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Nigel Farage has been condemned for his response to the Southport stabbings - with the Reform MP accused of 'whipping up' rioters.

Concerns have been raised about the safety of MPs and the risk of political violence in the UK after the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump.

David Benedict Regardless of one’s political allegiance, it’s almost universally agreed that in recent years political expediency rather than truth has been, literally, the governing principle behind speeches from Britain’s right-wing politicians. Sadly, the same is true of the two leads in Joe Penhall’s contrived, adversarial three-hander about confrontations between a local opposition MP (member of parliament) and her angry constituent. That James Corden would choose “The Constituent” for his return to the British stage, however, makes complete sense.

The Government today published a new counter-terrorism Bill in draft known as Martyn's Law after Martyn Hett, who died in the Manchester Arena bombing atrocity. The publication marks a landmark moment for his mum, Figen Murray, and many of her supporters who have long campaigned for legislation to protect the public in Martyn's name.

A pensioner is to stand trial accused of threatening Nicola Sturgeon.

The Ministry of Justice has faced criticism after it emerged jailed Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi was able to lead a violent Islamist gang while behind bars at a high-security 'prison within a prison'.

Good Morning Britain viewers are demanding Richard Madeley be sacked after he made controversial remarks.

Boris Johnson will not apologise for his Jimmy Savile slur against Keir Starmer despite protesters harassing the Labour leader outside parliament on Monday.

"But even I can recognise that the models on the catwalk in hunched-back outfits last week at the Viktor & Rolf fashion show at Paris Fashion Week will never, ever be a trend.""The totally bizarre high-padded shoulders on the blazers and dresses worn by the models framed their faces and made them look more like Herman Munster than supermodels."Karren continued: "It's so ridiculous, I'm surprised the models weren't laughing."She concluded by asking whether it was harder to find good quality clothes that fit well and are flattering while designers are spending time and money creating fashion pieces that are only suitable for wearing on the runway.Elsewhere this month, Karren admitted to being called a "b***h" so often on social media that she's lost count.She made her comments in last week's column of The Sun, as she called for the police to "do more" when it comes to women reporting crimes.The mother-of-two wondered whether appointing more women to make these kinds of decisions is what would ultimately bring along the much-needed change."All but the most severe or disturbing complaints are ignored," she wrote."Those that are looked at are often when an escalation to a more tangible threat has occurred."Karren mentioned the death of late Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed in 2016 by a far-right activist after enduring repeated harassment and threats online."Words like sl*g, b***h and whore are reserved exclusively for women and used only to degrade them," Karren explained."I have lost track of the number of times I have been called these on Twitter."But if you report this to Twitter, it responds and says it finds 'no violation of its rules'.

The Apprentice star spoke of previous experience, as she herself has been subjected to vile words online by vicious trolls over the years.Writing in her most recent column for The Sun, Baroness Brady wondered if the solution lay in appointing more women to make these kinds of the decisions."All but the most severe or disturbing complaints are ignored," she sighed."Those that are looked at are often when an escalation to a more tangible threat has occurred."She referenced late Labour MP Jo Cox, who was tragically killed in 2016 by a far-right activist after she suffered repeated online harassment and threats."Words like sl*g, b***h and whore are reserved exclusively for women and used only to degrade them," Karren explained."I have lost track of the number of times I have been called these on Twitter."But if you report this to Twitter, it responds and says it finds 'no violation of its rules'. Ridiculous."She went on to say: "This kind of abuse is disgusting and unacceptable.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Labour has won against the odds in the Batley and Spen by-election race holding the seat by 323 votes.Kim Leadbeater, sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, hung on to the West Yorkshire seat for Keir Starmer’s party with 13,246 votes to Conservative Ryan Stephenson’s 12,973 in an astonishingly close-run contest.Former Labour MP George Galloway, who stood with an appeal to the area's Muslim community to defeat Keir Starmer, took 8,265 votes..The result comes as a massive relief for Starmer who hailed a “fantastic result” after a bitter contest.With Galloway dividing the Labour vote the Tories has been favourites for weeks.Victory will ease the pressure on

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