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Getty EXCLUSIVE: The Conservative Party accepted tens of thousands of pounds from companies that had been struck off, an investigation by Insider has found. Tory politicians, including one currently serving government ministers, received the donations. Political parties are obliged to carry out checks on any company offering them a donation. Labour is calling for the Electoral Commission to launch an urgent investigation. "This just doesn't pass the smell test," Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds told Insider. The Conservative Party pocketed nearly £30,000 fro...

Supporters of the Cape Party marching recently (Supplied) Phil Craig writes that in in just 24 months, greater provincial autonomy, including the option of outright independence, has gone from political obscurity to the dominant political philosophy of the Western Cape. It is only at the very end of a Sherlock Holmes novel that a string of seemingly innocuous happenings is pulled together into what suddenly becomes an obvious truth. Until then, the readers are left trying to weave sense into isolated incidents that were presented to them bereft of sufficient context. On 7 ...

Details of who paid for Boris Johnson's controversial refurbishment of his  Downing Street flat could be revealed within weeks, his new adviser on ministerial behaviour said today. Lord Christopher Geidt, a former aide to the Queen, told MPs that he planned to release the long overdue register of ministerial interests by the end of May. And he confirmed that he expected Mr Johnson's entry covering the renovation of his No11 apartment, and his own advice on the issue, would be released as part of it. Mr Johnson is under pressure to reveal if any Tory donors were involved in funding the costly...

Dr Winston McKenzie: Why I was not able to stand in the London Mayoral Elections Several people have contacted me recently, concerned as to why I am not standing in the London Mayoral Elections.  Many of you will know I have been planning to stand as a Mayoral Candidate for over one year, due to the 2020 national elections being cancelled. I am naturally dismayed at my enforced restriction to run as a Political Party, and indeed as a Party Candidate for the Office of Mayor of London 2021.   I have been forced to stand down. In October 2019, we received communication that our Party had suc...

The world has resoundingly answered the need to help India on its massive COVID-19 surge—the worst of the pandemic. India has reported a world record for daily cases for the fifth day in a row, with 352,991 new illnesses reported, along with 2,812 deaths.India had asked the European Union for oxygen and remdesivir, and the European Commission said it has started the steps to send oxygen and medicine. Germany said it will send oxygen and medical...