Donald Trump Attacks The Wrong ‘Theresa May’ On Twitter
Donald Trump tweeted the wrong “Theresa May” as he attempted to hit back at the British Prime Minister following her criticism of his Britain First retweet.

“Don’t focus on me,” he told @TheresaMay, a woman called Theresa Scrivener who has just six followers.

“Focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!”

Mercifully, Scrivener had protected tweets, allowing her to deflect the no doubt hundreds of journalists clamouring to track her down.
That’s not even Prime Minister Theresa May’s Twitter account, you fucking idiot. You just attacked some random woman named Theresa May Scrivener.
It’s the second time Trump has tweeted the wrong person and thrust a random person into the limelight.

In January, Brighton and Hove woman Ivanka Majic was tagged by her in a tweet instead of his daughter.

The ex-Labour employee used the opportunity to lobby him about climate change.

And you’re a man with great responsibilities. May I suggest more care on Twitter and more time learning about #climatechange. pic.twitter.com/kBMEGZYtig
The row began when Trump shared three inflammatory anti-Islam videos spread by Britain First’s Deputy Leader Jayda Fransen.

The clips retweeted include footage of migrants allegedly assaulting a boy on crutches, clips of a boy allegedly thrown of a roof and a video claiming to show a Muslim destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary.

However the Netherlands embassy in the US confirmed the perpetrator of one video was “born and raised in the Netherlands and completed his sentence under Dutch law”.

In an unprecedented condemnation of the White House, May had criticised Trump directly when her official spokesman said the President was “wrong” to have supported Britain First’s attempts to “divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tension”.

The spokesman said: “They cause anxiety to law-abiding people. British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far-right which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents: decency, tolerance and respect.

“It is wrong for the President to have done this.”

Muslim MP Nadhim Zahawi has written to the White House of his “strong discontent” over Trump’s sharing of inflammatory, anti-Islam videos.

Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, hit out at Donald Trump for endorsing a “vile, hate-filled racist” far-right group.

He said he would would “refuse to let it go and say nothing” after the US President shared the inflammatory anti-Muslim videos.

But despite facing cross-party criticism from the UK for spreading hate, the US president appears unapologetic.

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The 10 Products Littering Our Beaches The Most, Revealed By The Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean
Litter from eating and drinking out makes up about 20% of all rubbish found on Britain’s beaches, latest research shows.

A total of 255,209 individual pieces of litter was collected from 339 beaches during the Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean in September.

The overall figure is a 10% rise in the amount of litter collected last year.

This latest research comes after Blue Planet II viewers vowed never to used plastic again after an episode earlier this month showed a pilot whale carrying her deceased calf, who is thought to have died as a result of plastic contamination.

Charity the Marine Conservation Society (MSC) categorises drinks cups, plastic cutlery, foil wrappers, straws, sandwich packets, lolly sticks, plastic bottles, drinks cans, glass bottles, plastic cups, lids and stirrers as ‘on the go’ litter. 

The MCS report, which was released on Thursday, reveals that per 100 metres of all beaches cleaned by volunteers, 138 pieces of “on the go” litter were found on average.

Catherine Gemmell, MCS Scotland conservation officer, said: “The whole country always seems to be ‘on the go’ and now our beaches appear to be paying the price for people treating the outdoors as a great big dustbin.

“We’re happy to dump at will rather than keep hold of litter until there’s a bin about.”

It was difficult to trace the source of nearly half the items found during the clean up, but the MCS were able to identify that 30.4% of the litter found on the beach came from the public.

Fishing waste and sewage related debris was also responsible for a significant proportion of the litter found on Britain’s beaches.

The report found that on average in the UK, 718 litter items were collected per 100 metres, which is an increase of 10% when compared to 2016.

Broken down further, England’s beaches had the largest number of litter items per 100m, with 911.

Northern Ireland had 701 litter items per 100m, followed by Wales with 677, Scotland had 491 and the Channel Islands came in the lowest with 253.

Surfers Against Sewage estimates that about 8 million pieces of plastic are entering the oceans every single day.

Here are the top 10 products littering our beaches:

1. Plastic/ polystyrene pieces (0-50cm) – 225.3/100m

Plastic and polystyrene pieces topped the list of the most common item of litter on Britain’s beaches both this year and last year.

