‘Prince Harry Kept His Distance From Fans As He Left St Paul’s Invictus Service’ 

Prince Harry’s ‘lack of body engagement’ during his walkabout in London gave him ‘the option of a face-saving exit’ if he had a bad reception, an expert said today.

Yesterday, after a service commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Games, the Duke of Sussex welcomed audiences as he left St. Paul’s Cathedral alone.

The estranged royal, who was met with cheers from well-wishers, beamed as he shook hands and joked around with hundreds of people who lined up to greet him.

Body language expert Judi James told MailOnline that he clearly marked the walkabout as ‘brief and impromptu via his body language announcement rituals’.

These included ‘bending towards the crowd and hunching his shoulders to avoid giving the impression that this was a scheduled event’, the psychologist added. She also said that he showed ‘signals of inner anxiety’ both before and after the service.

And Ms James pointed out that Harry ‘stands away and leans in from a distance rather than making it more of a royal, immersive form of greeting and chatting’.

She said his ‘lack of body engagement probably gives him the option of a face-saving exit if his reception is less than warm’. 

Ms James added: ‘Harry’s wreathed grin with eye crinkling suggests he might be excited and relieved to meet fans in the UK.’

As Harry left the cathedral around 6 pm, he greeted the crowds and was heard asking two fans from New York what had brought them to the UK.

When they responded that they were in Britain for a wedding, the Prince jokingly asked whether it was ‘in there’—referring to St Paul’s.

The Duke made jokes with a delighted admirer who was reaching out to capture the greatest picture of Harry by holding out two phones.

‘Why have you got two phones?’ he laughed. ‘It doesn’t make sense!’

The crowd was tightly guarded by police officers, and shouts of ‘we love you, Harry’ could be heard while others screamed with excitement until Harry got into a Range Rover and was driven away.

Earlier, Harry arrived at St Paul’s just before 5 pm for the service, which was also attended by close relatives of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales and a mentor who supported him after her death, along with hundreds from the ‘Invictus family’.

Analysing his arrival, Ms James said there were ‘signals of inner anxiety that were visible on the way into the service’ which were ‘still on display’ by the time he did the walkabout afterwards and ‘might even have increased’.

Regretfully, a lot of people feel that Harry and Meghan should be punished for the suffering they allegedly caused our late Queen.

Most people believe that Harry is weak and has let his wife Meghan rule the roost and that she’s not made very good decisions.

There’s no proof that Harry and Meghan caused the late Queen any pain. There was no knowledge that they caused her any upset or distress, although the media might say otherwise. We should all mind our own business and get on with our own lives. I suspect that the business that was going on with Charles and Camilla caused the Queen a lot more heartache, and don’t forget that Harry and William grew up in between the crossfire, and that’s a fact!

There is also a lot of the public that loves Harry and Meghan, as opposed to the purple-faced, mouth-frothing monarchists—maybe not so much.

People have long arms and short memories. We know what Harry and Meghan said and did. Whether you agree with it or not, it’s irrelevant because what’s today’s news is tomorrow’s history.

Although Harry presents a decent image and may even be a kind person, some people will criticise him because they are sheep. However, they must also keep in mind that everyone formerly detested Camilla and now finds her to be more delicious than sliced bread.

At the end of the day, they are just the Royal Family; they represent the country that we live in, but they’re not infallible. They make mistakes like everyone else. The Royal Family is old and now antiquated and perhaps needs modernising so that it can catch up with the 21st century, but still, they’re jousting with each other to prove a point.

President Putin Sworn In For Fifth Term 

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for his fifth term as Russia’s president in front of dignitaries, celebrities and friends, including US actor Steven Seagal and a biker gang leader known as ‘The Surgeon’.

The dictator was first sworn in as president almost a quarter of a century ago in May 2000, vowing at the time to ‘preserve and develop democracy’ and to ‘take care of Russia.’

Since then, he has precipitated his nation’s full-scale conflict with Ukraine, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of Russian lives, and ruthlessly put an end to any resistance by arresting, killing, or manipulating the most recent falsified election.

