The Golden Boy

‘He concentrates far too much on football,’ a teacher at City of Leicester Boys wrote on Gary Winston Lineker’s last school report card. ‘He’ll never make a living at that.’

Even though he was one of the best football players to have ever played for England, Lineker only became wealthy after retiring by working as a TV host.

Aside from hosting Match of the Day for 26 years, Lineker was known for fronting Walkers crisps commercials, having originally signed a £200,000 contract in 1994.

He is the creator of The Rest Is History series and its spin-offs covering politics, sports, culture, and money, and he has earned additional millions through Goalhanger Podcasts.

However, the 64-year-old has also become notorious in recent years for a string of major controversies over outspoken political comments he has posted on social media.

Now, the latest antisemitism row has resulted in him exiting the BBC sooner than initially expected – and he will not front its coverage of the 2026 World Cup.

The star had moved from footballer to one of the most prominent and highly-paid presenters at the corporation, earning more than £ 1.3 million a year in recent years.

Leicester-born Lineker has been married twice – to Michelle Cockayne from 1986 to 2006, with whom he had four sons; and to Danielle Bux from 2009 to 2016.

He started his footballing career at Leicester City, the club he had supported since childhood, in 1978.

The striker scored 103 goals for the Foxes in all competitions before signing with Everton for £800,000 in 1985.

He scored 40 goals in 57 games for the Toffees in his only season with the Liverpool-based side, before his six goals for England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico won him the competition’s golden boot award and drew the attention of Spanish football giants Barcelona.

Moving to the Catalan side in 1986, Lineker went on to become the highest scoring British player in La Liga, Spain’s highest football division, under English manager Terry Venables. His record 42 goals was only beaten by Welsh winger Gareth Bale in 2016.

Lineker spent three years in Spain before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in July 1989 for £ 1.1 million.

He played a part in England’s run to the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, which resulted in a defeat on penalties against West Germany.

After the match, Lineker, who captained the Lions from 1990 to 1992, famously said: ‘Football is a simple game: 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.’

He won the 1991 FA Cup final with Spurs, beating Nottingham Forest 2-1 despite having a goal controversially disallowed for offside and Forest goalkeeper Mark Crossley saving a penalty.

In 1992, Lineker became the first English footballer to play in Japan’s highest division, the J League, when he joined Nagoya Grampus Eight for £2 million.

He retired after an injury-hit two-year spell at the club, which saw him play just 23 times.

Lineker was famous for never getting a yellow or red card from the referee during his career.

Lineker is England’s fourth record goalscorer with 48 goals in 80 appearances – below only Sir Bobby Charlton (49), Wayne Rooney (53) and Harry Kane (71). 

He is also England’s top scorer in World Cup history, having scored ten goals in two competitions. 

Following his retirement, Lineker joined BBC Radio 5 Live as a football pundit before becoming a team captain on the sports game show They Think It’s All Over from 1995 to 2003.

In 1997, he took over as host of Grandstand when then-presenter Desmond Lynam was at Aintree for the Grand National, which was abandoned due to a bomb alert.

He replaced Lynam as presenter of the BBC’s flagship football highlights programme, Match Of The Day, in 1999, when Lynam defected to rival ITV.

Lineker would later become the corporation’s highest-paid presenter, with the BBC’s annual report for 2023/24 showing his salary to be around £1.35 million a year.

Lineker has frequently voiced support for a liberal approach to border controls and has also voiced support for a second EU referendum.

In March 2023, he compared the language used to launch a government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany, describing the scheme as ‘immeasurably cruel’.

After receiving criticism for his remarks, the BBC fired him from anchoring the football highlights show Match of the Day.

After the controversy caused some of his colleagues commentators, including as Ian Wright and Alan Shearer, to boycott the broadcast, Lineker made a comeback.

Later, the BBC implemented new social media guidelines that prohibited flagship broadcasters from disparaging political parties.

Back in 2018, Lineker was criticised by BBC cricket presenter Jonathan Agnew after he posted a series of tweets criticising the Conservative Party.

Agnew told Lineker that as ‘the face of BBC Sport’, he should ‘observe BBC editorial guidelines’.

It came after Lineker tweeted: ‘Imagine how hopeless you’d have to be to still be behind the Tory party in the polls. The absolute state of our politics.’

And in 2022, the BBC found Lineker had breached its impartiality guidelines over comments he had made in February asking then-foreign secretary Liz Truss if her party would ‘hand back their donations from Russian donors’ after the invasion of Ukraine.

That same year, before the World Cup in Qatar, Lineker led criticism of then-foreign secretary James Cleverly for suggesting LGBT+ football fans be ‘respectful of the host nation’ – where homosexuality is illegal.

‘Whatever you do, don’t do anything, Gay. Is that the message?’ Lineker said in response to the cabinet minister’s comments.

Lineker later opened the BBC’s broadcast coverage of the World Cup with a critique of the host country’s treatment of migrant workers and record on human rights.

