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• US military leaders would reject illegal order for nuclear strike, senators told

  14-11-2017 23:52 via theguardian.com
  As senators raise concerns about ‘unstable’ Donald Trump’s decision-making, former commander says military is ‘not obligated to follow illegal orders’US military commanders would refuse to carry out a presidential order to carry out a nuclear first strike that they thought was illegal, senators were told on Tuesday.Related: The ‘nuclear football’ - the deadly briefcase that never leaves the president’s sideContinue reading...
  
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• Coach driver arrested after paramedics attacked over parking

  14-11-2017 23:50
  A coach driver has been arrested after two paramedics were attacked in a row over parking as they treated a seriously ill elderly patient.The paramedic and the emergency medical technician were reportedly pushed and threatened during the attack in Camberwell, south London, on Tuesday morning.A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said they were shaken but did not suffer any serious injuries as a result of the assault.
  
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• Fake Twitter accounts targeting EU referendum 'co-ordinated by Russia'

  14-11-2017 23:43
  Fake Twitter accounts created by a Russian propaganda unit made a determined, co-ordinated attempt to interfere during the EU referendum, Sky News can reveal.A detailed analysis of Twitter accounts identified by the US senate as being linked to the Kremlin shows this activity before, during and after the Brexit vote in 2016.The analysis was carried out by Yin Yin Lu, a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute.
  
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• Sandy Hook families argue in court gun companies 'courted' shooter

  14-11-2017 23:08 via theguardian.com
  Family members of Newtown victims say gun companies’ macho advertising for AR-15-style rifles helped draw Adam Lanza to ‘the weapon he needed’A lawyer for the family members of victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting argued gun companies were negligent to market a dangerous military-style weapon to civilians in court on Tuesday.Related: Stories of loss, love and hope: six firsthand accounts from some of America's worst mass shootingsContinue reading...
  
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• Steve Bell on Theresa May and the date of Brexit – cartoon

  14-11-2017 23:07 via theguardian.com
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• The 'human flying without wings'

  14-11-2017 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The man hoping to turn Flyboarding into a full-time job after finishing second in his first competition.
  
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• Odd couple Jonny May and George Ford can gel for England against Australia

  14-11-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  He may not have been the perfect housemate but George Ford would happily accommodate his Leicester team-mate in the England side on SaturdayEngland’s odd couple will be reunited this week if, as expected, the fit-again Jonny May is involved against Australia on Saturday. The wing and his new Leicester team-mate George Ford have developed an excellent understanding on the pitch but, according to the latter, it will be some time before the “high maintenance” May is invited to sta
  
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• Wales denied by stoppage-time Panama goal as focus falls on Chris Coleman

  14-11-2017 22:57 via theguardian.com
  Full-time: Wales 1-1 PanamaThere were less than three minutes on the clock when the Wales supporters started their campaign to keep Chris Coleman on as manager and it quickly became clear that it was going to be the soundtrack of the evening. Related: Republic of Ireland’s World Cup dream shattered by Eriksen and DenmarkContinue reading...
  
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• Sayeeda Warsi accuses UK press of hate speech and Islamophobia

  14-11-2017 22:57
  Sayeeda Warsi resigned from David Cameron’s government in 2014 over its policy regarding Gaza.Sayeeda Warsi, the former Conservative cabinet minister, has accused British newspapers of Islamophobia and hate speech and called for a parliamentary investigation into the issue.Lady Warsi, the first Muslim woman to hold a cabinet position, said hate speech in the press had become a “plague” with Muslims the “principal target”.
  
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• Cardiff attack victim Matthew Sheehan dies after two-year coma

  14-11-2017 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Matthew Sheehan was battered by neighbour Raymond Burrell in a row over a barking dog.
  