Russian opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya called President Vladimir Putin a ‘liar, a thief (and) a murderer’ in a statement ahead of his inauguration ceremony.

‘Our country is being led by a liar, a thief and a murderer. But this will definitely come to an end,’ said Navalnaya, the exiled widow of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison.

During the event inside the glittering Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin laid his hand on the Russian Constitution and promised to safeguard it as a gathering of hand-picked guests looked on.

They included fellow politicians but also Putin’s friends, such as Hollywood actor Steven Seagal, who received his Russian citizenship in 2017.

The two became friends because they both loved martial arts and last year, Putin awarded the Hard to Kill and Under Siege star an Order of Friendship medal.

The 72-year-old hailed his friend as the ‘greatest world leader’ and claimed that the future in Russia would ‘be the best’ under the dictator’s rule.

Biker club leader Alexander Zaldastanov was also among attendees and arrived at the ceremony clad in leather with his signature unruly beard and long hair.

The patriotic punk has described himself as a ‘friend’ of Putin and has been put under Western sanctions for his support for Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Also in attendance was Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, a crony of Putin’s who has been the subject of claims that he is terminally ill in recent weeks.

The Head of the Chechen Republic appeared to struggle up the stairs into the hall as he arrived flanked by his aides, who helped him to pull off his jacket when they reached the top.

More than 2,500 people had been invited to the event, according to Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president’s spokesperson, and they applauded him as he entered the auditorium.

I used to enjoy the occasional Steven Seagal film. Can’t say I’d watch his films now though, and I couldn’t figure out if the guy was wearing a hat or a wig. He looked like Count Dracula to me!

Steven Seagal thinks he is his film character and it’s all a bit sad and pathetic really, and in reality, he’s far more like the bullies he used to beat up in his films.

However, Vladimir Putin will always win since he appears to eliminate any opposition and tamper with the election process to ensure his victory. He is similar to many of the old Roman Emporers who slaughtered anybody who challenged them, polluted everything, intimidated people, and gave themselves the much-needed ego boost. Russia isn’t the problem, he is!

Vladimir Putin is said by some to genuinely care about his people. By sending young people to fight on the front lines of battle, he is not showing his people that he cares.

What constitutes normal brain activity in Steven Seagal’s skull is left to speculation, particularly given his lifelong support of a Russian ruler who spends much of his waking hours ignoring the state of living in his nation and planning his next target. No politician ought to be permitted to occupy the highest position of authority for so long.

Every Time It Rains, Our New Homes Flood 

Frustration and dismay have become the norm for homeowners who have been left with flooded gardens every time it rains—and they claim it’s because drains were not installed.

Locals who live in the Rivers Edge development in Warrington, Cheshire, allege their gardens have been left ‘unusable’ because water sits on the patio and floods their lawns.

Developers Countryside constructed the homes, and they are presently offering three and four-bedroom houses starting at £318,000.

Helen Logan, 42, has slammed the firm as she claims residents have ‘no drainage in their gardens’ and nobody is getting involved to ‘sort it out’.

The mother-of-one has also been told she might need to pay around £1,200 to get the drainage fixed—despite living in the property for less than a year.

She said: ‘There has been really bad aftercare in relation to a high number of new residents having no drainage in their gardens.

‘There have been no land drains added and the turf has been placed on top of rubble, with no topsoil. The contractors are not getting involved to sort this out.

‘The management company, Torus, who manage the ‘affordable’ houses are not willing to do anything either.

‘The houses are sold as affordable, however now, we are looking at £1,200 to get the drainage fixed after being in the properties less than a year in some cases.’

Ms Logan added that her carpets and rug had been ruined because of the mud, which has left her ‘heartbroken.’

‘I am a single-parent family, with a dog, and spent a lot of money—basically all my savings—to make a nice home for me and my son.

‘Now my carpets are ruined, covered in mud, my rug is disgusting after being covered in mud.

‘Also my beautiful sandstone patio is covered in green, from where the water isn’t draining away from there either.

