All news by author: Mikey Smith

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Ranting Donald Trump warns he'll save US from 'obliteration' in World War 3
Former US president Donald Trump gave a speech at CPAC in Washington today making wild claims about what would happen to the US if Biden won the upcoming election including rampant gang violence
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Watch Donald Trump's keynote speech at CPAC live as right-wing figures converge
Former President Donald Trump is set to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference among other leading figures in right-wing politics across the world
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Farage claims 'Judeo Christian culture' under threat at US right wing conference
He told the crowd to give Donald Trump 'absolute, total commitment and unwavering support' - branding the ex-President 'the bravest man I've ever met'
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Trump army of fans rallied behind Truss and Farage at wild US right-wing rally
A British invasion of the US Conservative Political Action Conference saw disgraced former PM Liz Truss hailed as a 'modern Margaret Thatcher' as Donald Trump devotees called for her to have a second chance
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Trump fans warn of violent 'civil war' if he loses election
Thousands of Trump fans have flocked to the CPAC conference - with many giving stark warnings about what will happen if their guy doesn’t win in November
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Liz Truss gives speech to half-empty room at pro-Trump conference in Washington
Failed former Prime Minister flew across the Atlantic to speak at CPAC - America’s biggest right-wing conference - and all-but endorsed Donald Trump to return to power.
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Liz Truss blames the 'Deep State' for 'sabotaging' her 49 days as Prime Minister
Ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss complained that schools are being 'infected with the dogma of wokeism' as she prepares to address Donald Trump fans near Washington DC
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Ukrainians who fled to UK will be allowed to stay for 18 months longer
Two thirds of refugees surveyed in September said the looming deadline had hampered their ability to find work. And 90% said they felt “unsettled” because of the time limit
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Cameron set to fly to Falklands to show they're 'valued part of British family'
It comes after Argentinian President Javier Milei called for the South Atlantic Islands to be handed over to Buenos Aires.
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Port Talbot steelworkers protest over Tata threat to jobs and 'UK security'
Tata last month rejected proposals from unions that would have secured jobs while still transitioning to more environmentally friendly ways of producing steel
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Rishi Sunak's premiership now accounts for a third of small boat arrivals
New analysis found the total number of arrivals since Sunak took office had risen to 38,668 - over a third of the 115,927 who have crossed the Channel since the crisis began
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Meet Labour's newest MPs as double by-election victory spells misery for Tories
Gen Kitchen and Damian Egan are celebrating their double victory over the Tories in the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections - here's how they won, and what they want to do
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Tories eye May election to 'stop the bleeding' and head off Sunak mutiny
Senior Tory source says May election might be necessary after Labour battering in by-elections and polls suggesting the party will be 'obliterated' with announcement potentially soon
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Two thirds of Brits back Labour's plan for public owned green energy
More than half of those responding to the YouGov poll, commissioned by the think tank Common Wealth, said they thought Labour's plan would have a positive impact on household bills
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Family fight for change after 4x4 driver faces no charges over death of baby, 1
Pearl Black died aged just 22 months, when a Range Rover rolled off a driveway, hitting a garden wall that fell on her as she walked to her local park in 2017. Now her mum Gemma wants to change the law
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Fujitsu handed £3.4billion in Treasury-linked deals despite Post Office scandal
Despite the firm’s role in the Post Office scandal, it has been handed £1.4 billion worth of deals since the High Court ruled there had been bugs and errors in its Horizon software.
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Lords and Parliament staff scoff 3,000 bags of Cheese and Onion crisps in year
The Walkers potato snacks topped the list of confectionery items sold by Lords retail outlets, shifting 2,580 bags. It was closely followed by Walkers’ Salt and Vinegar variety, selling 2,332, with the standard four-finger Kit Kat in third place, selling 2,298
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Tories quietly change zombie knife ban jail time commitment to 'may face prison'
The Home Office said the policy hadn’t been changed, and that the original release was wrong and was corrected
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David Cameron's 'green crap' cuts cost families as much as £1k in a single year
In all, the ex-PM’s decision to tear up plans to make all new build homes zero carbon added £2.6 billion to energy bills between 2015 and 2022, according to research from the Green Britain Foundation
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Angela Rayner to pledge 'partnership' funding for councils to fix Tory crisis
In a speech to the Labour Local Government Conference in Warwick, the Deputy Labour Leader will say the “biggest obstacle to resolving the crisis” in local government is the Conservative Party
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Starmer says Sunak lacks 'courage' to say sorry to Brianna's mum over trans joke
The Labour leader - clearly still furious about the exchange in PMQs - said Rishi Sunak had broken the first rule of being Prime Minister - "to make every single citizen feel safe and respected in their own country"
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Starmer pledges 500,000 new green jobs 'where you live' - full back to work plan
The Labour leader and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves showed a united front - outlining the huge infrastructure investments still planned for the party's green plan, despite scaling back the headline £28 billion figure
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No10 refuses six times to apologise for Rishi Sunak's trans joke
Rishi Sunak's Press Secretary said on a further seven occasions that his remarks at PMQs were 'legitimate' - even after he was told that Esther Ghey was in the chamber
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Neighbours star's Tory links explained as Holly Valance is seen at Truss launch
Aussie actress Holly Valance was spotted on the front row of the right-wing Tory event, alongside rabble-rousing MPs such as Lee Anderson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and the failed former PM herself. But what on earth was she doing there?
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Hope of fresh cash for northern airport as Tory minister backs away from row
In a letter seen by the Mirror Tory Transport Secretary Mark Harper did not rule out allowing the transfer of funds to help reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport to go ahead