MP Nigel Adams filmed swearing at Mr Stop Brexit Steve Bray
Buy Now An error occurred. Buy Now An error occurred. Book Novotel Hotel MP Nigel Adams filmed swearing at Mr Stop Brexit Steve Bray Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPElmgQJGBo A minister has been filmed swearing at a veteran pro-EU campaigner who approached him outside the Houses of Parliament. Steve Bray, known as Mr Stop Brexit, uploaded the clip of his exchange with Foreign Office minister Nigel Adams. The footage shows Mr Adams give the four-letter response at least twice as Mr Bray attempts to question him. A spokesperson for the MP said his remarks “no doubt reflect those of many democratic representatives”. The video, shared on social media by Mr Bray, shows the pair talking in the street on Wednesday evening following the Commons vote on a tax increase to help fund health and social care. Book Novotel Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJsGZL-zb54 After questioning Mr Adams about the tax increase, the MP responds: “I’m really not interested in talking to an odd bloke with a top hat on chasing me down the street”. He then tells Mr Bray, from Port Talbot in Wales, to “talk to your own MP” and swears at him. The 52-year-old campaigner became a regular sight outside Parliament following the EU referendum, with Mr Bray repeatedly interrupting live TV broadcasts with his cries of “stop Brexit”. Speaking to BBC Radio York, he said: “You should be able to ask an MP a question without being told where to go. “This is at Parliament, it’s not as if I’m on his doorstep at his house, this is the seat of power – if you write to these MPs, half of them don’t reply. “I don’t harass MPs, I ask them questions and I like to think I’m speaking for other people who can’t be there to ask those questions.” Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syHHGzkF_s In a statement, a spokesperson for Selby and Ainsty MP Mr Adams said: “Mr Bray has spent the last few years harassing, following and hurling abuse at elected Parliamentarians as well as interrupting journalists, preventing some from doing their job of reporting the news and conducting interviews. “Mr Adams’ remarks no doubt reflect those of many democratic representatives trying to deliver on the will of the people and others seeking to go about their business who have been harassed or had their work disrupted by this individual and his handful of followers.” Book Novotel Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR8YYeb4PMk Banzai Japan Social Media Fumi Fujisaki Idol Riko Ueno Idol Rino Ibusuki Idol Yunagi Nino Idol Shiori Fujisaki Idol Kana Ichinose Idol Hoshino Arice Idol Sasa Sasagawa Idol Kosaka Yuu Idol Tsukumo Aira Idol Maika Ando Idol Yuuki Mochimaru Idol
‘Farage and Lowe need their heads banged together’
Buy Now An error occurred. Buy Now An error occurred. ‘Farage and Lowe need their heads banged together’ Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPElmgQJGBo A public spat involving the leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage and one of the party’s other high-profile MPs has caught the attention of political figures as much as constituents. Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe, now an Independent, was suspended by the party over an allegation of “verbal threats” – a claim which he has denied. Farage, MP for Clacton, said the row had “dented” Reform’s “unity” but wrote in The Telegraph, external that it would have been “inconceivable” not to take action. The ordeal has since prompted the launch of a police investigation, but what do voters in each of their respective constituencies make of what has happened? Reform UK won five out of 650 constituencies in the July 2024 general election, but with Lowe’s suspension they now have four MPs in the House of Commons. Mention of Lowe’s election win has been removed from Reform UK’s homepage, external list of the other four wins. In Lowe’s constituency on the Norfolk coast, retired police officer John Dupen, who voted for Reform, said he felt the row and in-fighting had “taken the impetus” out of the party. “They were becoming a credible force, but I think Farage has done the right thing to remove him from the party, but mud sticks doesn’t it?” he suggested. “Farage is a man of conviction and if he says something, he normally does it. “They could have done without it, but I think they will get around it and time will heal it.” Book Novotel Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJsGZL-zb54 Lowe is accused of workplace bullying, and also of making threats of physical violence against the party’s chairman Zia Yusuf. The MP has said there was “zero credible evidence” against him, and claimed he was suspended in response to him previously criticising Farage in an interview. The 67-year-old former chairman of Southampton FC also said he would be “seeking legal advice”. Great Yarmouth resident, Carmel Westgate, 67, said she believed Lowe was “a good man” who “stands by his words” and had tried to help the town. “I personally don’t think this should have been public and Nigel Farage should have come and met with Rupert and spoke with him behind closed doors,” she said. “You’re innocent until proven guilty, but people will believe what they want to believe. “Why has it all of a sudden come out now? Is it jealousy? Is it because he has spoken his mind? Is it because he is loved by a lot of people?” Gloria Reynolds, 78, agrees that “the job he was doing was fairly good” and said, “as a Christian”, she would continue “praying for him”. “There is a lot of witch-hunting going on amongst the parties nowadays, but as long as he carries on doing a good job I can’t see it makes any difference,” she said. “Nigel is Nigel and he is very full of himself I feel, but until we know the whole situation it is difficult to say.” Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syHHGzkF_s Retired midwife, Francis Baxter, 70, did not vote for Lowe because of his association with Farage, but said since being voted in he had been “positive” for the coastal constituency, which also includes Hopton, Gorleston, Caister and Winterton. She added: “I do think he is getting things moving and shaking up the area and I have quite admired what he has done. “I feel quite strongly actually that he is being set up and that is quite a fashionable thing to do now. “He might have done it, I don’t know, but I feel there is more to it than meets the eye. Reform had been riding high in recent polls, but some now believe the spat could see its popularity decrease. Christopher Lambert, 84, believes Farage has made the right decision in suspending Lowe. “I think Nigel Farage’s party has done exceptionally well until now, [but] when you get in-fighting in a party it does the party no good at all,” he said. “I am on the fence about Reform and I should think I will stay on the fence. I have seen many, many general elections, but where you get in-fighting it just kills it. “I think the Conservatives and maybe Labour are rubbing their hands. “I liked Nigel Farage and I still like him. He speaks as he feels it is, and I think he is good.” Further down the coast… Heading south along the east coast, we arrive the Essex constituency of Clacton, which also includes the towns of Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze and the village of Jaywick. Farage voter and Clacton resident, Dorothy King, 82, said: “It is probably a storm in a teacup to a certain extent and I cannot see what they are going to achieve by pushing each other about. “I don’t know where it will go and if they will keep their little argument going or if it will just peter out.” Jan Green, who lives in Kirby Cross next to Frinton, did not vote for Farage. “I think they are behaving like children and are acting rather silly and I do not agree with it,” she told the BBC. “Both of them are very strong-willed people and I don’t think either of them will back down. “Farage is our MP here, although we don’t see him.” Joan James, who lives in Walton-on-the-Naze, said Farage and Lowe needed “their heads banged together”. “They need to get on with it,” she added. Frinton resident Lorraine O’Louthlin, who voted for Labour last year, said Farage was “definitely” right to suspend Lowe. “I think he has done good because some parties do not act on these things, but if someone has done wrong in the party then get rid of them,” she said. Frinton resident Lorraine Rodwell, meanwhile, described the spat as “boring”. “I can’t say I have read about it because it
Twenty-nine councillors defect to Reform UK
Buy Now An error occurred. Buy Now An error occurred. Book Novotel Hotel Twenty-nine councillors defect to Reform UK Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPElmgQJGBo Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has welcomed 29 councillors who have defected to his party in recent weeks from parties including the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. It takes the party’s total number of council seats to more than 100. Speaking at a press conference in Westminster, Farage said the defections demonstrated how his party was “broadening and deepening”. However, it comes as some Reform members are expressing concern about the party’s leadership and the suspension of MP Rupert Lowe from the party. On Sunday, Maria Bowtell, a councillor on East Riding of Yorkshire Council, quit the party. She accused, external the leadership of “a lack of integrity and resolve” and said the treatment of Lowe had been “the final straw”. Farage acknowledged that his party had experienced a “little bit of turbulence” over the past few weeks. He said the suspension of Lowe had caused “consternation” adding: “Any argument that’s seen to happen within the family does, but I can promise you that in terms of our progress and our planning, that upset is very much at the edges.” Book Novotel Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJsGZL-zb54 Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth, was suspended by the party and referred to police over allegations he made “threats of physical violence” against party chairman Zia Yusuf. The party also said it had received allegations of bullying in Lowe’s parliamentary and constituency office. Lowe has said the party’s allegations are “untrue and false”. He argued he had been suspended for criticising Farage in a newspaper interview. Addressing the row, Farage said: “We’ve been increasingly concerned about the behaviour of one of our members of Parliament, and when we found out that some serious complaints have gone in, we thought, you know what, let’s just suspend the whip and let’s find out what the truth is, and we will wait.” He said the report they had commissioned into to the allegations could be completed this week. Farage also criticised “the online abuse and frankly outright racism” directed at Yusuf in recent weeks. Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syHHGzkF_s He said the public spat with Lowe would not “put a dent” in Reform UK’s electoral chances, as the party gears up for local elections on 1 May. “We’re going to be out there canvassing, campaigning, and doing our best to prove that the polls aren’t virtual, actually, the real votes exist out there on the ground.” The party has said it plans to stand in all the council seats that are due to hold elections in May. Of Reform UK’s 113 councillor seats, 15 have been won through elections, including seven from Labour and four from the Conservatives. The remaining 98 seats have turned Reform UK through defections – 62 of those defections have happened since the beginning of the year. The majority of the defections (66) were originally elected as Conservative councillors. Three came from Labour and one came from the Liberal Democrats. The rest were independent councillors or came from local parties. Farage has previously spoken about his aim to “professionalise” Reform UK and the importance of vetting the party’s candidates. Following Monday’s press conference, Farage was questioned about reports, external that in 2022 his party’s head of vetting Jack Aaron had said Adolf Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring “people into action”. Asked if Reform UK would be investigating the comments, Farage said: “No, don’t be ridiculous. “This is an orthodox Jew who said Hitler was evil but he acknowledged he was very good at getting a crowd.” Questioned about his comments by the Times last year, Aaron said:, external “Yes, Hitler was as brilliant as he was utter evil. How is that controversial to say, given that he was able to turn the Germans to such destructive acts, including killing many members of my own family?” Book Novotel Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR8YYeb4PMk Banzai Japan Social Media Fumi Fujisaki Idol Riko Ueno Idol Rino Ibusuki Idol Yunagi Nino Idol Shiori Fujisaki Idol Kana Ichinose Idol Hoshino Arice Idol Sasa Sasagawa Idol Kosaka Yuu Idol Tsukumo Aira Idol Maika Ando Idol Yuuki Mochimaru Idol
Homes evacuated in Notting Hill building collapse
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Landlord licences to stamp out ‘dangerous’ HMOs
Buy Now An error occurred. Buy Now An error occurred. Book Novotel Hotel Landlord licences to stamp out ‘dangerous’ HMOs Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPElmgQJGBo A council in north London has said it needs to bring back tougher rules to deal with “rogue landlords” of houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs). Brent Council says there is currently a “significant number” of such homes in the borough that are “substandard and potentially dangerous” and which pose a risk to residents. The council plans to restart a licensing scheme which saw 2,500 HMOs licensed and helped the council “improve standards and management practices”. It is now consulting on the plans and hopes to bring them in this autumn. Brent council says HMO licensing makes sure that houses are ‘safe, well-managed, and provide basic facilities for tenants’, and says it gives powers to officers to inspect licensed properties to ensure they meet the required standards. The consultation states: “It is important that the council uses all available tools to improve conditions for tenants in this sector. Licensing is one of the tools and plays a key role in this effort.” Book Novotel Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJsGZL-zb54 A mandatory licence is already needed for HMOs with five or more people from two or more households. The additional rules would cover typically smaller HMOs with three or more people from two or more different households. Licensing imposes specific obligations on the landlord to demonstrate that their property is safe while enabling the council to enforce rules. The licence would cost landlords around £1,040 for the application, processing and inspection of up to five habitable rooms – and a further £25 per additional room. Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syHHGzkF_s Opinions wanted Councillor Fleur Donnelly-Jackson, said: “Over the past 20 years, the number of privately rented homes in Brent has grown, and now makes up almost half of all homes in the borough. “We want to make sure these homes are safe and good quality for tenants.” She added: “While we have seen significant improvements, we believe that another additional HMO licensing scheme is necessary to maintain and improve the management of HMOs in Brent. “We want to encourage residents to give their opinions on these new proposals for HMOs.” Book Novotel Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR8YYeb4PMk Banzai Japan Social Media Fumi Fujisaki Idol Riko Ueno Idol Rino Ibusuki Idol Yunagi Nino Idol Shiori Fujisaki Idol Kana Ichinose Idol Hoshino Arice Idol Sasa Sasagawa Idol Kosaka Yuu Idol Tsukumo Aira Idol Maika Ando Idol Yuuki Mochimaru Idol