‘It’s actually heartbreaking and very upsetting to have no one take this seriously and attempt to get this fixed.’

Vicki Batterbury, 51, bought her house in June of last year, but after experiencing similar issues with her garden, Countryside visited her in March.

But she was told that because she had installed a section of paving, that they were ‘unable to take any further action’.

She said: ‘We have reached out to Countryside/Vistry customer help email, they came to look at our garden, initially they came to look at the garden in December.

‘It had been particularly bad weather, so it was agreed they would come back in the spring.

‘They returned on March 20 to look at the garden again, after I requested they come back.

‘The garden was waterlogged before we had patio areas installed. They are using this as an excuse as not to assist us. We have not seen any proper report at all.

‘We have a picture of our garden from April 2023, taken by Countryside sales rep, that shows the garden before our patios, and it shows the surface water.’

‘We actually believe they are in breach of NHBC standards on all of our gardens.’

Millie Howe, 21, another affected resident, has lived in the house for just over a year and has complained countless times after the ‘unusable’ state of her garden.

She said: ‘Something needs to be done about the garden’s flooding. My contact is Torus but we have not had any response from them at all.

‘We have had one man from Countryside come in when it was really bad. He came and said ‘”yes it is obviously unusable’.

‘The dogs cannot go out as they end up covered in mud. It cannot carry on into next year.’

A spokesperson for Vistry Group, representing both Countryside and Torus said: ‘We apologise and appreciate the frustration this issue is causing to residents at Rivers Edge and we are working with our partner Torus to resolve it as quickly as possible.

‘We are in direct contact with affected customers and will be updating them regularly as the remediation works progress.’

The name ‘River’s Edge’ kind of gives you a clue. Surely these houses are still under guarantee and any repairs et cetera should be covered. Also, why weren’t any omissions or drainage problems picked up by the building inspection?

Regretfully, the government has altered the regulations to allow businesses such as this to employ independent building inspectors of their own. An independent inspector hoping to be employed by a commercial firm again is not going to point out flaws or force them to pay for repairs since they will not be employed again.

People rarely receive less than a perfect score when asked to mark their own assignments.

Possessing a guarantee or warranty is one thing, but getting the developer to uphold it is quite another.

David Cameron promised a ‘bonfire of regulations’ and this is the result. That and Brexit, so we’re not signed up to those pesky EU high standards anymore. We’ve got our own non-existent British standards now.

New build homes are unfortunately a ticking time bomb. Poor quality, and debris in wall cavities, which means it can’t be insulated properly and could cause dampness.

Developers just tick boxes. Drainage is a massive issue, and they are built very poorly, and no doubt in 20 years they will be pulled down again.

New developments are traps set by greedy developers, built with poor trade quality stuff. Also, there’s no parking, narrow roads, tiny rooms et cetera. People all so often fall into such traps when they’re hypnotised by the smell of magnolia paint and beige carpets.

There is only one rule here folks, never buy a new build in modern-day Britain! 

Student Ordered To Leave Oxford Encampment For Refusing To Sign Radical Pro-Palestine Pledge 

A Jewish student at Oxford University has been denied admittance to the event after he refused to sign up for a radical pro-Palestine pledge in a sign that the Gaza university demonstrations sweeping the UK are becoming more authoritarian. 

Elsewhere, students from the University of Cambridge began shouting the genocidal ‘From the river to the sea’ chant and calling for an ‘intifada’ at their encampment outside King’s College.

In Cambridge, students have been seen marching through the city to the Old Schools University Offices while chanting ‘Israel is a terrorist state’  before tucking into batch-cooked pesto pasta and focaccia. 

Media covering the event in Oxford have been mobbed and abused by demonstrators whilst attendees to the encampment have been told they must be ‘committed to upholding the Thawabit’ in order to join in. 

Speaking to MailOnline, the Jewish student in his 30s said he was too concerned for his safety to give his name and that he wanted to bring an Israeli flag but thought better of it as he ‘didn’t want to end up in hospital’.