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• Fox and other top broadcasters involved in Fifa bribe scheme, witness tells court

  14-11-2017 21:58 via theguardian.com
  Media companies bribed Fifa officials for rights to show South American tournaments, says former CEO of Argentina sports marketing companySome of the world’s largest broadcasters, including Fox Sports, were involved in bribe payments to Fifa officials in order to secure the broadcast rights to major South American football tournaments, a key witness in the investigation into corruption at football’s governing body has told a federal court in New York City. Alejandro Burzaco, the form
  
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• Scotland-UK Brexit deal closer after 'cordial' talks at No 10

  14-11-2017 21:55 via theguardian.com
  Nicola Sturgeon optimistic after meeting Theresa May, but warns there is ‘a long way to go’ – with significant concessions needed to win Holyrood supportNicola Sturgeon has expressed greater optimism that the Scottish and UK governments can strike a deal on Brexit after a “cordial” meeting with Theresa May.Speaking outside No 10, the first minister said her private meeting with the prime minister on Tuesday, which was dominated by discussions over the EU withdrawal
  
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• Russia used hundreds of fake accounts to tweet about Brexit, data shows

  14-11-2017 21:52 via theguardian.com
  Researchers find that accounts run from a St Petersburg troll farm tried to sow discord between Britons over the referendumConcern about Russian influence in British politics has intensified as it emerged that more than 400 fake Twitter accounts believed to be run from St Petersburg published posts about Brexit.Researchers at the University of Edinburgh identified 419 accounts operating from the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) attempting to influence UK politics out of 2,752 accounts susp
  
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• Captain Scott's South Pole 'selfie' sells for £12,500

  14-11-2017 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The picture of the explorer's team at the South Pole went for more than 15 times its guide price.
  
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• A Brexit no-deal would aid terrorism in the UK and across Europe | Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  14-11-2017 21:41 via theguardian.com
  If Britain crashes out of the European Union, the exchange of data that protects the safety and security of all of us could stop overnight• Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a former secretary general of NatoThe UK has begun to contemplate the prospect of no Brexit deal by the March 2019 deadline. The economic impact would be significant, but with contingency plans under preparation, there are ways to try to mitigate the worst aspects. However, in the fight against terror, a no-deal scenario &n
  
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• Deliveroo says UK tribunal confirms self-employed status for riders

  14-11-2017 21:38
  The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) had brought the case against Deliveroo, which has been criticised for not providing riders with benefits such as holidays and Britain's minimum wage.As we have consistently argued, our riders value the flexibility that self-employment provides," Dan Warne, Deliveroo Managing Director for the UK and Ireland, said.
  
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• Scotland's Sturgeon demands changes in EU exit bill after meeting May

  14-11-2017 21:26
  Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday the UK government had to make changes to its European Union withdrawal bill before her devolved government in Edinburgh would agree to back it, but said she was hopeful progress could be made.The devolved governments in Scotland and Wales are worried that the withdrawal bill will sap their powers."There's a long way still to go and I'm very clear that bill has to change," Sturgeon told reporters after talks with May in London that she des
  
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• Roy Moore challenged Alabama law that protects rape victims, documents reveal

  14-11-2017 21:23 via theguardian.com
  Cases were among 10 where Moore, as Alabama’s top judge, dissented from court’s majority view and sided with alleged offenders, Guardian review findsThe Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab is testing a new way to tell stories on mobile. View coverage of this topic and sign up for updates (recommended for Chrome users on Android)Roy Moore challenged the scope of an Alabama law that protects rape victims while serving as the most senior judge on the state’s highest court, according to
  
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• Modern cookery is 'poncey' and 'chefy' - Delia Smith

  14-11-2017 21:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The celebrity cook took a swipe at today's trendy dishes after collecting an honour from the Queen.
  
