child wants to identify as another gender, according to a major study. Households will be penalised if they don’t switch from gas under net zero plans to be unveiled today. Labour is promising to freeze council tax for a year as the party launches its campaign for the May local elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 30, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Channel migrants will be moved from hotels to a giant barge and military bases under government plans to deter people from coming to the UK. Public satisfaction with the NHS has plummeted to a record low. Tv presenter Paul O'Grady, who shot to fame as comic drag act Lily Savage, has died at age 67. &n...
Mar 29, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Humza Yousaf has said he will seek a second independence referendum right away and resurrect controversial trans self-ID laws when he’s formally elected Scotland's First Minister today. Nightmare neighbours face eviction under a three-strikes-and-you’re-out rule as part of the Government’s crackdown on antisocial behaviour. US President Joe Biden has called on Congress to back a ban on assault rifles after six people, including three children, were killed at a school shooting in Nashville....
Mar 28, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast The government launches a war on anti-social behaviour today including a crackdown on beggars and a ban on laughing gas - critics are accusing the Prime Minister of rehashing old ideas. 20,000 migrants could be offered new safe and legal routes to the UK, as the government prepares to make concessions on its Illegal Migration Bill. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms giving the government control over judges. &n...
Mar 27, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Boris Johnson has promised ‘hand on heart’ he didn’t lie to MPs when he denied Downing Street parties had broken his own lockdown rules. MPs have voted to endorse Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland despite a rebellion by 22 Tory backbenchers including Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates again today after a surprise jump in inflation. Third anniversary of lockdown: What are your thoughts? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Mar 23, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Boris Johnson has admitted he misled Parliament over lockdown parties at No. 10, but not intentionally or recklessly, as he prepares to face the Privileges Committee today. Eurosceptic Tory MPs are expected to join the DUP in voting against the prime minister's new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland. Vladimir Putin has accused Britain of escalating the Ukraine war and taking steps towards a nuclear collision by sending depleted uranium shells to Kyiv. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Mar 22, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, sexist, and homophobic and may have more officers like killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick, a damning report has found. Boris Johnson’s defence team is accusing the Partygate inquiry of suppressing evidence that could clear him. The DUP will vote against Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland Brexit deal, warning the agreement struck with Brussels has fundamental problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 21, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Home Secretary Suella Braverman says she’s encouraged by discussions with judges at the European Court of Human rights. Boris Johnson will publish a dossier today defending himself against partygate claims. The Met Police could face being broken up after an independent report to be published tomorrow exposes a toxic culture of sexism, racism and homophobia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 20, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says Britain will ‘prove the doubters wrong’ and avoid a recession after delivering what he called a ‘budget for growth’. Labour say they will oppose plans to abolish the lifetime pensions allowance, calling it a ‘tax cut for the rich’. Train services across the country will be severely disrupted again today as RMT members strike. British life expectancy is slipping down global ranks, with the country performing the worst of all the G7 nations except the US. &n...
Mar 16, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeremy Hunt will extend free childcare to one and two-year-olds, lift a cap on the pensions lifetime allowance and extend the energy price guarantee as he unveils his 'back-to-work' Budget today. Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, including teachers, doctors and tube drivers strike today, in the biggest walkout since the current wave of industrial A Russian fighter jet has collided with a US spy drone causing it to crash into the Black Sea as tensions escalate over Ukraine. &n...
Mar 15, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast BBC bosses have been accused of a ‘pathetic capitulation’ for allowing Gary Lineker back on air without an apology for his tweets likening the government’s migrant policy to 1930s Germany. Britain’s fleet of nuclear-powered submarines could be doubled as part of a deal with the US and Australia to counter the growing threat from China. Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has been recalled to prison for breaking his bail conditions, just a month after his early release. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Mar 14, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gary Lineker could be back on the TV this weekend as the BBC is set to back down over his controversial tweets. Rishi Sunak has promised an extra £5 billion to the UK's military spending to ‘fortify our national defences’ and counter threats from Russia and China. Thousands of junior doctors start a three-day strike today, which will see thousands of operations and appointments cancelled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 13, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rishi Sunak faces a clash with the EU over his migration bill, as the government plans to speed up deportations by dragging their heels in court. The BBC is under pressure to sack Gary Lineker after he doubled down on comments comparing the government's migrant policy to Nazi Germany, saying he will ‘continue to speak up for those poor souls that have no voice.’ Matt Hancock was censored by the Cabinet Office over his concerns that the Covid-19 pandemic began with a lab leak in Wuhan, the latest...
Mar 09, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rishi Sunak says he is ‘up for the fight’ with judges in Europe over plans to detain and deport Channel migrants, calling the crackdown 'tough' but 'necessary'. The BBC is facing calls to take action against presenter Gary Lineker after he compared the government’s migrant policy to Nazi Germany. The Chief Medical Officer said a Covid vaccine couldn’t be fast tracked because the disease had a ‘low mortality rate’ in the early days of the pandemic, the latest Hancock WhatsApp messages reveal. &nb...
Mar 08, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Home Secretary has promised to push ‘the boundaries of international law’ as she unveils the biggest crackdown on Channel migrants for decades. Matt Hancock plotted to block funding for a new disabled children's centre in a bid to force a rebel MP to vote for new covid restrictions. Police have been criticised for taking nearly two days to find a car crash wreckage in south Wales that left three dead and two seriously injured. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 07, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rishi Sunak wants Channel migrants to be removed from Britain and banned for LIFE from claiming asylum, under new laws to be announced tomorrow. Matt Hancock ignored advice to replace 14-days quarantine with five days of testing because it implied the government had ‘been getting it wrong’. Boris Johnson has nominated his father, Stanley, for a knighthood - among 100 names on his resignation honours list. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 06, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Hancock fought to close schools and force masks on pupils in the classrooms in January 2021 against all the scientific evidence the latest leaked WhatsApp messages reveal. Police have found the reminds of a baby near Brighton in the search for the missing child of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon. Harry & Meghan are said to be 'stunned' after confirming the King is evicting them from their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
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