He said he would not sign a document condemning the ‘Zionist entity’ and backing Palestinian Thawabit.

‘The fact that they allowed in Press TV tells you everything you need to know about them. How many rockets did Iran send at Israel?’

The Jewish student added: ‘They haven’t gone as far as the Americans have done and hopefully it will not. But if it comes to this point, they start harassing, they start blocking entries to buildings then they will have to do something about it. I think it’s not a university job, it’s the police’s job.

‘If it starts getting out of control, they have to do something about it.’

The activists refused to let the student in, then went back to their planned programme, which included couscous for lunch, talks, poetry readings, and finally a film screening at nine o’clock at night.

Dozens of masked campaigners in Cambridge spent the night sleeping in tents outside the universities and have a packed day planned featuring marches, speeches and ‘apartheid workshops.’ 

Leading one of the workshops in Cambridge was serial activist Stella Swain, a student who has been at the university since 2018 and previously voted against the promotion of Remembrance Day and the Poppy Appeal. 

Receiving his letter from the mob in person was Mr Bhaskar Vira, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education at the University of Cambridge.

This was orchestrated chaos. The powers that could stop it immediately did not want to do so. They should have been removed immediately because they were disturbing real students who were getting ready for their exams.

Some of these could have been paid activists who’d been organising and planning these protests for months, if not longer.

Why don’t they demand that Hamas release the captives right away if they want a ceasefire? Their status as students explains why. They live in a simple environment where they struggle to overcome obstacles.

Those in charge of these universities need to be removed from their positions because for far too long our universities have been allowed to support and introduce left-wing politics to their students.

It’s time for our government to step in and show some mettle by closing down these establishments until they’ve put their house in order because freedom of speech and protest can’t be allowed to overrule the freedom of others.

Sadly, students protest about things they don’t understand, that’s not a shocker, it’s been going on since the 1960s with different issues. They find a bandwagon and jump on it before they know where it comes from and where it will go.

Which Punniest Name On The High Street Would You Choose? Tikka Chance On Me, Barber Streisand, Or Surelock Homes?

Ten tiny enterprises, including a pop-up curry stall, are vying for the title of greatest pun-filled company name.

There is a lot of competition, from unisex salons in Clerkenwell, London, to a locksmith company in Hastings, East Sussex.

The ten businesses have been selected by the self-labelled ‘punslinger’ comedian Darren Walsh, with a cash prize of £2,500 on offer from insurance firm Simply Business for the winner.

Up until Monday, May 13, users of the Simply Business website can cast their votes for the winner.

Explaining its decision behind the contest, the insurance company said: ‘From Spandau Valet to Wok This Way, there’s no shortage of creative names out there.’

Hastings-based locksmith Surelock Homes, Manchester-based Indian street food vendor Tikka Chance On Me, and Clerkenwell hair expert Barber Streisand are among the competitors.

They are joined by Elly Knott’s online retail store, Thready or Knott, and Prints Charming, a printing firm with its headquarters in Fife.

Other restaurants that did not make the shortlist were Get Stuffed in Shadwell, east London, and Pane in the Glass, a Norfolk Glazier.

Mr Walsh stated: ‘Puns and wordplay seem to have a special place in British culture, so it’s heartening to see that type of humour is central to the names of so many small businesses,’ according to The Sun.

‘It’s been a tough job to whittle down the thousands of entries to a shortlist of ten, but I’m sure these business names will trigger a few involuntary laughs from the public.

‘Whether you’re partial to an Easy Lay or Barber Streisand, it’s up to you to crown Britain’s Best Small Business Name 2024.’ 

Babbel, a language learning platform, conducted a social media search to uncover UK stores with creative or humorous names. Then, it placed 120 store names up for public voting to determine which one best captured the essence of British humour.

Overall, Southport-based removal business Jean Claude Van Man and Harlech-based apparel store Damsel In This Dress came in second and third, respectively.

The best of the East Midlands shop names was Ashbourne’s On a Wick and a Prayer- a sparky name for a candle shop.

