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David Tennant called the Tories a "team of f***wits" in a savage rant on Channel 4's Last Leg. The Doctor Who star, 51, was on the show speaking about the widespread industrial action affecting the country. Highlighting the sterling efforts of the NHS during lockdown, he said: "After everything that’s gone on through the pandemic, the nurses are going on strike to be paid for what they’re worth – it makes you want to spit, doesn’t it? "And you’ve got Rishi going, 'Listen we’d love to give them a pay rise, but unfortunately, mad Queen Liz put the economy in a dumpster fire , so my hands are tied.'" After an uncomfortable pause, the actor quickly clarified which Liz he was talking about, saying it was former Prime Minister Ms Truss - and not the late monarch, Elizabeth II. He joked: "Woah, I nearly ended up in the tower! The Liz that nobody liked!" David Tennant called the Tories a "team of f***wits" in a savage rant on Channel 4's Last Leg ( Image: Channel 4) … [Read more...] about David Tennant brands Tories ‘a team of f***wits’ in savage rant on Channel 4’s Last Leg

The first victim of Met Police rapist David Carrick to reveal her identity today calls for the beast to be locked up for the rest of his active life. Darciane Nunes Da Silva, 43, speaks out in the Sunday People after bravely waiving her legal anonymity – because she is convinced there are more victims of the sex monster who will be encouraged to come forward. Carrick, 48, is now one of Britain’s worst known sex offenders after pleading guilty to 48 rapes against 12 women – including Darciane – over two decades. His campaign of terror against the mum and carer included: ■ Strangling and violently ­slapping her. ■ Controlling every part of her life including what she ate, when she slept and when she could use her phone. ■ Spying on her with hidden cameras. ■ Punishing her when she didn’t obey him, ­including by releasing his snakes from their enclosure in a twisted bid to terrify her. A photo of Darciane and Carrick during a sightseeing trip around London in June … [Read more...] about Victim of police rapist David Carrick says he set SNAKES on her in twisted punishment

It takes great courage for a victim of sexual assault to waive their right to anonymity and speak out. But for a woman who suffered at the hands of one of Britain’s worst sexual offenders to not only share her terrifying story but show her face is remarkable. Darciane Nunes Da Silva was subjected to months of abuse by Met Police rapist David Carrick – describing today for the first time how he strangled and slapped her, and tried to control every aspect of her life. But even after his conviction, Darciane believes Carrick had more victims who have not yet come forward. Darciane Nunes de Silva detailed the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend David Carrick ( Image: Reach Commissioned/Steve Bainbridge) She hopes by speaking out they will be encouraged to do so. The ordeal of Carrick’s victims may never end but when he’s sentenced this week he should be given a jail term that fits the awful scale of his known crimes. Darciane believes 48 rapes … [Read more...] about ‘Serial rapist cop David Carrick must pay for the pain his victims suffered’

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional, the latest challenge to firearms regulations after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation’s gun laws. Lawyers for Jared Michael Harrison had argued that their client's Second Amendment right to bear arms was being violated by a federal law that makes it illegal for “unlawful users or addicts of controlled substances” to possess firearms. Harrison had been charged after being arrested by police in Lawton, Oklahoma, in May 2022 following a traffic stop. During a search of his car, police found a loaded revolver as well as marijuana. Harrison told police he had been on his way to work at a medical marijuana dispensary, but that he did not have a state-issued medical-marijuana card. His … [Read more...] about Judge: Banning guns for marijuana users unconstitutional

Dozens of climate scientists and environmental groups are calling for museums of science and natural history to “cut all ties” with fossil fuel companies and philanthropists like the Koch brothers. A letter released on Tuesday asserts that such money is tainted by these donors’ efforts to deny the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change . “When some of the biggest contributors to climate change and funders of misinformation on climate science sponsor exhibitions in museums of science and natural history, they undermine public confidence in the validity of the institutions responsible for transmitting scientific knowledge,” the letter states. “This corporate philanthropy comes at too high a cost.” The letter does not mention specific companies, but it does name David H. Koch, who sits on the boards of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and has given tens of millions of dollars to those … [Read more...] about Science Museums Urged to Cut Ties With Kochs