Another row in August 2022 saw BBC journalist Neil Henderson ask if Lineker had a contract which allowed him to breach BBC impartiality after he tweeted about sewage being pumped into the sea.

The presenter had posted: ‘As a politician, how could you ever, under any circumstances, bring yourself to vote for pumping sewage into our seas? Unfathomable!’

Amid the Gaza War, Lineker was also condemned for allegedly inadvertently retweeting a plea for Israel to be barred from international athletic competitions, including football.

He told the Guardian earlier this year that he has ‘received threats’, and said: ‘If you lean to one side or the other, the levels of attack are extraordinary. How could it be controversial to want peace? I just don’t understand it.

‘You don’t need to be Islamophobic to condemn Hamas or antisemitic to condemn Israel. But at the moment it’s just awful. Awful.’

In November 2024, he announced he would be stepping down from presenting Match Of The Day at the end of the season, but would still host World Cup and FA Cup coverage.

Then, last week, he ‘apologised unreservedly’ for sharing and then deleting an Instagram story from the group Palestine Lobby, illustrated with a picture of a rat, which prompted calls from the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) for him to be sacked.

He said: ‘I would never knowingly share anything antisemitic,’ and added: ‘I take full responsibility for this mistake. That image does not reflect my views. It was an error on my part for which I apologise unreservedly.’

After this, the BBC said Lineker would leave his presenting role following the conclusion of Match Of The Day for the 2024/25 season and added that he would not present its coverage of the 2026 World Cup or next season’s FA Cup.

It is believed that the license agreement for the Goalhanger podcast titles on BBC Sounds, which expires this year, is also being terminated.

In a statement, Lineker said: ‘Football has been at the heart of my life for as long as I can remember – both on the pitch and in the studio.

‘I care deeply about the game, and about the work I’ve done with the BBC over many years. As I’ve said, I would never consciously repost anything antisemitic – it goes against everything I stand for.

‘However, I recognise the error and upset that I caused, and reiterate how sorry I am. Stepping back now feels like the responsible course of action.’

Tim Davie, BBC director-general, added: ‘Gary has acknowledged the mistake he made. Accordingly, we have agreed he will step back from further presenting after this season.

‘Gary has been a defining voice in football coverage for the BBC for over two decades.

‘His passion and knowledge have shaped our sports journalism and earned him the respect of sports fans across the UK and beyond. We want to thank him for the contribution he has made.’

Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates, and Mark Chapman will take Lineker’s position as presenters on Match of the Day starting in the next Premier League season.

Gary, regrettably, is simply another member of the BBC glitterati who is unaware that they lack the competence to remark on topics about which they are ignorant or lack experience, and you can only say ‘I didn’t realise it was antisemitic’ so many times, not again and again. Now let’s hope he keeps his mouth shut and vanishes into unimportance and nowheresville.

However, I don’t believe there’s any possibility of that. Some other channel with snap him up because they will believe that he’s an audience pull, but this is what happens when you overpay people and then they become too powerful within an institution.

He obviously couldn’t help himself, he had to keep pushing until he fell over the line, which makes him extremely foolish indeed.

He is nothing but a champagne socialist, along with all those other champagne socialists that supported him – let’s see how much of a golden handshake he will get from the BBC, and now the Golden Boy has turned out to be Scrap Iron that has rusted. He’s evidently headed the ball once too often!

Of course, we are all entitled to Freedom of Speech, but now Gary has been cancelled, and what have we become as human beings? No, I’m not an activist, I’m just a human being.

But I guess this rubbish will run on and now. He said it, he apologised, and now he’s gone, end of!f

Tommy Robinson Is Set To Be Released From Prison

Tommy Robinson is expected to be released from prison within the next week after his 18-month sentence for the civil offence of contempt of court was reduced by four months at the High Court.

Robinson, whose actual name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was detained in October after admitting multiple breaches of an injunction made in 2021, which banned him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him for libel.

The sentence comprised a 14-month ‘punitive’ element and a four-month ‘coercive’ element, with sentencing judge Mr Justice Johnson telling Robinson he could have the latter taken off his sentence if he were to ‘purge’ his contempt by taking steps to comply with the injunction.

Robinson, who was previously scheduled to be released on July 26, applied to purge his contempt at a hearing today, with his solicitors telling the court that he had shown a ‘commitment’ to comply with the order.

Lawyers for the Solicitor General said they agreed that Robinson had taken steps to adhere to the injunction.

In a ruling, Mr Justice Johnson said that there was an ‘absence of contrition or remorse’ from Robinson, but that he had shown a ‘change in attitude’ since he was sentenced.

He said: ‘He (Robinson) has given an assurance that he will comply with the injunction in the future, that he has no intention of breaching it again, and that he is aware of the consequences of what would happen if he breached the injunction again.’

He added: ‘The practical effect, subject to confirmation by the prison authorities, is that the defendant will be released once he has completed the punitive element, which I understand will be within the next week.’