Likewise, a burger restaurant named Burger In Law in Gravesend, Kent caused a comical divide over titles via marriage.

Aficionados of heavy metal who want to wash their laundry can visit Iron Maiden’s laundry service, while comedy aficionados in need of new spectacles would be enticed to visit London’s Specks In The City.

There are loads around that I’ve seen over the years, one being on the side of a van for a TV installation company, “Satisfaction with every erection”. A DIY shop called “Fork Handles”, and a restaurant called “Thai-tanic”, but “Surelock Homes” is my favourite.

A Reversing Car Knocks Over An Elderly Woman In London’s Little India

The shocking moment an elderly woman is knocked over by a reversing car on a leafy street in London’s ‘Little India’. 

On Sunday, May 5, at about 1:30 p.m., an incident occurred on Alexandra Avenue in Southall.

An old woman is seen strolling along the street in the video, which was captured by a neighbouring CCTV camera. It appears that she is not aware that a white car is reversing behind her.

The woman is thrown across the tarmac by the car, which is also blind to the fact that she is walking on the road.

The driver is seen stepping out of the car to assist as well. Caring bystanders respond to the woman on the ground right away.

There were no arrests or injuries, according to the Met Police.

The video, shared on X by the social media account UB1UB2 West London, caused a great deal of controversy among its fans as to who was at fault in the scene—the pedestrian or the driver?

One user wrote: ‘Her fault, what’s she doing walking in the middle of the road?’

Another said: ‘[That’s what] happens if you walk in the middle of a road.’ 

However, others disagreed: ‘People trying to say it’s the pedestrian’s fault makes me worry…Everyone has a duty of care for their own safety, but it isn’t ‘illegal’ to walk on a road.’

A fourth added: ‘The driver is at fault for neglecting to check the mirrors.’

A spokesperson for the Met Police said: ‘Police were called at 12:31hrs on Sunday, May 5, to a report of a collision at Alexandra Avenue, Southall.

‘At the scene, a car had been in collision with a female pedestrian. The driver of the car stopped at the scene. The pedestrian did not suffer any injuries.

‘There were no arrests and no offences disclosed.’

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 12:34 pm on Sunday, May 5, to reports of an incident involving a car and a pedestrian on Alexandra Avenue, Southall, UB1.

‘We sent an ambulance crew to the scene.

‘Our crews were cancelled en route as we were informed the patient had left the scene.’

This lady was walking in the middle of the road. She was an elderly lady. Why would an elderly lady be walking in the middle of the road? Did she have some form of dementia? Did nobody wait to find out? Did the paramedics not wonder why this lady was walking in the middle of the road? Or the police.

Private Forces Tackle Crime Because Police Don’t

David McKelvey, the creator of TM Eye, was a Scotland Yard detective chief inspector in the past.

A former Scotland Yard detective who leads ‘Britain’s first private police force’ says locals in the communities it patrols ‘finally feel safe’ thanks to his staff investigating and prosecuting cases of burglary and shoplifting ditched by the Met.

A talented group of ex-detectives with backgrounds in terrorism, armed robbery, and other serious crimes make up TM Eye. Businesses and homes pay them to patrol the neighbourhood and look into offences.

The company has now successfully brought to justice ‘one-man crime wave’ David Hanson, 44, who is the first burglar to be jailed following a private prosecution. 

Today, founder David McKelvey insisted the case ‘wasn’t complex’ but an example of ‘community policing’ of the type British police forces used to be famed for. 

He told MailOnline: ‘We have teams of bobbies and detectives on patrol constantly so they know all the prolific offenders. It was just a case of a detective seeing the CCTV and identifying the person who had committed the burglaries. 

‘They then went out and found him very quickly and detained him. It’s all about community policing—having people on the streets who know their communities and keep those communities safe.

‘Across our beat, we’re seeing reductions in crimes like shoplifting. The feedback we’re getting from our communities is they finally feel safe. They know we’ll be there in two minutes. But outside of our areas, crime is booming.’ 

