MINISTERS have vowed to transform military housing as they buy back 36,000 homes sold by John Major’s government. Defence Secretary John Healey, above, called the 1996 sale “one of the worst-ever government deals”. The 1996 deal saw Defence Secretary Michal Portillo sell 55,000 homes to investment fund Annington for £1.7bn, roughly £27,000 each. It was … Read more
THE Scottish Tories are braced for defections to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK on the eve of the latter’s Scotland conference, the Scottish Sun can reveal. Nerves are jangling in the Holyrood group – though it is understood the most likely switchers will be councillors. 3 Russell Findlay said it was “fairly likely” his party would … Read more
NATS ministers must “end the scandal” of bus drivers facing violence from gangs of thuggish youths, Anas Sarwar has demanded. The Scottish Labour leader made the call ahead of a Holyrood vote on Wednesday on a scheme to take free bus passes off misbehaving thugs. 2 Anas Sarwar MSP has made the call in the … Read more
SCOTTISH and UK ministers are in talks to deport 600 foreign inmates to ease prison overcrowding, it emerged today. Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed discussions were underway with Westminster chiefs over the future of overseas lags — as she was accused of “betraying” crime victims. 2 Ms Constance said Holyrood ministers were “actively engaging” with … Read more
In a recent stream on his YouTube channel, Naoki Hyakuta, a Japenese novelist and Conservative Party leader, argued that societal changes— such as banning women over 18 from attending university and women over 25 from getting married, as well as removing the uteruses of women above 30— could increase the country’s birth rate. He has … Read more
NATS ministers confirmed they would scrap the main reforms of Nicola Sturgeon’s flagship bill – after spending £28million on the doomed proposals. The plans were already on life support after it lost the support of trade unions, local authority umbrella group Cosla, and the SNP’s former coalition partners the Scottish Greens. 1 Ms Sturgeon announced … Read more
VLADIMIR Putin was so close to letting off a nuke in October 2022 that crisis meetings were held over the fallout hitting Britain. Ex-PM Liz Truss spent her final days in office studying weather maps and preparing for UK radiation cases after American spies feared the Kremlin tyrant was hours from pressing the button. 5 … Read more
SMALL boats are still likely to be crossing the Channel illegally for some time to come, the head of the NCA has warned. Asked if they could end the journeys in the next couple of years, National Crime Agency boss Graeme Biggar said: “I think close to zero is a very hard thing to promise.” … Read more
SOMETIMES it’s difficult to work out if politicians are more bothered about the national interest or social media adulation. The election of Donald Trump has exposed this again. 5 Donald Trump won a huge victory in the US electionCredit: Getty 5 It was a devastating defeat for VP Kamala Harris and the DemocratsCredit: AFP 5 … Read more
A COMPANY which provides the Government with asylum-seeker accommodation is raking in £4.8million per day. It could see Graham King, 57 — boss of Clearsprings Ready Homes — become the immigration industry’s first billionaire. 4 The company that provides the Government with asylum-seeker accommodation is raking in £4.8million per dayCredit: Gary Stone 4 Graham King, … Read more