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• Don’t tell me black cover models don’t sell – editors have the power to change cultural perceptions | Nosheen Iqbal

  14-11-2017 21:04 via theguardian.com
  Alexandra Shulman trashed her legacy in an eyewatering interview in which she tried to justify her appalling record of black cover stars with this tired argumentIs the British fashion industry racist? Well, it’s a bit like asking whether a British sky is blue – in theory, yes, although in reality, it’s often a dismal grey. Brief bursts of translucent pink and cloudy lemon drift through and for longer, more reliable periods, it’s a deep ink. But then, sometimes, as The Dev
  
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• Deliveroo wins right not to give riders minimum wage or holiday pay

  14-11-2017 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Union accuses food delivery firm of ‘gaming the system’ as couriers are ruled to be self-employed rather than workersDeliveroo won the right not to give its couriers the minimum wage or holiday pay on Tuesday, dealing a blow to campaigners for workers’ rights in the gig economy.In a key legal ruling the Central Arbitration Committee, a body that resolves worker disputes, said the food delivery firm’s riders were self-employed contractors as they had the right to allocate
  
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• Tories ask rich voters to rate importance of Grenfell Tower fire

  14-11-2017 20:57
  As well as questions on parking and rubbish collection, voters were asked to score ‘the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower and help for the families affected and the wider community’.Voters in one of the richest parts of Kensington and Chelsea have been asked to rate the importance of the Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 69 people in June.The Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservative Association sent a questionnaire to residents of the Courtfield ward, which is bordered by Cromw
  
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• Nigel Farage withdraws claim against Hope Not Hate

  14-11-2017 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Hope Not Hate had filed a libel claim against Nigel Farage after he said it pursued "violent means".
  
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• No action against Emma Dent Coad over 'token ghetto boy' comment

  14-11-2017 20:53
  Jeremy Corbyn has refused to suspend a Labour MP who referred to a Conservative London Assembly Member as a "token ghetto boy".Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad apologised for a 2010 blog post about Shaun Bailey, which he branded a "hate-filled, racist article" after it emerged earlier this week.
  
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• Is the Trump administration is afflicted with 'Moscow memory'? | Richard Wolffe

  14-11-2017 20:51 via theguardian.com
  Sadly this sickness may have started inside the Trump family. Jeff Sessions is just a hapless victim of some brain-corroding virusFor so many people who are close to Donald Trump, Russia is the Bermuda Triangle of their memory.Conversations and meetings seem to pass through this mysterious quadrant of their brains and simply disappear. Even when the wreckage is found on some server or other, they profess ignorance, confusion or innocence. And sometimes all three at once.Continue reading...
  
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• Exit the EU at midnight European time? Not on Frank Field's watch | John Crace

  14-11-2017 20:50 via theguardian.com
  The Labour MP is fed up with the EU always getting all the good stuff, like Christmas, an hour before usFinally the nitty-gritty. With just eight days to go line by line through 200 pages of amendments, time was of the essence as the Commons began its committee stage reading of the government’s EU withdrawal bill. So Labour’s Frank Field chose to focus on the big issue. The timing of Britain’s exit from the EU.Field wasn’t at all happy with the fact that the government ha
  
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• Gaia Pope: Missing teenager murder suspects released

  14-11-2017 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The 71-year-old woman and 19-year-old man were arrested on Monday following searches at two properties.
  
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• As the Tory Brexit fight club slugs it out, do they even care about Ireland? | Rafael Behr

  14-11-2017 20:33 via theguardian.com
  Ego-wrestling British cabinet ministers seem willing to risk their neighbours’ hard-won peace and prosperity. And the rest of Europe can see thatThere is no definition of good neighbourliness in foreign affairs. Alliances are fixed by treaties. Regional trade is measured in goods and services. But those things cannot describe the texture of relations between countries, the way adjacent nations rub along together.This quality is as important to Brexit as the technical hooks on which negotia
  
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• Deliveroo claims victory in self-employment case

  14-11-2017 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Deliveroo riders are self-employed finds labour law body the Central Arbitration Committee.
  
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• Labour attacks Brexit date 'gimmick' as MPs begin scrutiny

  14-11-2017 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Several Tories also urge Theresa May to drop exit date plan as MPs begin marathon Brexit scrutiny.
  
