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Nigel Farage has welcomed his first Tory councillor defection after he wrote to 1,350 local politicians last night warning them to cross the floor or face losing their seats.Yesterday the Reform leader called on all 1,352 Conservative county councillors to join others who have already made the leap, warning: “They are all working within a party whose brand has been trashed by scandal and broken promises”.Mr Farage said: “The Conservative Party is a busted flush – these 1352 councillors are watching their time in office tick away, whilst they argue between themselves on whether to choose a Leader that’s undergone…

UK weather maps have turned purple and white, indicating that some areas could get a barrage of snow in a matter of weeks.If you haven’t already, it is definitely time to dust off your winter coat as Britain may be getting a pummelling of snow.From midnight on November 6 until midnight on November 8, a mixture of snow, rain, and cold winds is set to sweep across the country, bringing temperatures to as low as -10C with windchill factor included, weather maps suggest.New WXCHARTS weather maps show that Scotland could face the worst of the weather, with the nation almost…

Pakistan is teetering on the edge. Its political, economic, and social fabric is unraveling at an alarming rate, and at the center of this turmoil lies its most famous and respected leader — Imran Khan.A man celebrated not only for his heroic World Cup victory in 1992 but also for being a symbol of hope for millions of Pakistanis, Khan now languishes in prison on spurious charges, the victim of a fraudulent election and a crushing of the judiciary designed to keep him permanently out of power. Yet despite these challenges, Imran Khan’s popularity is at an all-time high.Imran Khan…

The mystery behind one of the world’s most famous paintings has finally been “solved” after 500 years.The Birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian artist Botticelli, likely done in the mid-1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus at the shore after her birth.X (formerly Twitter) user Culture Critic (@Culture_Crit) has claimed to know exactly what is happening in the painting, doing away with any historical mystery.They note that the title of the piece is “wrong”. Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty, fertility and victory, is not actually being born – she is coming ashore.Venus shares her origin myth…

Incredible CCTV footage shows the moment hero passengers take control of a bus after the driver collapses.The footage, filmed on a public vehicle in Colorado Springs in the US, shows two passengers becoming aware that something has happened to the driver of the bus they were on.One man approaches to see if he is ok before another, realising the danger the pair are in, leaps forward to take control of the steering wheel.Whilst also making a call to the emergency services, the man who has assumed control of the bus’s steering brings the vehicle to a safe stop.Despite the pair’s…

Shocking new weather maps have revealed the UK should brace for a 24-hour battering of rain stretching 600 miles all the way from Cornwall to Scotland.According to the latest maps from WXCHARTS, which uses Met Desk date, heavy rain is forecast to sweep the country on November 8 and last 24 hours.The worst-affected area will be the county of Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales, which will see up to 5mm of rainfall per hour.In England, those in Plymouth and Lancashire should expect rainfall of between 3mm and 4mm per hour.There will be rain as far south as Land’s End and as…

Where our pensions are concerned, Labour has declared war on all fronts with the notable exception of public sector pensions, which seem completely immune.Reeves is likely to cap the most popular pension tax break of all, the ability to take 25% of our pots as a tax-free lump sum. That’s been written about extensively, including by me.She also seems likely to slap inheritance tax on unused defined contribution pension schemes, even though they already incur income tax. I’ve written about this several times, too.The Chancellor is also said to be targeting private sector company pensions, by making employers pay national…

Vladimir Putin heralded the onset of a new “world order” at the BRICS summit, as he steps up his confrontation with the West.The Russian President is hosting a three-day summit with leaders from 36 countries in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan.Russia has long resented what it perceives as US and Western hegemony in global affairs.One of Putin’s key foreign policy goals has been to undermine Western political, military and economic influence by creating what he calls a “multipolar world”.At the BRICS summit on Wednesday, Putin restated his determination to hobble the West.“The process of forming a multipolar world order is…

Sir Keir Starmer faces a blazing row over demands for Britain to pay an eye-watering £18 trillion in reparations for the slave trade.Commonwealth heads of government are understood to be preparing to defy the UK by agreeing plans to examine reparatory justice during a summit in Samoa.Officials are said to be negotiating an agreement to do further research and begin a “meaningful conversation” about the issue which could potentially leave the UK owing trillions of pounds.Reparatory justice for slavery can come in many forms, including financial reparations, debt relief, an official apology, educational programmes, building museums, economic support and public…

More than 500 migrants attempting to enter the UK are in danger today in the English Channel, with 10 boats issuing distress calls. The blame culture of British politics and social life has swelled to unprecendented levels since the unhappy advent of Twitter, now X, so lets join in the clamour and ask: Whose fault is this? Specifically, who in Britain can be said to most be to blame for this situation? Is it the nasty right-wing, who want lower immigration? Is it the Brexiteers, who voted to take back control of our borders?Or is more responsibility for this disgraceful, tragic and…