Author: ickonic
How Savile seduced the royals?? No, no, they didn’t need any ‘seducing’
‘Staff at St James’s Palace could hear Jimmy Savile approaching long before they saw him. The jangling of his gold chains and a trailing cloud of cigar smoke announced his arrival. Just as with the […]
Was Commons Speaker in a sex abuse ring with Janner? Famous for his call of ‘Order, Order’, George Thomas was one of our best-loved MPs. Now he’s accused of vile attacks on boys as young as nine
‘While he never attained high government office, Thomas would eventually acquire lasting celebrity as the most popular Speaker the House of Commons has ever known. His lilting shout of ‘Order, order’ made his voice one […]
‘Profoundly distressing’: UNESCO condemns Saudi-led bombing of historic Yemen capital
‘The director-general of UNESCO has said she is “shocked” after an airstrike destroyed three houses in the Old City of Sanaa, where the oldest building dates back over 1,400 years. Planes belonging to the anti-rebel […]
Turkish intelligence agency giving ISIS safe passage into Syria
‘Newly-surfaced video footage has corroborated widespread assertions that the Turkish government’s intelligence agency has been ensuring ISIL terrorists safe passage into Syria. The center-left Turkish daily, Cumhuriyet, integrated the videos in a Thursday report implicating […]
Israel exonerates itself over Gaza beach killings of four children last year
‘The Israeli military has cleared itself of culpability in one of the most controversial incidents in last summer’s Gaza war: a missile attack that killed four children on Gaza beach and injured a number of […]
Andy Burnham: How the defender of the NHS cosied up to Big Pharma
‘Front-runner in the Labour leadership contest and former Health Secretary Andy Burnham has hired lobbyists with connections to major pharmaceutical companies and private healthcare providers to work on his campaign. Sources working for his rivals […]
Sir Henry Angest: Banker who gave Tories millions is knighted in reward for ‘political service’
‘A millionaire ex-Tory party treasurer with links to a high-interest loans company has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, as others who donated to the Conservatives during the election are also recognised. The […]
Cuadrilla could get green light for fracking in Lancashire
‘Fracking could get the green light from planning officials on Monday for the first time since the controversial practice was banned for causing earthquakes four years ago. Energy company Cuadrilla, which caused the tremors near […]
Twitter ‘endangering national security’ says top cop
‘Twitter is endangering national security by tipping-off customers who may be under surveillance by the security services, one of Britain’s most senior policing figures has said, as it emerged the technology company blocks two-thirds of […]
The Guardian view on HSBC: a bank beyond shame
‘On banking, the Conservative manifesto had it right: “Hardworking taxpayers supported the banks during the financial crisis and so the banks should in turn support them during the recovery.” Bankers got rich playing pass-the-parcel with […]
Never Too Late? NATO Finally Apologizes for Bombing Yugoslavia
‘NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he deeply regretted the loss of all lives during NATO’s bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which he described as “a tragedy,” Serbian media reported on Thursday. […]