Robinson, who attended the hearing via video-link from HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes, showed no immediate response once the judgment was handed down.

He was detained last year for 10 breaches of the injunction, after the Solicitor General issued two contempt claims against him.

The first alleged he ‘knowingly’ breached the order on four occasions, including by having ‘published, caused, authorised or procured’ a film called Silenced, which contains the libellous allegations, in May 2023.

The film was pinned to the top of Robinson’s profile on the social media site X, while he also reiterated the claims in three interviews between February and June 2023.

The second claim was issued in August last year and involved six other breaches, including playing the film at a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in central London last summer.

Handing down the sentence at Woolwich Crown Court, Mr Justice Johnson said Robinson could ‘purge’ his contempt by showing ‘a commitment to comply with the injunction’.

After being detained, Robinson lost a bid to bring a legal challenge against the Ministry of Justice over his segregation from other inmates behind bars in March.

He then lost a challenge to his sentence at the Court of Appeal in April, but three senior judges said he could ‘still reduce the period he has to spend in custody by taking the steps identified’ by Mr Justice Johnson.

Barrister Alex Di Francesco, for Robinson, told the court today that several of the publications which constituted breaches of the injunction had been ‘removed’.

He said: ‘The defendant has demonstrated that commitment that Your Lordship required, both in his words and his actions.’

He continued: ‘Each admitted breach capable of being purged has been acted upon and has been entirely resulted in removal.’

Adam Payter, for the Solicitor General, said that a review had been carried out to assess whether the injunction had been complied with.

He told the court that following the review, the Solicitor General ‘agrees that the material has been removed from all bar two of the online locations’.

He added that Robinson had taken steps to have the publications removed from the two locations where they were still visible.

The injunction was issued after Robinson was successfully sued by Jamal Hijazi, a then-schoolboy who was attacked at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in October 2018.

After a clip of the incident went viral, Robinson made fraudulent claims on Facebook, including about Mr Hijazi attacking girls in his school, leading to the libel case.

Mr Justice Nicklin ordered Robinson to pay Mr Hijazi £100,000 in damages and his legal costs, as well as making the injunction stopping Robinson from repeating the allegations.

Mr Justice Johnson said that Robinson could be jailed for up to two years if he breached the injunction again in the future.

Court orders were put in place to stop Tommy Robinson from exercising freedom of speech, because his speech is problematic – now they have muted him permanently.

Tommy Robinson reveals the facts, and if it weren’t him, it would be somebody else, and he tells a story that another person might not.

Expressing your concerns or opinions is a kind of freedom of expression and should never be criminalised, and this is shocking what happened to this man, and all for speaking out, yet people who hurt or abuse people with brutality get away with it.

I never imagined that our government in the UK would openly produce political prisoners, particularly British ones.

Given that BBC paedophiles are allowed to roam the streets, he should never have been imprisoned in the first place, and whether you like Tommy Robinson or not, compared to some other prison sentences, or lack of them, he was definitely part of the two-tier system.

Locals Fume After Labour Reopens Migrant Hotel

Locals living in a lush Essex town have been left seething after a migrant hotel reopened.

A hotel in Epping will house asylum seekers yet again, as Labour reopened the accommodation site after the last Conservative Government closed it.

Two locals who live in the same street as the hotel, alleged that in May 2022, her car was booted by illegal migrants living at the site and that she and her family had been spat at.

A retired mum said she herself no longer feels safe to walk out of her front door, telling The Daily Express she feels “totally” trapped.

The former fire safety trainer, who asked to stay nameless for fear of “reprisals” from the hotel security staff, said: “My son was driving and I was next to him, and we came out [of the shared drive] and all of a sudden I felt a bump and they kicked our car.”

The 61-year-old, who lives near the 79-room hotel, added: “We were spat at a few times.”

When approached, the hotel’s security staff declined to reveal to The Daily Express whether asylum seekers were living there.

Nevertheless, both residents were adamant that the asylum seekers had come back to the hotel.

An elderly neighbour added: “I can’t even begin to tell you the sort of anxiety we felt at these people just around us all the time… [with] just a barrier between us and our drive.

“I admit I don’t come in after dark. I wouldn’t have thought twice about it [in the past].”

Meanwhile, Victor Wigzell, 74, claimed he witnessed asylum seekers from the hotel stealing from the local Boots store in early 2024.

He said: “I used to see them go into Boots the chemist there, and obviously they would grab the stuff and run out. I’ve seen it. I saw it happen. I was in Boots. I just thought, well, you’re trying to help these people, some of them probably do need help.”

Wigzell, a retired architectural model maker, added: “We don’t want it, we don’t need it, we shouldn’t have to suffer all that”.

Epping Forest MP Dr Neil Hudson also said: “When this hotel in Epping was being used in the past, I know that church groups and many residents provided crucial support for vulnerable people in the asylum system here, and that they continue to do so nearby. I want to thank them for all they do and continue to do.

