Coalition politics have proved a disaster

Outside wartime, rarely have the political stakes been higher. Over the past 12 months, as the eurozone has unravelled, Britain’s economy has reversed into a double-dip recession. The News of the World...

Hurst Castle the best kept secret on the south coast of England

Hurst Castle is probably the best kept secret on the south coast of England. Situated at the seaward end of the shingle spit that extends 1.5 miles from Milford on Sea. The end of the spit, only three-quarters of a...

PM's team orchestrated Commons heckling campaign

David Cameron’s aides orchestrated a heckling campaign against Ed Miliband, it can be revealed. It is the noisy highlight of the parliamentary week – the verbal sparring at Prime Minister’s Questions....

Ed Balls is right, VAT increase has cost Britain dearly.

David Cameron and George Gideon Oliver Osborne were wrong, Ed Balls was right.Nearly every leading economist and 70% of the British public are aware that the raising of VAT from 17.5% to 20% on 4 January 2011 was...

Queen Victoria's complete private diaries are now on-line

A message from HM Queen Elizabeth II In this the year of my Diamond Jubilee, I am delighted to be able to present, for the first time, the complete on-line collection of Queen Victoria's journals from the Royal...

UK Recession deniers shown the way

David Cameron in a speech on the economy on the 17 May 2012 said: ""Despite headwinds from the Eurozone, we are on track...We are moving in the right direction". " This is total balderdash. The economy is tanking...

UK public sector lost £38 billion to fraud last year

23 May 2012 The public sector lost £38 billion to fraud, error and debt last year because of a "wilful ignorance" within government, it has been claimed. Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude hit out at the...

IMF tells UK to consider VAT rate cut to boost growth

High youth unemployment and lack of any sort of spending demand sees the IMF saying that the UK should support the economy more with UK interest rate cuts, currently at a record low of 0.5%, a level the IMF said...

UK Petrol prices fall further

Motorists are set for cheaper petrol at the pumps after one of Britain’s largest supermarkets announced further price cuts from this morning. Sainsbury’s said that prices of unleaded petrol and diesel will...

Tribute to Robin Gibb

Born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived their first few years in Chorlton, Manchester, England, then moved in the late 1950s to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, where they began their...

KWASI KWARTENG reveals his vision for Britain after Eurogeddon

The Tory's new rising star Dr Kwasi Kwarteng MP for Spelthorne Surrey explains how Britain will emerge after Eurogeddon.It's difficult to see how we could avoid the economic storm.Our Government would have to...

PA claims she helped Lord Lucan live a secret life in Africa

Shirley Robey, the ex-PA to his casino owner pal John Aspinall, claimed she was involved in the plot to keep the peer hidden in West Africa Shirley Robey, 56, the ex-PA to his casino owner pal John Aspinall, ...

Today's Top Ten UK Must-Reads May 19th 2012

Today's Top Ten Must-Reads 1 Time to end ‘Camerkozy’ economics Ed Miliband, The Financial Times (£) "Mr Cameron cannot help solve this crisis because he is such a central...

Turn off your iPad, Cameron, & start dealing with Britain's debt

The Prime Minister David Cameron talks about fiscal sanity but is borrowing like a drunken Keynesian. Inactive: for all David Cameron's talk about cutting debt, state spending has barely changed since Gordon...

UK Civil servants to work from home during Olympics

Working from home all the time, would save £billions in office space and travel time...... The government has defended plans to let civil servants work from home during the London Olympics, insisting staff will...