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• Honda UK warns MPs of consequences of leaving EU customs union

  14-11-2017 20:10 via theguardian.com
  Motor industry says threatened new tariffs could add £1,500 to price of an imported car, and make exports more expensive tooThe devastating impact of a hard Brexit on the UK car industry was laid bare on Tuesday to MPs, who were told every 15 minutes of customs delays would cost some manufacturers up to £850,000 a year.Presenting the industry’s most detailed evidence yet to the business select committee, Honda UK said it relied on 350 trucks a day arriving from Europe to keep i
  
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• From Mick Jagger to Heath Ledger: Australia's bungled quest to make a great Ned Kelly film

  14-11-2017 20:06 via theguardian.com
  With Justin Kurzel’s new movie in the works, will Australia’s favourite villain finally get the film treatment he deserves? The quest to make a great Ned Kelly movie has consumed Australian film-makers since the dawn of cinema, even playing a part in the formation of the medium itself: 1906’s The Story of the Kelly Gang was not only Australia’s first ever feature film, but the first made anywhere in the world. Since then, the legendary bushranger’s cinematic journey
  
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• Britons 'face expensive Christmas dinner' as food price inflation soars

  14-11-2017 19:59 via theguardian.com
  Official figures show prices were up by 4.2% last month on 12 months earlier, the highest level in four yearsBig increases in the price of fish, fats and vegetables have driven food price inflation to the highest level in more than four years.New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows food prices last month were up by 4.2% on 12 months earlier, a sharp increase on the 0.6% that food inflation was running at just a year ago. The October increase is the highest since 2013 and pro
  
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• UK 'can't deal' with N Korea nuclear weapons

  14-11-2017 19:45
  Retired British Army general Sir Richard Barrons tells MPs that North Korea is among a number of 'existential threats' the UK faces.
  
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• Family of missing Gaia Pope appeal for search to go on despite arrests

  14-11-2017 19:43
  Gaia Pope’s family said they still considered it to be a missing person rather than a murder inquiry.Relatives of Gaia Pope, 19, said they still hoped she would be found alive and the thought of seeing her smile again kept them hoping.Detectives arrested a 71-year-old woman and 19-year-old man over the disappearance of Pope from the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on 7 November.
  
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• When exactly will Britain leave the EU? UK parliament debates

  14-11-2017 19:38
  When exactly will Britain leave the European Union?Parliament started hours of debate on Tuesday by arguing over when the two-year negotiating period for Brexit should end and whether there should be a fixed time at all.It was just the first day of what promises to be a lengthy set of debates in parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May's blueprint for leaving the EU - debates that will challenge her diminished authority and could force changes to her Brexit plan.
  
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• Pig Farm Investigation By Animal Equality Raises Concerns About Red Tractor Certified Farms

  14-11-2017 19:27
  An undercover investigation into British pig farms certified by the food industry’s Red Tractor assured standards scheme has revealed sows in cages so tiny they cannot turn around.
  
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• Time for parliament to take back control of hamstrung Brexit negotiations | Letters

  14-11-2017 19:25
  Given that the prime minister is incapable of acting in a statesmanlike manner, it is up to the majority of the 650 representatives in the House of Commons, to whom we lend our sovereignty, to stop this now.One possibility is an interim technocratic government to deal sensibly with the Brexit negotiations.Parliament is sovereign in this country, not government.
  
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• Can the Forsdick family and Britain unite after the Brexit saga? | Letters

  14-11-2017 19:25
  ‘Like the luddites of old, those who wish to smash the machinery of the future need to be dragged into the modern age, with all its warts and worries’ … European Union foreign and defence ministers attend a signature ceremony for a defence pact in Brussels, aiming to mark a new era of European military integration to cement unity after Britain’s decision to quit the bloc.
  
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• Let’s have a cabinet of all the Brexiteer talents | Letters

  14-11-2017 19:24
  Boris Johnson arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting. Should he take up permanent residence, asks Chris Haskins. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
  
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• Peaceful coexistence is better than punching above our weight | Letters

  14-11-2017 19:23
  Tony Blair addressing British troops in Basra, Iraq, 29 May 2003. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AP
  
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• Hold ministers’ feet to the fire over final Brexit deal | Brief letters

  14-11-2017 19:23
  Brexit secretary David Davis (left) with the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock
  
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• Paralysis has gripped Northern Ireland. But politicians are just looking blithely on | Peter Hain

  14-11-2017 19:22 via theguardian.com
  Power-sharing requires compromise – but the mutual obdurance of Sinn Féin and the DUP is bringing Stormont to its knees. Theresa May needs to step in nowFor those who put years of hard work into establishing peace and inclusive self-government in Northern Ireland, it’s been painful to observe how local obduracy and Westminster’s incompetence have brought power-sharing to a halt for nearly a year. Related: Westminster imposes budget on Northern IrelandContinue reading...
  