See the article in its original context from December 7, 1986 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THE WHOLE family was together - Christmas 1979. In the Tudor stone mansion across the street from the Wichita Country Club, Mary Koch and her four sons celebrated the holiday in the spacious living room, scattered with photographs of the brothers as carefree boys. A large oil portrait of the late patriarch of the clan, Fred C. Koch, looked down from one wall. … [Read more...] about BROTHERS AT ODDS

Out of the blue in the fall of 2010, a blogger asked Jane Mayer, a writer with The New Yorker, how she felt about the private investigator who was digging into her background. Ms. Mayer thought the idea was a joke, she said this week. At a Christmas party a few months later, she ran into a former reporter who had been asked about helping with an investigation into another reporter on behalf of two conservative billionaires. “The reporter had written a story they disliked,” Ms. Mayer recounts in “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right,” out this month from Doubleday. Her acquaintance told her, “‘It occurred to me afterward that the reporter they wanted to investigate might be you.’” As it happened, Ms. Mayer had published a major story in the magazine that August about the brothers David and Charles Koch, and their role in cultivating the power of the Tea Party movement in 2010. Using a network of nonprofits and other donors, they … [Read more...] about What Happened to Jane Mayer When She Wrote About the Koch Brothers

ARLINGTON, Va. — The rise of Donald J. Trump, with his hostility toward free trade and vow to protect entitlements, is a sharp rebuke to the free-market principles long championed by the billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch. But if the Koch brothers have lost the battle for conservative values in 2016, they are also quietly preparing for a long war. Their secret weapon is the Grassroots Leadership Academy: a training program dreamed up by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the political education arm of the Koch network, and intended to groom the next generation of conservative activists to shape the future of the Republican Party. Taking inspiration from icons of the left like Saul Alinsky, the Marxist-inspired Frankfurt School, and even President Obama’s Organizing for Action , the academy offers classes like “Messaging to the Middle” (about reaching not just the conservative base but also persuadable voters), community organizing and how to wage a … [Read more...] about With Koch Brothers Academy, Conservatives Settle In for Long War

WASHINGTON — Americans for Prosperity — the group backed by David H. and Charles G. Koch that has been pouring millions of dollars into competitive Senate races to the rising alarm of Democrats — was also among the politically active groups on the ground in this month’s special House election on Florida’s Gulf Coast. But its agenda had little to do with the fate of David Jolly , the Republican candidate who won that race. The group’s ground troops — including those who knocked on doors, ran phone banks and reached out through social media to gauge ways to motivate voters — were part of a much greater project, with a prize much larger than a congressional seat. Americans for Prosperity turned the Florida contest into its personal electoral laboratory to fine-tune get-out-the-vote tools and messaging for future elections as it pursues its overarching goal of convincing Americans that big government is bad government. As the group emerges as a dominant force in the 2014 midterm … [Read more...] about Koch Group, Spending Freely, Hones Attack on Government

More than 40 years after its last makeover, the plaza in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is showing its age: the fountains are leaking, the sidewalk is crumbling, and the trees are dying. Overcrowding on the institution’s grand front steps — one of the most popular meeting places in Manhattan — often causes bottlenecks for visitors trying to get to the front door. Now an ambitious plan is in the works to transform this four-block-long stretch along Fifth Avenue, from 80th to 84th Street, into a more efficient, pleasing and environmentally friendly space, with new fountains, tree-shaded allées, seating areas, museum-run kiosks and softer, energy-efficient nighttime lighting. A meeting was held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday for officials from the Met to sit down with some 2,000 neighborhood residents to explain the project. If all goes as scheduled, and the institution receives approval from various city agencies — including the Public Design Commission, Landmarks Preservation … [Read more...] about Met Aims to Build Itself a Museum-Quality Plaza