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BBC Question Time audience member fumes at Natalie Elphicke in angry rant | Politics | News

BBC Question Time audience member fumes at Natalie Elphicke in angry rant | Politics | News

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A BBC Question Time viewer was scathing in his assessment of former Tory MP Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour. The elderly gentleman in Stoke-on-Trent told Fiona Bruce and the panel that he thought her crossing the floor was a “betrayal of the constituents who voted for her as a Conservative MP”. Drawing a sporting analogy, he added: “I like football, if I go to a football match and watch the players in blue, and halfway through when they’re losing they put a red shirt on and play for the opposition, I’d be very angry as a fan. And the voters should be very angry too.” The MP for Dover sat behind Sir Keir Starmer on the Labour benches prior to the start of Prime Minister’s Question Time on Wednesday. The Hertfordshire-born MP, who had garnered a reputation for being tough on immigration, and indeed on Labour’s plan for reducing it, drew raised eyebrows from both sides of the House when she swapped parties. Tom Tugendhat said Mr Starmer’s acceptance of Ms Elphicke as a Labour …

Dominic Cummings slams Tories for doing ‘f*** all’ to make Brexit work in seething EU rant | Politics | News

Dominic Cummings slams Tories for doing ‘f*** all’ to make Brexit work in seething EU rant | Politics | News

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Former Downing Street aide Dominic Cummings has accused the Tories of doing “**** all” to take advantage of Brexit benefits. Boris Johnson’s ex top advisor also took aim at the Eurozone’s issues which he says “have got worse”. Mr Cummings said: “The Government has almost entirely not taken advantage of anything, not actually done anything differently. It doesn’t make any sense to do Brexit and then sit the way the Tories have done doing **** all and basically leaving in place a whole bunch of stupid EU things.” The controversial adviser, who ran and won the campaign to leave the EU in 2016, wrote last August about the need for a party focussed on issues like cutting immigration, closing tax loopholes for “the one percent”, investing in public services, and dramatically reforming the Civil Service. In an interview with the i paper, he said: “We were right about Brexit. If you look at the big arguments that we had in 2016… the dynamics of the EU and the Eurozone, the Euro is s**t, it’s institutionally …

Trump Loses It In Unhinged Nighttime Rant At Cable News Host

Trump Loses It In Unhinged Nighttime Rant At Cable News Host

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“I haven’t seen him in years. He looks like shit, a real loser!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, then signed the message with his initials. “DJT.” “It seems Donald Trump wasn’t really pleased to see me,” the MSNBC host told his viewers that night. If Trump’s message on Truth Social is any indication, he’s even less pleased right now. O’Donnell devoted his entire show to the trial. It’s not clear which part set the former president off, if indeed he was watching. O’Donnell spent his opening monologue recapping Daniels’ testimony ― including a moment he called “a very direct professional insult” to Trump’s attorneys by Judge Juan Merchan. “That was a signal to Donald Trump that his lawyers did not do a good job in that section of the trial,” O’Donnell said. Source link

Rudy Giuliani fantasizes about a more racist “SNL” in bizarre rant

Rudy Giuliani fantasizes about a more racist “SNL” in bizarre rant

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During a recent episode of Rudy Giuliani’s podcast, “America’s Mayor Live,” the former New York City mayor and Trump associate went on a tirade, decrying “Saturday Night Live” for turning away from “suggestively racist” humor. In the episode, which aired on Tuesday, Giuliani alleges that “SNL” “got intimidated of saying anything that might be suggestively racist,” which, he says, is racist “in itself.” Giuliani goes on to express his wish for comics to have thrown more racist humor at former President Barack Obama, saying, “If you’re not going to make fun of a Black president, well, then you’re a racist, aren’t you?” The lawyer and former U.S. Attorney, who faces disbarment, also brought up “SNL” writer Colin Jost’s set at the White House correspondents’ dinner, struggling to get his name right. “Colin Posti? What was his name? Colin Kosti? Coast-y? Coastin? (Yost) Yost Colin! Was that his name?” he said. A producer off-camera eventually fed him “Colin Yost,” still wrong.  Giuliani, facing charges and co-conspirator labels in several plots to overturn the 2020 election, also described the brown …

Jurgen Klopp lets rip at TNT Sports in rant about Liverpool fixtures

Jurgen Klopp lets rip at TNT Sports in rant about Liverpool fixtures

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Telegraph Sport has been told a number of stakeholders and factors are taken into consideration when it comes to Premier League fixture scheduling, including fans’ travel arrangements, clubs competing in other competitions, broadcast slots and local authority matters including policing. A ban was also introduced three years ago on TNT picking teams for the Saturday 12.30pm slot if they were playing away in the Champions League the Wednesday night beforehand. TNT is also prohibited from selecting a single club for that slot on more than six occasions. Klopp still furious at VAR howler in Liverpool defeat to Tottenham Klopp says he has ‘500 reasons’ for wanting to beat Tottenham this weekend following the controversial meeting of the sides earlier this season. Liverpool were denied a legal Luis Diaz goal in their 2-1 defeat to Spurs in October, VAR failing to communicate correctly that the Colombian was onside. The PGMOL admitted ‘significant human error’ after the audio revealed a shambolic process which failed to inform referee Simon Cooper to give the goal. Klopp remains livid that …

