Privatisation of Britain's entire road network would "raise more than £150 billion"
Road users would be better off if Britain's entire road network was denationalised, report by Institute of Economic Affairs says
- 30 October 2012
Tory MP urges Gitmo release for "Al Qaeda recruiter"
Conservative MP Jane Ellison is to host an event this evening at the House of Commons as part of the campaign to ‘Save Shaker Aamer’
- 29 October 2012
UK climate change department takes over 3000 flights at a cost of over £1.3m
The Department for Energy and Climate Change has taken a whopping 3114 flights over the past two years
- 26 October 2012
Moving Trident after a Scottish referendum could cost up to £50 billion
The Scottish Affairs Select Committee report on the removal of the UK's nuclear deterrent from Scottish territory has provided yet another reason to vote against an independent Scotland
- 25 October 2012
Member of European Parliament in Holocaust scandal
“In Romania there was never a holocaust”, said Cornelui Vadim Tudor on Romanian television
- 24 October 2012
Iran to ban citizens from visiting EU countries
According to an unconfirmed Iranian news report, the Iranian parliament is planning to ban its citizens from travelling to EU countries as part of a counter-measure against EU sanctions
- 24 October 2012
Quelle Horrreur! French officials open to bribery
According to the OECD, France lacks the both the means and the will to properly tackle corporate bribery of foreign officials
- 24 October 2012
Egyptian official resigns over Morsi-Peres letter
An Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader, Ahmed al-Hamrawy, has resigned from the group and its Freedom and Justice Party to protest a letter introducing the new Egyptian ambassador to Israel
- 23 October 2012
Abu Qatada lawyer abuses UN position to influence US election
Special rapporteur at UN seeks to influence US presidential election
- 22 October 2012
"Destroy the Jews" sermon attended by Egyptian President
A new video has shown Egypt's newly elected Muslim Brotherhood President taking part in prayers this weekend as the preacher urged Allah to, "destroy the Jews".
- 21 October 2012
Anti-smoking lobby embroiled in dirty tricks campaign scandal
Corruption behind the government’s public consultation on standardised packaging of tobacco products
- 19 October 2012
Labour Party opposed to cheaper healthcare for Europeans
Labour Members of the European Parliament continue to lobby against a move that would enable Europeans to obtain better and cheaper medical supplies
- 18 October 2012
Britain's anti-social behaviour orders breached over 50% of the time
Of the 21,645 ASBOs issued between 2000 and 2011, 57.3 percent have been breached at least once, with 42.9 percent breached on multiple occasions.
- 18 October 2012
Over 70 percent of abuses carried out on journalists are committed by Venezuelan government officials
Over 70 percent of abuses carried out on journalists are committed by Venezuelan government officials, says the General Secretary of the National Union of Press Workers
- 16 October 2012
German paper says Iran mulling massive environmental catastrophe in Gulf to beat sanctions
One of Germany's top newspapers says Iran has unprecedented secret plans to disrupt world oil supply to beat sanctions
- 15 October 2012
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