Paul Knaggs

The killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been declared a terrorist incident by police. Counter-terrorism police have formally declared the fatal stabbing of parliamentarian Sir David Amess an act of terrorism. "The early investigation has revealed a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism," according to a statement from Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard on Friday. The UK's Counter-Terrorism Command...

Sir David Amess, who represents Southend West in Essex, was attacked on Friday at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea. it is understood a man walked into his constituency surgery and stabbed him multiple times. ‘Officers were on scene shortly after, arrested a man and recovered a knife. He is currently in custody. Paramedics were called to the scene flying in...

Sir David Amess, who represents Southend West in Essex, was attacked on Friday at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea. it is understood a man walked into his constituency surgery and stabbed him multiple times. The Tory MP for Southend West, 69, was holding a surgery at the Belfairs Methodist Church, in Eastwood Road North. It is believed Mr Amess, 69, has...

Lorry drivers using the Unions to leverage pay raises and better working conditions Lorry drivers around the country have managed to negotiate higher salaries and better working conditions through the Unite trade union. DHL truck drivers at Sainsbury Dartford have secured a 6.25% pay rise; while GXO drivers have netted a 23% pay increase. Finally, Heinz drivers in Wigan...

Austerity in England linked to more than 50,000 extra deaths in five years Researchers looked at 2010-2015 when Tory and Lib-Dem cuts to NHS and social care were starting to bite. Austerity cuts to the NHS, public health and social care have killed tens of thousands more people in England than expected, according to the largest study of its kind. Research by...

Police in Norway says a man armed with a bow and arrows has killed and injured several people. The exact number of victims was not immediately announced by the police, who said the suspect had been arrested. "We can, unfortunately, confirm that there are several injured and also, unfortunately, several killed," local police official Øyvind Aas told a news conference on...

"I'm not mad, I'm a member of parliament." Allegations of an MP who threatened to throw acid at her partner's female friend and send naked photos of her to her family has been found guilty of harassment. Claudia Webbe, 56, also made threatening phone calls to Michelle Merritt because she claimed: "We were in a national crisis and lockdown had to...

We cannot support our employer’s decision to supply the Israeli military and government technology that is used to harm Palestinians Google workers on Tuesday condemned their employers for contributing to the surveillance and dispossession of Palestinians by selling cloud services to the Israeli military and government and urged both companies to cut ties with the oppressive regime. "We have watched Google and Amazon aggressively pursue...

The report predominantly focuses on the response to the pandemic in England. The committee did not look at steps taken individually by Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The findings are detailed in the report Coronavirus: Lessons learned to date from the Health and Social Care Committee and the Science and Technology Committee, which contain MPs from all parties. Across 150 pages, the report...

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed — if all records told the same tale — then the lie passed into history and became truth. George Orwell 1984 A deeply controversial internal report was leaked in April 2020 to journalists and then distributed on social media. The shocking content showed Labour's factional war along with the toxic...