“I have met with the Home Office about this decision and its implementation and sought assurances about the welfare of those being housed here, sought assurances for members of the local community with any concerns about this decision, and continue to urge the Government to work with local stakeholders and services to address this situation holistically, to provide support for all affected.”

A Home Office spokesman said: “In Autumn 2023, there were more than 400 asylum hotels in use across the UK at a cost of almost £9 million per day, and in the months before the election, the asylum backlog soared again as decision-making collapsed, placing the entire asylum system under unprecedented strain.

“That was the situation the government inherited, but we have begun to restore order, with a rapid increase in asylum decision-making and the removal of more than 24,000 people with no right to be in the UK.”

Our government are not going to send these migrants back. Keir Starmer keeps going on about ‘smashing the gangs’, but don’t be deceived, it’s all rubbish, and this is how he hopes he will remain in power – these people are his votes.

Why should taxpayers’ money be used to keep these migrants in hotels? It’s an insult. Perhaps we should all stop paying our council tax, you know, the money that’s given to these leeches. British people are not a majority anymore, we are a minority. I’m afraid the indigenous people are extremely low down on Labour’s checklist of importance.

Even though no one should have to tolerate these migrants, our government is keeping them here, and we are paying to do so.

Just lock your doors. Shops look out for the shoplifters and keep your children locked up. It’s called ‘Welcome to Britain.’

We don’t want migrants in our country! When will our government realise this. We don’t want these people and we don’t need them. Perhaps people should start giving up their jobs rather than paying for these migrants, then our government will have to find another way of making money to sustain these migrants he is bringing into this country.

Starmer needs to realise how much the people of the United Kingdom despise them.

Go to the official government website and type in ‘asylum.’ It tells you what you will get, almost £50 for every person in your household, and free NHS. Now type in ‘homeless’ and it will tell you to contact your local council. No surprise they all want to come here.

Our government is openly encouraging illegal immigrants and enticing them with offers of money, food, clothes, smartphones, homes, hotels, entertainment, free electric bikes, and driving lessons. What’s not to like?

Who is responsible for this? The Home Office, and it’s our taxpayer money that is financing this, and we, the people, have a right to transparency and who is responsible, and those who are responsible should quit hiding behind their desks.

Biden Breaks Silence On Prostate Cancer

Joe Biden, 82, spoke out for the first time since his cancer diagnosis with a social media post on Monday morning.

‘Cancer touches us all,’ the former president wrote on X with a selfie of him sporting a brave smile alongside a sombre-looking former first lady Jill Biden, who was holding their grey tabby cat Willow.

‘Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places,’ Biden added. ‘Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.’

Hours after Biden’s personal office disclosed that he was diagnosed with a serious case of prostate cancer on Friday that had spread to his bones, the tweet was made.

A statement on the diagnosis said that the Biden family is deciding on treatment options.

‘Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,’ the statement reads.

‘On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterised by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,’ it adds of the grave prognosis.

Prostate cancers are provided a ‘Gleason score,’ which calculates how the cancerous cells look compared with normal cells. Biden’s score of 9 suggests his cancer is among the most aggressive.

‘While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management,’ his office noted.

The announcement came just one week after reports revealed that a ‘small nodule’ was found on Biden’s prostate that needed ‘further evaluation.’

It’s common for those of Biden’s advanced age to encounter prostate problems. More than half of prostate cancers are found in men older than 65, according to the American Cancer Society.

A hard lump or swelling that can appear anywhere on the body is called a nodule. Some may be benign and innocuous, while others may be linked to more serious health issues like infections or, in this case, cancer.

President Donald Trump released a short statement to Truth Social on Sunday, saying he and First Lady Melania Trump were ‘saddened to hear’ about Biden’s cancer diagnosis.

‘We wish Joe a fast and successful recovery,’ Trump wrote.

Biden left office as the oldest serving president in U.S. history – he was also elected as the oldest ever person to hold the highest office.

During his time back in the White House, four years after his two terms as VP, Biden reignited his Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Initially put in charge of the effort under President Barack Obama, Biden brought it back in 2022 with the purpose of cutting the cancer death rate in half by 2047. It also aimed to improve the lives of those living with cancer.

Helping to find treatments and cures for cancer hit close to home for Biden – even before his own diagnosis.

The former president’s son, Beau Biden, passed away in 2015 at the age of 46 after he was diagnosed in 2013 with glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive kind of brain cancer. His father claimed the cancer was a consequence of Beau’s exposure to military burn pits when he was serving in Iraq.

May 30 of this year marks the 10th anniversary of Beau’s death.

Biden usually spends that day with his family at his home church, St Joseph on the Brandywine in Wilmington, Delaware, for a special mass and to visit his son’s grave.

In February 2023, Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest, and before entering office, had several non-melanoma skin cancer spots removed with Mohs surgery.

While still president in February 2024, Biden’s doctor declared him ‘fit to serve’ following a routine physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Still questions over the former president’s age, health and fitness for office eventually led him to ditch his reelection campaign and let then-Vice President Kamala Harris, 60, take over.