With 105 prior convictions, including 33 burglaries, Hanson entered into an M&S store in Streatham Hill, south London, stealing 20 bottles of prosecco and £500 worth of steak, sirloin, and T-bone.

But despite the serial offender being caught in the act on CCTV and the store manager offering to hand this to police, the Met refused to investigate.

TM Eye took over the case in its place. Although the organisation had successfully convicted over 280 shoplifters, this was the first burglary case it had handled.

Officers swiftly identified Hanson as a well-known shoplifter after seeing a video of him smashing through a glass window at M&S and taking expensive items.

They then headed to one of his local ‘haunts’ before performing a citizen’s arrest and getting him to admit the offence on their body-worn video, which was submitted to the court.

Hanson was sentenced to a year in prison for a total of five offences as a result. As The Telegraph has reported, they included four burglaries and one attack on M&S staff.

If every person in towns, cities, villages, and other localities were given the option to choose between using these for-profit companies and not paying taxes, I guarantee that there would be no police force left.

When a costly police force targets individuals for infractions on the road while ignoring large segments of the public that conduct violent crimes, theft, and disturbances, and they get away with it, it’s a harbinger of our impending doom because it will be a lot worse with private police—they will be just another crime gang.

These days, our police are little more than uniformed tax collectors, pursuing easy money by fining soft targets like drivers and free speech online, all the while ignoring trouble groups, thieves, muggers, rapists, and other criminal activity. It’s a complete waste of time and resources, and Sir Robert Peel must be rolling over in his grave because it’s all so pitifully sick.

The laws are the problem, not those breaking them. Theft is caused by poverty, but policing theft means policing poverty and being poor should not be a crime. We need to get rid of our idiotic government and most of our outdated laws. Just have a few sensible ones that don’t interfere with our freedoms because, without realising it, we have become a communist country, and we now need to fight for our freedoms.

Checkpoints At Northern Ireland’s Border Are Now Wanted By Half Of The Irish Population

As anti-immigration rallies erupt around Dublin, a recent survey reveals that half of the Irish people now want migrant roadblocks at the border with Northern Ireland to reduce the number of asylum seeker arrivals from Britain.

Eighty-two percent of respondents supported deportations back to the United Kingdom, while fifty percent of respondents told Ireland Thinks and the Sunday Independent that they would accept checkpoint measures to limit the number of asylum seekers entering from Britain.

With tented communities continuing to grow in Dublin, as many as 40 percent of poll respondents added that they would support Ireland having a policy similar to Britain’s Rwanda scheme, with 42 percent opposing the measures.

The rising immigration numbers have sparked significant reactions from the Irish population, as seen by the large-scale demonstration against sheltering asylum seekers that took place in Dublin.

Images from the scene show large crowds of people draped in the Irish flag and holding a variety of placards and banners that read ‘Irish Lives Matter’ and ‘We Want Our Country Back’ as they gathered at the Garden of Remembrance in the north inner city before marching down O’Connell Street and onto the Custom House, where speeches were made.

Footage and photographs from the mass demonstration show swathes of furious locals marching down the street chanting ‘Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole’, ‘out, out, out’, and ‘our streets’.

Other signs spotted amid the crowds were ‘Ireland belongs to the Irish’, ‘Irish Civil Rights’, ‘Stop the WHO pandemic treaty’, ‘Mass deportations’, and ‘Economic migrants are not refugees’, among others.

Local groups from Coolock and Newtownmountkennedy—where protests have been hosted recently against buildings used to house international protection applicants—were also represented.

Shocking photos from Monday’s protest showed some protesters wearing hoodies and balaclavas as they passed the GPO, where around 200 people staged a counter-protest ‘united against racism’.

Those attending the counter-protest waved Palestinian flags, which read, ‘No to far-right lies and racism’.

Others read: ‘Homes for people, homes for all,’ ‘War creates refugees,’ and ‘Welcome all refugees’.

A queue of gardai stood between them and those walking from the Garden of Remembrance.

In advance of the demonstration, there was a heavy presence of Gardaí, including members of the Public Order Unit.

