A Tory-supporting peer made a quick apology last night after joking about Auschwitz at a Conservative party fundraiser. Lord Dalmeny, chairman of Sotheby’s auction house, was presenting an auction at the glamorous bash, attended by David Cameron and other cabinet ministers. Dismayed by the lighting arrangements in the venue, he said: “Turn those horrible lights […]
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Written by the band’s financial adviser Prince Rupert Loewenstein, who is widely credited from turning them from penniless rockers to multimillionaires during a 40-year association, it lays bare how he made them become tax exiles, reshaped the way tours were run, and ended the practice of the brown paper bag stuffed with cash. It might […]
David Ward is facing disciplinary action after accusing “the Jews” of inflicting “atrocities on the Palestinians” within “a few years of liberation from the death camps”. The MP for Bradford East later took down the comments from his website, amid criticism from his own party. The row comes as victims of Nazi persecution prepare to […]
Leading chefs with their short fuses and temperamental attitudes are not known for taking criticism well. So when the blogger James Isherwood wrote a less than glowing review of a meal at Claude Bosi’s restaurant, he might have expected a terse response. However, he was not prepared for the tirade of abuse that poured in […]
Ronnie Fraser, a maths teacher, claims the University and College Union had repeatedly singled out Israel for condemnation at its annual conferences and created an intolerant environment in which “it is no longer tenable to be a Jew in UCU”. Mr Fraser claims the UCU’s vote last year to reject the European Union Monitoring Centre […]
Wlodzimierz Umaniec, a 26-year-old a Polish man also known as Vladimir Umanets, will appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court in south London tomorrow charged with one count of Criminal Damage in excess of £5,000. The move cams as the defacing was described as “a stupid act of vandalism” rather than art, by Anish Kapoor, the […]
“But long-term activist Mr Catt argued that, since he has never been convicted of any crime, officers were not justified in recording the details. Lawyers for Mr Catt claimed that he is “logged and recorded wherever he goes” and that the surveillance at more than 55 protests had a “chilling effect” on people exercising the […]
Nicholas Levene, 48, the former deputy chairman of Leyton Orient FC, cheated investors by promising them high returns on their deposits with him. Levene, nicknamed ‘Beano’ because of his love of the schoolboy comic, kept customers happy by using other investors’ money to give the impression he was earning them healthy yields. Levene, who had […]