Leaders within the Democratic Party just recently started to publicly acknowledge that Biden should not have run for reelection in 2024. Some claim that they were duped by advisers who were shielding the then-president from the public and telling members of the party he was healthy and fit behind the scenes.

Harris reacted to news of Biden’s health update by saying she and former second gentleman Doug Emhoff are ‘saddened to learn of President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis.’

‘We are keeping him, Dr. Biden, and their entire family in our hearts and prayers during this time. Joe is a fighter, and I know he will face this challenge with the same strength, resilience, and optimism that have always defined his life and leadership. We are hopeful for a full and speedy recovery,’ she former VP wrote.

Biden’s office claims the form of cancer he has appears to be hormone sensitive and might be effectively managed by various treatments, including blocking testosterone, because that hormone can help the cancer grow and thrive.

‘The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians,’ it states.

There is know doubt that Joe Biden has been sick for a long time. It doesn’t matter now whether he knew he was ill or not; the fact is, he’s not the president anymore, Trump is! Therefore, we should not be criticising him because cancer is a terrible disease, and I feel for anyone who has been diagnosed with it.

They should never allow an older person into office. As people get older, many get sick and cannot perform the tasks that are put before them. It was always apparent from the start that Joe Biden was frail – was he actually in charge? I very much doubt it, but then most of the work that they do is initiated by their advisers.

To be honest, I can’t believe that they allowed Joe Biden to suffer the way that he did while in office. Whether he has dementia or not is irrelevant; he was frail and old, but he was made to play along, and that in itself is indeed appalling.

Despite Joe Biden’s departure from government, the majority of people will still criticise him. People lack empathy, which is the reason behind this. It’s so pointless to chastise him now, so please, everyone, take a pause and show some sympathy.

School Meals Should Be Free For All Students

It’s absurd to charge kids to eat at a place where they must be all day, according to the law.

The law in the United Kingdom requires parents to make sure their children obtain a full-time education, which usually entails going to school.

Parents are legally required to ensure their child obtains a quality education, whether through school or another option, such as homeschooling.

Parents risk penalties or legal action if their child often misses school without authorisation.

If attending school is required by UK law, then the government should cover the cost of school lunches and uniforms since it claims that attendance is mandatory.

The government’s responsibility to pay for school meals and uniforms, however, is a complicated matter with many opposing viewpoints.

While some might argue that government aid is critical for equity and social welfare, others might emphasise the importance of parental accountability and financial constraints.

However, children’s free school lunches should be paid for by the government.

We shouldn’t have to pay for school uniforms and school meals while our government enforces legislation requiring all children to attend school.

Many would dispute this, saying that parents get Child Benefit paid to them, but that wouldn’t even cover the expense of school meals or school uniforms.

Some individuals with greater incomes can afford school lunches and their child’s outfit, while those living below the poverty line struggle greatly.

Those who are on benefits do get free school meals. However, a person receiving benefits in the UK who qualifies for free school meals does not receive a payment, instead, the school provides a free meal, which is valued at approximately £2.45 per day.

In the UK, the cost of a school meal varies by school and whether it’s primary or secondary, but typically it ranges from about £2.20 to £3.55, and numerous children come home extremely hungry because they do not have enough to cover the cost.

Fees vary, and they’re usually set by the school. You can expect to spend about £2 to £3 for a full meal, but a tad less for a toasted sandwich or a panini. That is not enough for a child who is at school trying to learn. After all, our children are our future, and they should be treated with respect and dignity.

Today’s school meals might well be more nutritious than the ones I had as a child, but at least the meals I had as a child filled me up so that I was not hungry until I got home, when my mum would feed me again. However, some children are not so fortunate; their parents work, and when they get home, all that is given to them is a snack, so they go to bed starving.

Also, schools are prohibited from offering sugary beverages, crisps, chocolates and sweets in the canteen or at a vending machine around the school. The concept of a tuckshop that you could go to during your break was really good and should be brought back into schools.

The average cost of a compulsory secondary school uniform and sportswear items in England is about £92.35. For primary school, the average price is around £287. However, these averages can differ greatly depending on factors like the school’s exact requirements and whether branded items are required.

There is a government grant that parents can get if they are on a low income. This is done through a school clothing grant or other local authority schemes, but my point is that if it’s illegal not to send your child to school, then the government should pay for free school meals and free uniform – not through a grant but it should be gratis because going to school is mandatory!

Keir Starmer Arson Suspect, 26, Arrested At Luton Airport

A second guy has been taken into custody by police about three arson attacks that targeted the prime minister.

The 26-year-old was arrested around 1.45 pm on Saturday at London Luton Airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

The Eastern Region Special Operations Unit counterterrorism police made the arrest. The guy has been arrested by London police.

The arrest relates to three incidents – a vehicle fire in NW5 on 8 May, a fire at the entrance of a property in N7 on 11 May and a fire at a residential address in NW5 in the early hours of 12 May.