The Irish Times said that it took the whole throng almost 45 minutes to get along O’Connell Street, severely disrupting traffic.

But as we all know, governments these days seldom listen to the opinions of the people who elected them, and I doubt that this is any different in Ireland.

We talk about it as if something can be done and that it’s not too late. I’m sorry, but the UK is finished unless we kick out all the scrounging chancers who broke into this country illegally, but no one has the backbone to do anything about it. Summer is on its way, so there will be loads more illegal immigrants trying to cross over by boat, and next year and the year after that—it’s never going to end.

There are also plenty of those who think that we should just accept change as it comes. Just because some individuals desire a free meal ticket at our expense doesn’t mean we have to accept change—come to where I live, it’s like the League of Nations.

Mass deportations are inevitable, and there will be those out there who will agree with it and some who will not, so expect massive civil unrest—prepare for it, because it will likely happen in the not-too-distant future.

After Brutal Losses In Council And Mayoral Elections, Rishi Sunak Admits Tories May Not Win General Election

Following the party’s crushing defeat in council and mayoral elections, Rishi Sunak has conceded that the Tories may not win the general election.

The Prime Minister claimed Britain is heading for a hung parliament when he sends the country to the polls, as he warned about the ‘disaster’ of a Labour-led coalition.

A new chapter in the Tory civil war has begun after a disastrous round of local elections saw the Conservatives lose over 500 seats and all but one elected mayor.

Additionally, Mr Sunak witnessed the Tories fall to Labour in the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election, with his party only just defeating Reform UK, which came in third.

The PM conceded it had been ‘bitterly disappointing’ for his party but seized on an analysis of council results that suggested Labour would miss out on a House of Commons majority.

‘These results suggest we are heading for a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party,’ he told The Times.

‘Keir Starmer propped up in Downing Street by the SNP, Liberal Democrats and the Greens would be a disaster for Britain.

‘The country doesn’t need more political horse-trading, but action. We are the only party that has a plan to deliver on the priorities of the people.’

Professor Michael Thrasher, a leading elections expert, said analysis of the results of Thursday’s council contest showed Labour as the largest party in Westminster but short of an overall majority.

These vote results were projected into a national estimate for Sky News based on an analysis of two million local wards, and Labour led the Tories by nine percentage points.

The analysis suggested Labour would be left 32 seats short of a majority at a general election.

But the study raised eyebrows as it flew in the face of the massive lead Labour has in almost all Westminster voting intention polls.

It was pointed out that people often vote differently in local and national elections, and there were no council contests in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland on Thursday.

The PM’s assertion that a hung Parliament is likely in Britain was reiterated by Health Minister Maria Caulfield.

She also claimed Tory voters who stayed at home for last week’s local elections would back the government at the general election. 

‘It’s always difficult when you’ve been in government, and voters can send a message to a party in government that they’re unhappy about certain things with the safe knowledge that they still have a Conservative government in control,’ she told Sky News.

‘It’s very different come a general election, where they really do have to make a choice.

‘If you look at Blackpool South, for example, the vast majority of our voters that voted for us in 2019 stayed at home, they didn’t switch to Labour.

‘They didn’t switch to Reform. They stayed at home and that shows that they haven’t really been tempted by other parties.’

Labour sought to dispel suggestions it would consider a coalition with the SNP after the general election.

They’ve had thirteen years and a large majority to implement the Tory plan, but instead, they’ve wasted both time and taxpayers’ money.

The national debt in the UK is now forecast to rise to almost £2.8 trillion next year. The UK national debt grows at a rate of £5,170 million per second, and the Tories claim to be the party of economic responsibility!

I mention this to the younger generation and they have no idea what I’m talking about. It’s like their brains turn to mush and they look like they’re having a meltdown. The reason why, is because our government want our children to be mathematically illiterate, and they have taken a generation of children and made them into zombies, who have no idea what’s going on in the country, let alone the world! 

An Angry Road Rage Driver, 60, Who Screamed Foul-Mouth Abuse At A Terrified Female Motorist

A convicted road rage driver who was filmed screaming abuse at a woman motorist after she sounded her horn at him for cutting her up has been warned he faces jail.