These products beat number two in the list by quite a margin.

Since last year there has been a 7% increase in the number of plastic and polystyrene pieces found on beaches.

Last year there were 209.6 items per 100m.

2. Packets (crisp, sweet, lolly, sandwich) – 42.3/100m

Last year there were 43.9 items per 100m, slightly more than this year’s 42.3.

The amount of glass found on Britain’s beaches has nearly doubled since last year.

Last year, glass was number 7 on the list and now it has jumped to number three, with a 73% increase in the number of items found.

4. Cigarette stubs – 34.5/100m

The MCS said that during this year’s beach clean, they have been collecting rigid marine plastics and cigarette stubs ready for them to be recycled into new products.

“The cigarette stubs, continually in the top of 10 of most found items, will go to make outside hoarding boards,” the charity said.

5. Caps and lids – 32.9/100m

There’s been a 15% increase in the amount of string/cord found in the beach clean up.

In 2016, 27 items per 100m were found compared to 31 this year.

7. Wet wipes – 27.4/100m

There has been a 94% rise in the number of wet wipes found on UK beaches, data from the 2017 Great British Beach Clean revealed.

The MCS said that there has been a stark rise in sewage related debris in Scotland.

Such debris went up 40% on Scottish beaches, the report details, with the main offender being wet wipes, which rocketed by 141% in the past year.

The report said that there was “much confusion over labelling of what can and can’t be flushed”.

The beach clean found that 21% of all Scottish beach litter came from bathrooms, compared to 8% in the rest of the UK.

8. Cotton bud sticks – 26.9/100m

Gemmell said: “No one wants to swim with a flushed wet wipe or make a sand castle out of cotton bud sticks – we can all make a difference for our seas and beaches both for society and wildlife.

“We need everyone to only flush the 3 P’s down the loo – pee, poo and paper – that’s all.

“Everything else needs to go in the bin so it doesn’t end up on our beautiful beaches. We also need continued investment to fix unsatisfactory Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).”

9. Fishing line – 18/100m

The report states that 10.8% of all the litter found on the beaches came from fishing.

“All the things from lobster pots to fishing nets, that help anglers and commercial fishermen catch food,” the report states.

10. Cutlery/ trays/ straws – 15.1/100m

These items also fall under the “on the go” waste banner. The MCS has a number of recommendations for those wanting to reduce their usage of items such as straws.

They urge people to refuse straws and for businesses not to give them out.

The MCS advocated a levy charge placed on certain items – such those already introduced on plastic bags.

“If a levy was placed on single use plastic such as straws, stirrers, cutlery, cups and cup lids, we’re confident that we’d find fewer of these items,” Gemmell said.

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Donald Trump Hits Back At Theresa May Over Her Criticism Of Far-Right ‘Britain First’ Tweets

Donald Trump has hit back at Theresa May after she criticised him for retweeting video propaganda produced by the UK’s far-right fringe ‘Britain First’ group.

In signs of huge strain on the ‘special relationship’, the US President told the British Prime Minister to “focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place” within the UK.

Trump shared three inflammatory anti-Islam videos spread by Britain First’s Deputy Leader Jayda Fransen, and has faced cross-party criticism from the UK for spreading hate. But Trump appears unapologetic. 

He wrote on Twitter:

“Theresa May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!”

Trump’s initial tweet linked to a different Twitter user, instead of May’s actual handle. It was was later deleted and Trump tweeted again with the correct account for the British PM.

In an unprecedented condemnation of the White House, May had criticised Trump directly when her official spokesman said the President was “wrong” to have supported Britain First’s attempts to “divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tension”.

The spokesman said: “They cause anxiety to law-abiding people. British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far-right which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents: decency, tolerance and respect.

“It is wrong for the President to have done this.”

While Downing Street’s words were seen as unusually strong, another  government minister went further.

Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, hit out at Donald Trump for endorsing a “vile, hate-filled racist” far-right group.

He said he would would “refuse to let it go and say nothing” after the US President shared the inflammatory anti-Muslim videos.

He wrote:

“So POTUS has endorsed the views of a vile, hate-filled racist organisation that hates me and people like me. He is wrong and I refuse to let it go and say nothing.”

.@realDonaldTrump Facts do matter. The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.

— Netherlands Embassy (@NLintheUSA) November 29, 2017