The arrest follows the arrest of 21-year-old Roman Lavrynovych, of Sydenham, on Thursday, who emerged in court charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.

It is understood that the three arson targets were the Prime Minister’s £2 million north London property, which was set alight on Monday night, just days after the torching of a car and an apartment which the Labour leader had once owned.

Met Police said that as all three targets of the arson attacks have ‘previous connections with a high-profile public figure’, officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command are leading the investigation.

Sir Keir has let the four-bedroom house in Kentish Town to his sister-in-law on a peppercorn rent since he moved into Downing Street last year.

The fire damaged the porch of the property, but firefighters were able to bring it under control within 20 minutes, preventing it from spreading further indoors.

The doors of two homes connected to the Prime Minister in north London both suffered fire damage within 24 hours of each other.

It came after a Toyota Rav 4 on Sir Keir’s street erupted into flames on VE Day.

It is believed that the car’s owner, the prime minister’s neighbour, believed that a defective battery was the cause of the fire. The hybrid vehicle was totally wrecked.

City mayor Sir Sadiq Khan said the three fires had left the Prime Minister’s family feeling ‘frightened’ for their safety.

He told LBC Radio: ‘Don’t underestimate the ripples of fear that [his wife] Vic and the kids felt when they will have read this stuff in the paper.

‘But for the grace of God, they are safe thankfully, in Downing Street, they’ve got a protection team.’

Someone wants to get rid of Starmer.

When crime affects Keir Starmer and his entourage, it’s classed as a ‘terror attack’, but if it were the same offence affecting Joe Public, it would be classed as ‘arson.’ Once again, it’s two-tier justice.

All of this is so strange. Strange is inevitable, though, if Starmer is involved.

This was no mastermind terrorist attack that had been set up – it was more like a Mr Bean sketch and completely nonsensical. Seems to me whoever they were, they were making a point, and something definitely smells a bit off, and why is the Counter Terrorism Unit dealing with this?

Ordinary people would have an ordinary detective dealing with this, and they wouldn’t have such a quick outcome. It would be a crime reference number, and you would be told to wait in line.

If his family had been home, things would have been quite different. But this is for sympathy, but forget it; people don’t care a monkeys, so Keir won’t get it.

Civil servants’ Laptops: Netflix, Porn, Gambling

Civil servants have been watching Netflix and accessing porn websites on their SNP government-issued laptops, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Government staff – most of whom were working from home – have streamed their favourite Netflix shows so many times in the past six months that officials say the number of attempts to log onto the streaming channel is too high to calculate.

On sixteen occasions civil servants have visited the x-rated Pornhub sex site and online betting sites Betfair and Paddy Power on their government devices, new data shows.

The stunning figures appeared days after a row over a new drive to get Scottish civil servants back into the office.

First Minister John Swinney said he approved of making officials work at least two days at their desk to boost productivity.

However, the plan for an average 40 percent attendance generated a backlash from staff working from home.

The bloated devolved civil service – which has grown by more than 70 percent since 2016 – is now costing the taxpayer over £600 million a year.

It was recently discovered that employees of local governments were operating from remote places, such as Eastern Europe and the United Arab Emirates.

The latest revelations follow Health Secretary Michael Matheson having to quit after he racked up an £11,000 bill on his work iPad while abroad on a family holiday – and charged it to the public purse, before he resigned his position and agreed to pay it back.

Last night, critics said taxpayers would be appalled by civil servants’ use of their official laptops and devices.

Scottish Conservative MSP Annie Wells said: ‘Hard-pressed Scottish taxpayers will be furious and appalled to learn they are footing the bill for civil servants to access dodgy websites and watch Netflix.

‘What does it say about the culture within the SNP government that staff think it’s okay to use a work device to watch pornography or place a bet?

‘Scots are paying the highest rates of income tax in the UK to support the SNP’s growing army of civil servants while our public services worsen, and yet this is what some civil servants are choosing to spend their time on.’

Benjamin Elks, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, added: ‘Scottish taxpayers will be rightly disgusted to see what their civil servants have been up to.

‘It’s clear that these pen-pushers have too much time on their hands as they work at home, failing to deliver for hard-working Scots.

‘Anyone caught using government devices to access pornography should be sacked without hesitation.’

The frequency with which civil officials in Scotland have accessed improper websites on government-issued devices was revealed by figures obtained under freedom of information rules.

Records reveal there were at least 16 attempts to access pornography and gambling websites on taxpayer-funded devices in the past six months.

Since November, there have been six endeavours to access Pornhub, six attempts to access Betfair and four endeavours to access Paddy Power on Scottish Government devices.

Officials declined to communicate how many attempts there were to watch Netflix by civil servants, saying it would cost more than £600 to sort through the number of the attempts.

In response to a freedom of information request, it said: ‘While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the costs of locating, retrieving and providing the information for Netflix as requested would exceed the upper cost limit of £600… the Netflix dataset was too large and included too many duplicate entries to sort within a reasonable time frame and within the applicable cost limit.’