Peter Abbott got out of his car and approached the frightened Samantha Isaacs’ vehicle following the minor incident outside a Tesco petrol station.

A terrified Mrs Isaacs, who runs a TV production company and has worked with Prince William and Alan Titchmarsh, locked her doors and began filming irate Abbott.

The 60-year-old banged on her windscreen with his fists before unleashing the foul-mouthed tirade.

He shouted at her, ‘Can you f***ing see me, you f***ing tart?’ He then called her a ‘s**g’ and a ‘wh***’ and put his head up against the windscreen.

A male motorist went to intervene and called Abbott a bully. The Good Samaritan told him, ‘What is wrong with you, it’s a woman on her own’ to which Abbott replied, ‘She’s a f***ing bloody annoying woman’.

At the Poole Magistrates’ Court in Dorset, where Abbott was on trial for using threatening words or actions to incite fear of violence, anxiety, or alarm, the video was played.

He denied the offence, saying ‘it’s not against the law to be angry’ but was found guilty of the offence.

Sentencing was adjourned for reports but a district judge warned Abbott that he may go to jail as it was the ‘most serious’ of this type of offence.

Afterwards, Mrs Isaacs, who is aged in her late 50s, said: ‘He’s a horrible man and a bully. I didn’t want it to go this far, I just don’t want him to do it to anyone else.’

The road rage incident happened on August 25 last year when Mrs Isaacs was leaving the petrol station at Tesco Extra in Bournemouth, Dorset, just before lunchtime.

Abbott, who had been shopping in the main store, pulled out in front of her, causing her to slam on her brakes.

The mother of three honked her horn, prompting Abbott to make rude gestures at her before stopping his Toyota car and getting out.

Mrs Isaacs told the court: ‘I had just pulled out and a car came out of the shopping area and completely cut me up to the point where I had to slam on my brakes so hard all my belongings came off the passenger seat onto the floor.

‘I beeped my horn as if to say “look out” type of thing. He turned around in the car and started gesticulating, then he got out of the car and started shouting at me.

‘He said what did I think I was doing and started hitting my car and calling me a lot of names like f***ing s**g and wh***.

‘He was banging with both his fists on the windscreen and my door. I was frightened so I started videoing it.

‘I wanted to show him I was recording everything to make him stop. I had locked my doors; I wasn’t getting out of my car.

‘I didn’t think he was going to kill me or anything but this was escalating and I wanted to have it on camera. I felt unsafe.

‘I would have thought after it being such a long time ago I would be okay, but it’s still not very nice to watch [the video].

‘He drove out into the road and stopped the car again. When we turned left at the traffic lights, he stopped the car again. I overtook him and then realised how stupid it was because I realised that meant he was following me. That’s when I phoned the police.’

District judge Orla Austin asked Mrs Isaacs what the long-term impact had been. She said: ‘Whenever I am in the car on my own I always keep the doors locked, I have made sure my dashcam works.

‘I work in television, predominantly in London, and my daughter has had to take on more of my work because I don’t want to drive.

‘Everyone seems to be so aggressive on the roads these days, I don’t want to be put in this position again.’

The court heard that Abbott was questioned by police in October after being recognised as the registered owner of the Toyota implicated in the outburst.

This man has shown no remorse, and still believes that his behaviour was justified; he deserves a jail sentence, even if it is for a short time, but he probably won’t get jailed for his offence, he will either get a suspended sentence or community service.

This man is just a bully, and while being angry isn’t unlawful, using anger to vent on a middle-aged woman is unlawful. He deserves everything he gets, including the notoriety that will follow him for the rest of his life.

This guy obviously likes to target female drivers because he probably wouldn’t confront a male driver in the same way, and he needs to be punished appropriately, not just to be sat on the naughty step, sucking his thumb because he’s an arrogant bully with a bad attitude.

God knows what he would have done if the woman hadn’t locked herself in her car; therefore, we should never minimise what he did!

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