It is apparently acceptable for Brigitte Bardot to spend decades whipping up racial hatred and still be celebrated as a national icon, perhaps helped by glamour, distance, and nostalgia. But it is unacceptable for Gary Lineker to voice contemporary moral objections to cruelty and injustice.
As ever, responsibility for this alleged civic misery was pinned on a single figure – Sadiq Khan.
Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.
It’s not looking like a good night for Rishi Sunak…
It comes as the exit poll predicts that the Labour Party is set to win a general election landslide with a majority of 170.
Three seats have declared. All three have gone Labour.
Labour picked up almost 50% of the vote
Reform UK came second
The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number in post-war history.
A possible gain for the Lib Dems is being mooted in Hunt’s Godalming & Ash constituency.
A groundbreaking moment
The general election exit poll is now out
The snap election meant “demand has severely tested the system”
