One of Ukip's top donors has criticised women for wearing trousers - saying they are deliberately making themselves look unattractive.

Demetri Marchessini believes trouser-wearing women don't realise how bad they look from behind, because of their "big bottoms".

And he has written a book, Women in...

A quarter of gay people in European Union nations have been physically attacked, according to the biggest ever survey of its kind.

Released to mark the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, the report asked 93,000 people across Europe about their experiences of discrimination and violence.

It found...

As the job of leading the Conservative Party shows no sign of getting easier for David Cameron, one man is doing just fine.

Enter Education Secretary Michael Gove, the man of the moment.

As recently as the weekend he delighted euro-sceptics (and stole the headlines) by...

Boris Johnson wants London to be given the same financial powers as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The mayor said it was time to treat the capital as a "grown-up" and be given complete control over property taxes and business rates.

He backed a

A Labour MP has called for the nursery in the House of Commons to be closed - and said it was better when it was a pub.

Roger Godsiff has tabled a motion lamenting the loss of the "extremely popular" bar, converted into a childcare centre in 2009.

A former Labour MP has blamed the Oxford paedophile ring on "cultural practices" that have been "imported" from Pakistan.

Ann Cryer was criticised after drawing parallels with the abuse in Oxford and what she claimed was the Pakistani attitude towards women.

Seven men were found guilty...

John Major's former press secretary says the EU row engulfing David Cameron has "depressing" echoes of the 1990s.

Sheila Gunn urged Tory rebels to "show some common sense" and said the party risked handing election victory to Labour.

She also savaged the new crop of Tory MPs, saying...

David Cameron has hit out at his anti-EU ministers as the ghost of John Major returned to haunt his premiership.

The prime minister dismissed comments by senior Tory Cabinet ministers who said they would vote to sever links with Brussels if a referendum was held tomorrow, accusing them of "throwing...

Education Secretary Michael Gove says he would vote to quit the European Union if a referendum was held tomorrow.

Gove said life outside the EU would be "perfectly tolerable".

It came as pressure mounted on David Cameron as members of his own party attack last week's Queen's Speech, demanding instant...

Controversial payday loans company Wonga wants to team up with the government to get the economy growing, a collection of lobbying letters reveal.

The firm - which has been criticised for charging up to 4,215% APR on its loans - claimed it could help companies starved of credit...

Feminist icon Germaine Greer says she is in favour of rape victims being named.

Speaking on the BBC's Question Time show, Greer said complainants should not be ashamed of what had happened, and "ought to stand up there and face him".

Lib Dem and Tory MPs, who were...

Abu Qatada has offered to return to Jordan - provided an anti-torture treaty is ratified.

The hate-preaching cleric's barrister made the surprise offer as he attempted to get released from prison at an immigration tribunal.

Qatada, also known as Omar Othman, had been jailed in Belmarsh...

A Conservative MP is being sued by the expenses watchdog after refusing to repay profits on his taxpayer-funded home.

Stewart Jackson has been asked to hand back £54,000 as potential capital gains made on the home since MPs were barred from claiming for mortgage interest.

But the MP...

A leading barrister has called for the age of consent to be lowered to 13 while claiming Operation Yewtree is a "far graver threat" to society than Jimmy Savile.

Barbara Hewson claimed the "witch-hunt" against ageing celebrities echoed the Soviet Union.

She said the "low-level misdemeanours" Stuart Hall was charged...

A Liberal Democrat MEP has accused Ukip of giving British holidaymakers "the shits."

Chris Davies attacked Nigel Farage's party for calling for the scrapping of an EU bathing water directive.

Paul Nuttall, Ukip's Deputy Leader, had launched an attack on the...

The government's tough talk on immigration makes a mockery of its "open for business" motto, a leading economist has said.

Migration control was a central theme of the Queen's Speech, including curbs on access to the NHS, limits on driving licences and a requirement for private landlords to...

Ed Miliband has paid an emotional tribute to Alex Ferguson, saying he "will never be forgotten."

The Labour leader was the first political leader to comment with a tweet that read more like an obituary after Fergie announced he was becoming a Director at Old Trafford.

Ferguson is...

David Cameron has been accused of pandering to Ukip after trumpeting an immigration crackdown and dropping policies that upset Nigel Farage's party.

Ministers took to the airwaves to announce new curbs on migrants' rights to benefits and healthcare, as polls showed Ukip voters were overwhelmingly worried about immigration.

Former Conservative leadership candidate David Davis has attacked the top of the party as "privileged and out of touch" in the wake of the losses to Ukip in the local elections.

Davis said David Cameron needed to show he understood the concerns of ordinary people.

In...

Nigel Farage has confirmed he will be contesting the 2015 General Election - but has not yet decided where to run.

Ukip hailed a series of stunning results in the 2013 local elections, gaining 137 council seats.

But the eurosceptic party still has no presence at...