On the day America celebrated the IPO of its biggest space company, Britain found out its government is banning underfloor heating. The decline of our country is not inevitable, it is the choice of the rotten political class.

🚨 Astonishingly, the heads of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service’s (GMFRS) ‘race and faith’ network have sent an email to firefighters, targeting staff members standing as candidates for Reform UK. The email stated these individuals were "spoken to" and that management is seeking "legal guidance" to protect their "inclusive culture." Sending an anti-Reform UK political broadcast on public systems during a regulated election period is a shocking breach of electoral neutrality and is unlawful. Firefighters have every legal right to stand for election. Hounding staff for lawful political views is unacceptable and is proof of the exact perception that anyone questioning an aggressive DEI agenda will be chased out of their job. I have written to Chief Fire Officer Dave Russel demanding answers. Petch and Ahmed - the network heads responsible - appear to have committed gross misconduct and should be dismissed. GMFRS must apologize to Reform UK and the affected staff. We have given GMFRS until Wednesday to answer 8 specific demands, including providing transcripts of what was said to our candidates and explaining why these network heads are permitted to weaponize IT systems. I am also calling on HMICFRS (@HMICFRS) and the Electoral Commission (@ElectoralCommUK) to urgently investigate this unlawful breach. Full letter below. 👇

Chief Constable Alexis Boon is a cunt.

Right, so Kier Starmer ignored my 2 emails, then he ignored one sent via Chris Philps , and now seems Shabana Mahmood is radio silent to! Do i have to bastard camp out on the doorsteps to get some kind of acknowledgement? No wonder this govt is fkd😡

And yet, not one of you have reached out to meet me, the mother of Rhiannon Whyte? Or help me get answers . I really hope Henry's family get the peace they deserve, because I know I won't, yet I've tried so many times.

🚨 NEW: The second Makerfield by-election poll 🔴 LAB - 49% ( 6) ➡️ REF - 39% (-1) 🟣 RES - 8% ( 1) 🟢 GRN - 2% (-1) 🟠 LD - 1% (-3) 🔵 CON - 1% (-1) ⚪ OTHER - 1% (=) Via Survation, 518 sample, 26 May - 1 June

I found this moving account of someone at the Southampton vigil for Henry Nowak on Facebook: Last night a few people mentioned the 'Southampton Riots' and were surprised I was there. So let me clarify. I went to Southampton to show my respect for Henry, that his death wasn't in vain, and that knife crime and two tier policing needs to stop. I am not a 'grief tourist', a 'far right fascist' or a 'rioter'. What the media didn't show you, was that the initial 2000 people showed absolute respect. A minutes silence, the Lords prayer, a song. The only incitement was the police who tried to push us down the stairs twice to bait a reaction. Then we marched. People parked their cars and joined us. People came out of flats, houses and shops and joined us. Drivers bibbed their horns showing solidarity. Sikhs shook our hands apologising. (we know it's not their fault) When we passed the Gurdwawa there was silence and no chants. The march grew to about 5,000 people. We ALL CARE. This won't be shown on social media as it doesn't fit the narrative. The police tried to kettle us. Fire engines and ambulances sent up and down the road for no other reason than to remove us. At Belmont Road (where Henry died) we stayed 100m away from the location. The police were protecting the Digwa house. Where the father, charged with various knife offences (not charged with perverting justice or kidnap) and the brother charged with similar knife offences (but not perverting justice, kidnap and assualt) were happily watching TV. 1000 of us all got on one knee. We asked the police to join us. At this point there was no riot gear. They refused. They were asked please join us. They refused. I don't for one minute condone the riots or violence. I was stood on top of a high wall with two polish fellas. Out of the way. We could see from our vantage point the police donning riot gear behind the row of vehicles. At that point I and a friend from the IOW left and walked back. Then the riots, which we never saw, must have occurred. Please don't be blindsighted by the biased media. Please watch GB News. This isn't black v white. Many different ethnicities joined us and as mentioned Sikhs shook our hands. I never saw any race hate whatsoever. This isn't left v right. It's about the unlawful killing of a white man because he was white, because of knife crime and because the police are so scared to be called racist they prioritised lies and false claims of racism instead of an obvious desperate and dying young man. If you can't see that yet, then I really hope that that day will soon come. Thank you to the messages of support too. I will never ever change. I will always stand up for what I believe in. My integrity has been expensive, yet worth every penny. For those that missed this before, here is the silence observed perfectly by the 2000 at Southampton Police Station.. Thank you.

This month marks Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. Despite facing discrimination in many areas of life, our Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities have long contributed to life in our capital and today we celebrate that rich legacy.

EU bans single-use plastic packets for ketchup and other condiments, customers will have to use shared bottles or refillable dispensers