The new statistics, obtained by the Scottish Conservatives, follow public backlash over the number of civil servants still working from home despite the pandemic ending years ago.

Some employees have been told they only need to attend their offices one day a week, although the official expectation is for them to attend for two.

The work from home culture has had a major impact on the vitality of town centres, with many shops, bars and restaurants reliant on trade from office workers.

Even First Minister John Swinney has said Scotland’s Permanent Secretary should ‘go further’ in getting employees back to work.

Meanwhile, Scotland’s bloated public sector is costing the taxpayer over £600 million a year, double the bill charged eight years ago.

The devolved civil service workforce also stood at more than 9,000 last year – a 71 percent climb since 2016.

Staff at one Scottish council have been working from lands as far away as the United Arab Emirates, sparking questions about their tax affairs and other working arrangements. 

A Scottish Government spokesman said: ‘Any attempt to access, download, display, store or distribute pornographic, racist or other offensive material, or material relating to illegal activities is considered a disciplinary matter, as outlined in the Scottish Government’s IT Code of Conduct.

‘Action is taken in line with Scottish Government disciplinary policy where concerns are identified.

‘Scottish Government staff can use devices for personal use if this is within their own time, for example, during the weekend or a lunch break. This is subject to restrictions on certain activities, such as running a personal website or attempting to access inappropriate material online.

‘The Scottish Government has in place recruitment and workforce controls to reduce its workforce size.’

It’s fairly straightforward – sack them all if they don’t return to the office because we are sick and tired of Civil Servants scrounging off our hard earned taxes.

I’m not sure how this could have happened. Civil Servants have laptops that has a secure Internet Gateway Service that prevents people from accessing all sorts of sites, including such things as Amazon and eBay, so I can’t imagine for one second it would allow entry to porn sites, or any other sites that would be considered illicit or risky, and if people are foolish enough to try and access these sites, they deserve to be sacked.

I’m not opposed to people working from home, especially if they have the flu or something infectious and can’t go into the office, but could work from home, but working from home most of the time decreases production levels.

Working from home means that people can do the bare minimum without a care in the world, but they’ll still end up with a good company pension, and the foolishness of anyone using a work computer to access porn and betting sites beggars belief, but then they’re Civil Servants and they’re hardly known for their brilliance.

Let’s face it, these people have traded their original gravy train for a brand new, high-powered powered super sonic gold top cream train. Slick, fast and with no effort required. We were foolish enough to give an inch, and they have not taken 100000,000 miles. They do less and less and want more and more. Good luck getting these spongers back into the office.

James Corden Fancies His Chances Of Running For Mayor Of London After Returning From The States

James Corden is most renowned for his work as an entertainer, but a political career would intrigue him.

According to The Mail on Sunday, the celebrity, who hosted The Late Late Show for eight years in Los Angeles before moving back to the UK last year, is considering a bid for Mayor of London.

Despite being outspoken about his political beliefs, the 46-year-old actor, who made a reputation for himself as Smithy in Gavin and Stacey, has never ventured to go further.

But while at the Bafta television awards last Sunday, Corden met the hosts of the Electoral Dysfunction podcast and told Beth Rigby, the political editor for Sky News, Ruth Davidson, the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, and Harriet Harman, the former deputy leader of Labour, about his latest goals.

A bystander said: ‘James told them he was a regular listener to their podcast and how much he enjoys the cut and thrust of politics.

‘He clearly has a lot of respect for those who put themselves out there and run for office.

‘And it was suggested that he should step into the political arena and stand in the future. There was talk that he should run for Mayor of London.’

The present mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, was first elected in 2016 and won a third term last year. 

He is widely expected to stand down in 2028, which will mean Labour will need to find a new candidate.

Corden, who is thought to be a Labour supporter, condemned Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the party following the Conservatives’ landslide victory in 2019.

He tweeted: ‘I can’t shake the feeling that if Tom Watson had been leader of the Labour Party, the outcome of this could’ve all been so different.

 ‘Jeremy Corbyn has now lost two elections to opposition candidates who could’ve and should’ve been beaten.’

Corden and his wife Julia bought an £11.5 million mansion in north-west London on their return to the UK last year.

Nonetheless, Corden Bleu has a good chance of winning the position of Mayor of London, but haven’t we Londoners suffered enough with little Sadiq Khan? It would be like swapping one inept comedian for another.

James Corden is about as charming as a haemorrhoid, therefore, I sincerely hope he doesn’t get the job as mayor, because he’s a typical clueless champagne socialist and he should focus on his day job.

However, we may as well let him have a go, what harm can he do that has not already been done? London is finished anyhow! Let him have his delusions of grandeur.

In 2022, James Corden was banned from a New York restaurant called ‘Balthazar’ by the owner, Keith McNally, after it was reported that he was abusive and extremely nasty to staff. Do we really want someone like James to be our Mayor of London? Corden subsequently admitted that he had been ungracious and apologised, but the damage was already done, and it just shows what kind of person Corden is – entitled!