Notting Hill Carnival is poorly run – Met chief
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TfL brings 4G to all Elizabeth Line stations and tunnels
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Heaven nightclub to reopen after licence hearing
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Online star Hawk Tuah girl faces crypto coin criticism
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Approached Ms Welch’s representatives for comment. “Team hasn’t sold one token,” she wrote in a copy and pasted post on X , external(formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJsGZL-zb54 She added that no “KOL” (key opinion leaders) were gifted a free token. Ms Welch had previously distributed free Hawk tokens to some fans ahead of the launch across social media. Hawk launched on the Solana blockchain at around 22:00 GMT on Wednesday, and its market capitalisation soared to highs of $490m shortly after. However it fell sharply from this high to around $60m just 20 minutes later. Fans and investors have accused Ms Welch and her team of “misleading” and “betraying” them and suggested the launch had been a “rug pull” – where promoters of a cryptocurrency draw in buyers, only to stop trading activity and make off with money raised from sales. A community note on Ms Welch’s X post contests her explanation, saying her team had been selling their Hawk coins since launch.Scam allegations Banzai Japan Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syHHGzkF_s Coffeezilla, real name Stephen Findeisen, also claimed that Hawk gave “insiders” an advantage. “Unfortunately with situations like this, they’re not targeting crypto bros, they’re mostly targeting actual fans who have never been involved in the crypto space before,” he said in a video viewed more than 1.4 million times. He accused Ms Welch’s team of “profiting from a rug pull”. “These people were unwilling to take any accountability” of the “Hawk Tuah scam”, he claimed, after sharing a clip of him speaking to some of the people behind the cryptocurrency. Ms Welch’s post on X claimed that her team attempted to prevent so-called “snipers”, who buy and sell cryptocurrencies quickly at moments when they are likely to make the most money from a gap in buy and sell price – sometimes using automated trading tools – by imposing higher fees on one exchange. The team behind the cryptocurrency, OverHere, has dismissed other claims about the launch in an X post, external. It stressed that “Haliey’s Team has sold absolutely no tokens whatsoever”. Meme coins such as this have been booming in popularity due to their jokey, cheap appeal for investors. They are often viewed as being less risky than more high profile crypto assets like Bitcoin or Ethereum, but carry the same dangers – with often no protection for those who lose money on them. Carol Alexander, professor of finance at Sussex University, told the BBC on Thursday that while more young people are investing in meme coins, many of them are losing money. Several celebrities or influencers who have ventured into the crypto market have faced similar backlashes. In 2021, Kim Kardashian was fined $1.26m by US regulators after she failed to disclose that she had been paid to post an advert for a cryptocurrency scheme called EthereumMax. More recently, YouTuber Logan Paul was accused of misleading fans by promoting crypto coins or investments without divulging his own financial interest in them.Who is ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ Haliey Welch? Known online as the “Hawk Tuah girl”, Ms Welch went viral after speaking the onomatopoeia “hawk tuah” – imitating the sound of someone spitting – during an interview in June. It made the 22-year-old, from Belfast, Tennessee, an overnight internet sensation. She amassed hundreds of thousands of followers across various social platforms and launched her own merchandise and a podcast called “Talk Tuah”.Actress Chloe Fineman sits in a TV set on a white chair, wearing a cowboy hat, white vest top, denim shorts and silver cowboy boots. She is impersonating Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch. Her manager told the Hollywood Reporter in July, external that she was unique in not having sought out internet fame, having been off social media for mental health reasons for several months before appearing in the now-viral “Hawk Tuah” video. Rolling Stone has likened her funny, small-town personality to a “Gen Z Dolly Parton”. Ms Welch told outlet TMZ ahead of Hawk’s launch on Wednesday that she launched it to tackle “a bunch of imposters” pretending to be her and selling their own coins. “It’s a really good way to get all my fans and community to interact and come together,” she said. 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