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• Mark Bradford: the artist and ex-hairdresser forcing America to face ugly truths about itself

  14-11-2017 19:22 via theguardian.com
  He caused a sensation at the Venice Biennale by turning the US pavilion into a comment on slavery, Trump and police brutality. The outspoken painter talks about feeding off rejection, muscling into Monet territory – and what he’d like to do to middle-class lawnsMark Bradford created one of the most talked about displays at the Venice Biennale earlier this year. The artist from South Central LA piled up stones and gravel outside the US pavilion, to make it look like Monticello, the pl
  
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• EU's policy of helping Libya intercept migrants is 'inhuman', says UN

  14-11-2017 19:16 via theguardian.com
  Human rights chief calls suffering of people detained in Libyan prisons ‘an outrage to the conscience of humanity’The EU policy of helping Libyan authorities intercept people trying to cross the Mediterranean and return them to prisons is “inhuman”, the UN has said.“The suffering of migrants detained in Libya is an outrage to the conscience of humanity,” said the UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, in a statement issued on Tuesday. “The E
  
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• St Paul's girls' school in London at centre of sexual abuse claims

  14-11-2017 19:04 via theguardian.com
  Former pupils of £24,000-a-year school make allegations of historical abuse from 1970s to 90s after #MeToo campaignA prestigious private girls’ school, which asked former pupils to contribute to a drama project about sexual harassment inspired by the #MeToo campaign, has found itself at the centre of historical allegations of sexual abuse.St Paul’s girls’ school in west London contacted former pupils, known as Old Paulinas (OPs), inviting them to help the drama department
  
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• Nigel Farage 'Loses' Legal Battle With Hope Not Hate But Then Attacks Anti-Racism Group A Second Time

  14-11-2017 19:03
  Nigel Farage has taken a second swipe at a leading anti-racism charity, after it claimed “victory” on Tuesday in a legal battle that began as a Twitter spat with the husband of murdered MP Jo Cox.
  
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• Joe Root tells England to upset Ashes odds in Australia's backyard

  14-11-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  England captain tells Australia to ‘bring it on’ during seriesCraig Overton likely to get call-up for first Test at GabbaJoe Root’s instructions were curt but commanding as England gave their clearest indication yet of their Ashes XI and their captain urged Australia to “bring it on” with the first Test looming.Root learned plenty from his first tour of Australia, when he was a blue-eyed freshman aged 22, averaged 27 and was removed from the line of fire by the time
  
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• Labour MP Frank Field urges cross-party 'war cabinet' for Brexit

  14-11-2017 18:57
  A Leave-supporting Labour MP has called on Theresa May to form a cross-party "Brexit Cabinet" in the spirit of Britain's government during the Second World War.Speaking as MPs began their line-by-line scrutiny of the EU Withdrawal Bill, Frank Field urged the Prime Minister to follow the example of Winston Churchill in the 1940s.Expressing his concern at the Government's handling of Brexit, the former Labour minister claimed there has not been "the sense of importance, or drive, or coherence that
  
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• Nigel Farage withdraws 'violent means' claim against Hope Not Hate

  14-11-2017 18:54
  Nigel Farage was on LBC radio when he accused Hope Not Hate of being undemocratic.Nigel Farage has formally withdrawn his claim that Hope Not Hate pursues “violent and undemocratic means” after it launched a crowdfunded libel case against the former Ukip leader.The anti-extremism pressure group said on Tuesday that Farage had filed a statement with the high court in London saying he was “happy to acknowledge that Hope Not Hate does not tolerate or pursue violent or undemocratic
  
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