Following weeks of drought warnings and hosepipe bans, Britain is back to its blustery, windswept best.
Gusts of up to 71mph an hour battered south west England and Wales yesterday leaving trees uprooted, power lines down and much of the country waterlogged.
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Boris's now infamous "chicken feed" comments - referring to the £250,000 per year income he receives for a second job writing for the Telegraph on top of his Mayoral responsibilities - confirm just how obscenely out of touch he really is. While he rakes in this "chicken feed", more than 400,000 London pensioners have lost money through the Tory 'granny tax' to pay for a tax cut for the super rich. And almost 120,000 London families face losing all of their tax credits because of the Tory tax credit cuts. |  | Tom Rahilly: Returning Home From Care: What's Best for Children?
Around half of children who entered care as a result of abuse or neglect are abused again when they return. Children tell the NSPCC that they suffer repeated instances of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. |  | James Bloodworth: What Would British Fascism Look Like?
Were a far-Right government ever to win power in Britain - and never get too complacent, for a Searchlight poll last February found a staggeringly high number of voters who said they would be prepared to vote for party of the far-Right if it renounced violence - what might it do in its first year of power? |  | Simon Blake: It's Time We Learned to Trust
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