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A Conservative MP has deleted a tweet making unsubstantiated claims about Jeremy Corbyn’s links to communist spies after the Labour leader threatened to sue him. Ben Bradley, a Conservative Party Vice Chair, had tweeted that Corbyn had “sold British secrets” to foreign agents following a series of tabloid allegations about meetings the Labour leader and other MPs attended in the 1980s. But a spokesperson for Corbyn said on Monday: “Jeremy has instructed solicitors to contact [Tory MP] Ben Bradley to delete his libelous tweet or face legal action.” The tweet has since been deleted, but was captured by Corbyn supporter Owen Jones - who urged the Labour MP to take legal action. The party’s youth spokesman posted: “Corbyn sold British secrets to communist spies... get some perspectiv...

    Office workers, farmers and radio hosts are taking on new nationalities, relocating their businesses or looking forward to lucrative alternative trade deals, as politicians struggle to come up with a plan. "Other people my age, they are starting settling down, they make more long-term plans with their lives," said 32-year-old Matt Davies, a British expat in Madrid. "It's very difficult for me to plan anything beyond March 2019 because you just have no idea what is going to happen," the call centre worker said. British and EU diplomats resumed negotiations in Brussels last week and are hoping to agree next month on a post-Brexit transition period. But the shape of future relations between Britain and the EU is far from certain and the British government is deeply d...

    A senior Irish politician has hit out at Boris Johnson after he failed to mention Ireland in a key Brexit speech. Fianna Fail TD Stephen Donnelly slammed the Foreign Secretary for speaking about stag parties and the eye-popping activities of those living abroad but did not address the pressing issue of the border in his “road to Brexit” speech in London last week. He said: “It was an extraordinary speech. It was insulting. It was reckless.” Mr Johnson was speaking at the Policy Exchange think tank in London on Wednesday. He urged people to unite around Brexit, adding the UK’s departure from the EU should not be seen as a great V sign from the cliffs of Dover. However, Mr Donnelly told RTE’s The Week In Politics programme: “In his 4,600 word speech he never mentio...

    Every morning, at 9am, a bagpipe player stands outside the Queen's window and blows. Before Her Majesty the Queen sits down to her favourite breakfast cereal – Special K – she's woken up by the Piper to the Sovereign. He plays every morning for 15 minutes. The Queen likes it, and the role is one of the most sought after in the windbag world. Since 2015, the position has been held by PM Scott Methven of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The post was established in 1843, when Queen Victoria reigned. She first heard bagpipe music in 1842 when she and Prince Albert first visited the Highlands. There was a gap in players between 1941-45, during World War Two. Pipers are personally interviewed by the Queen before she makes her appointment. Her decision is made on ...