Champagne socialists are hilarious, and also dangerous, and who is going to vote for this man? He has a track record of chutzpah, and there are enough comedians in politics; we don’t need another.

This is how insignificant and laughable the position of Mayor of London is – only clowns now need to apply!

To be the Mayor of London, one needs to be somebody who values this country. The existing one doesn’t, and Corden has nothing better to do with his time.

Teens Torture And Kill Kittens In Distressing Attack

Two teenagers have been arrested after a couple of kittens ‘were tortured and killed’ in an ‘incredibly distressing’ attack.

The tiny cats are said to have been dismembered in the gruesome act, which took place on Ickenham Road in Ruislip, north west London, on Saturday, May 3.

The small animals are thought to have been brought to the scene in a duffel bag, carried by a young boy.

Two youngsters have been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and remain in custody.

It comes after the force released an urgent appeal to hunt down two teens after a member of the public claimed to have witnessed the terrible deed. 

Police Sergeant Babs Rock previously said: ‘This is an incredibly distressing incident which I know has caused concern in the local community.’

Since then, a representative for the Met Police has expressed gratitude to the community for reporting the incident.

They said: ‘Met officers have carried out two arrests following the deaths of two kittens in Ruislip.

‘An appeal was published yesterday (Thursday, 15 May) in relation to the incident in Ickenham Road on Saturday, 3 May.

‘Following information provided to the Met, officers arrested two teenagers on Friday, 16 May, on suspicion of animal cruelty. They remain in custody.

‘We recognise the distress this incident has caused in the area and we thank the community for sharing information with us.’

As part of their investigation, police had made CCTV footage and a picture of a duffel bag they believed was used to transport the kittens public.

The teenagers were a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl who have now been arrested after the mutilated remains of two kittens were discovered in West London.

The force received a report on 3 May alleging two teenagers had dismembered the animals in Ruislip – their parents must be so proud.

If something is not done, these two youngsters will ultimately progress to vulnerable, defenceless human beings – they should be given the full scope of the law, and how did these youngsters get hold of the kittens in the first place?

Prime Minister At Record Low, Even Among Labour Voters

According to surveys, the prime minister’s unpopularity has reached an all-time low, with even Labour voters abandoning him.

A survey discovered that just 45 percent of the party faithful now have a favourable opinion of their leader, after a sharp decline of more than 17 points in the past month. 

And half of Labour voters say they have an adverse opinion of him, up from 33 percent in April.

‘This is the first time Keir Starmer has been more unpopular than popular with Labour voters,’ YouGov said.

Overall, only 23 percent of Britons have a good opinion of Sir Keir, while 69 percent have an adverse perception of him. 

This means that the Prime Minister’s ‘net favourability rating’ is -46, the lowest ever recorded.

Three of his top team – Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves – also got ‘worst-ever’ scores.

The pollster said Labour itself has hit ‘new depths’, with 65 percent holding an adverse opinion of the party, the most since the question was first asked in June 2017.

Only 59 percent who voted Labour last year now have a good view of the party.

‘Even among their own voters, Labour are now no more popular than the Greens,’ said YouGov.

The polling of 2,171 adults was done after Sir Keir’s crackdown on immigration was criticised by many in his party. 

It will intensify fears in No 10 that his new perspective on border control will not win votes on the Right, and even lose him support on the Left to the Greens and Liberal Democrats.

To be fair, Keir Starmer is the most clueless Prime Minister in history, but I failed to mention his three highest qualities, which are hateful, self serving and a complete turncoat.

He does have clues, an abundance of them. The trouble is he doesn’t know what to do with them, and he continues to fumble in the dark.

He is completely delusional, and I’ve never witnessed a Prime Minister upset so many branches of society. The problem is, he just doesn’t care, and Keir Starmer is signing his own political suicide.

Keir Starmer was a weak deputy leader, a weak leader in opposition, and a useless Prime Minister, and nobody should believe a word he has to say.

Liz Truss wasn’t a good prime minister, but at least she did the right thing and quit, but then I suppose that honour and Labour don’t mix especially well.

To find out how many people desire a general election right now, a vote should be held. At that point, hopefully, Keir Starmer will be gone! I would happily get out of my bed in the morning to vote him out.

We currently have an unstable government because Calamity Keir was never up to the task.

However, his popularity might have sunk, but I don’t believe the government’s popularity has been above the floor.

He was Mr U-turn as a leader of the opposition, and now that he’s Prime Minister, he’s simply demonstrating how lost he actually is, and those who voted Labour are probably regretting wasting their vote.

After all this time of open borders, I no longer recognise my country.

We have always had criminality in the UK, but nowhere near what it is now, while our government give out millions of visas, so there’s no surprise housing is lacking, and even our sewage system can’t cope.

Our Government is sinking like the Titanic, and it was a disaster giving Keir Starmer the keys to No 10, and we need to remove Captain Chaos because he’s living the dream in his own little world and wondering where the next freebie is coming from.

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