RFK Jr. hits back after Trump’s ‘barely coherent’ rant

RFK Jr. hits back after Trump’s ‘barely coherent’ rant

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hit back at former President Trump following his “barely coherent” rant on TruthSocial Friday night targeting the Independent presidential candidate. “When frightened men take to social media they risk descending into vitriol, which makes them sound unhinged,” Kennedy said Saturday in a social media post on X. “President Trump’s rant against me is a barely coherent barrage of wild and inaccurate claims that should best be resolved in the American tradition of presidential debate.”  Kennedy’s rebuttal comes as Trump went after the independent White House candidate in a series of TruthSocial posts published on Friday. The former president argued the independent candidate has been inserted in the field to help President Biden and that his running mate, Nichole Shanahan, is not a serious vice presidential pick.  Kennedy praised Trump as a debater, but said he does not have to be “panicked” to exchange ideas on the podium.   “President Trump, who has proven himself the most adept debater in modern American political history, should not be panicked to meet me on that …

School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant

School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant

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Controversial gunshot-detection company ShotSpotter has deployed more than 25,000 microphones across 170 cities worldwide. This week, WIRED and South Side Weekly revealed the company may continue to provide gunshot data to police in cities even after contracts have ended. Internal emails seen by the publications suggest ShotSpotter sensors may have stayed online despite law enforcement deals having expired, raising questions about what will happen to 2,500 microphones in Chicago when its contract runs out at the end of the year. Elsewhere, Change Healthcare finally admitted to paying a ransom to the AlphV hackers, also known as BlackCat, that extorted the medical company. Weeks ago, WIRED revealed the attackers were paid $22 million, one of the largest ransomware payments ever. However, in a statement this week the company admitted for the first time that it paid the ransom as part of its effort “to do all it could to protect patient data from disclosure.” Some of that data still found its way onto the dark web. In another successful grift, researchers have found animators in North …

Trump slams RFK Jr. in latest social media rant: ‘Wasted protest vote’

Trump slams RFK Jr. in latest social media rant: ‘Wasted protest vote’

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Former President Trump came out swinging against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Friday, despite weeks of amping him up over his likely November rival, President Biden. In a series of post on Truth Social, Trump suggested Kennedy was put in the race to help Biden win reelection and claimed his running mate, Nichole Shanahan, is not a serious candidate. “RFK Jr. is a Democrat ‘Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected,” Trump wrote, adding “A Vote for Junior’ would essentially be a WASTED PROTEST VOTE, that could swing either way, but would only swing against the Democrats if Republicans knew the true story about him.” In what seems like a reversal of previous comments, he signaled that he would even take Biden over Kennedy. Last month, the former president touted the long-shot candidate’s campaign as “great for MAGA,” referring to the “Make America Great Again” slogan he often uses. “RFK Jr. …

Disgruntled school worker accused of using AI to create fake recording of principal on racist rant | US News

Disgruntled school worker accused of using AI to create fake recording of principal on racist rant | US News

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A high school athletics director has been accused of using AI to create a fake recording of the principal going on a racist and antisemitic rant. Dazhon Darien allegedly impersonated Eric Eiswert’s voice with artificial intelligence, in a clip that went viral and was widely shared on social media. In the forged audio, it sounded as if the principal had said “ungrateful” black students “couldn’t test their way out of a paper bag” – and had also disparaged Jewish people. Detectives believe Darien faked the clip in revenge following a conversation about his poor work performance, and a suggestion that his contract at the school would not be renewed. Those talks had followed allegations that Darien had paid his roommate about £1,500 ($1,900) in school funds under the false pretence of coaching the girls’ soccer team. Court documents said the recording had “profound implications” – with Mr Eiswert suspended, his family left at “significant risk” and police officers providing security at his house. It also triggered a wave of hate-filled messages on social media and a …

Alan Shearer showed rigour and bravery to stand up to Pep Guardiola’s rant over fixture congestion

Alan Shearer showed rigour and bravery to stand up to Pep Guardiola’s rant over fixture congestion

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Have we reached peak pundit? Three were stationed close to the FA Cup and BBC Sport’s pitchside plinth after Manchester City’s win over Chelsea, alongside Gary Lineker, and Jermaine Jenas on gantry detail. So five former footballers to pontificate over the 22 involved at Wembley, a 1:4.4 ratio for now but due to rising budgets and inflation over the next decade we can look forward to the era of one ex-pro per player. Pep Guardiola arrived for his post-match debrief, greeted with risky familiarity by Lineker who plonked a welcoming hand onto the manager’s shoulder. No complaints from Guardiola but in doing so Lineker wobbled and nearly unseated the trophy from its table off his starboard bow. Forget about the BBC Gladiators revival, we almost had a reboot of Auntie’s Sporting Bloomers. The discussion which followed summed up several unwelcome trends in football. Lineker shaped for a gentle line of inquiry about the challenges of facing Chelsea after defeat to Real Madrid in midweek, and the pride Guardiola surely felt about his players making it …