Business leaders warn Labour government under Jeremy Corbyn would be worse for Britain than crashing out of EU without a deal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06, 18 November 2019 | Updated: 22:27, 18 November 2019 A Labour government under Jeremy Corbyn would be worse for Britain …
Read More »‘The Crown’ peddles subversive republican message, says royal historian | Showbiz
‘The Crown’ creator Peter Morgan has said the series, whose first two seasons cost about US$130 million to make, is based on known facts and imagined private conversations. — AFP pic LONDON, Nov 19 — Television series The Crown might have won millions of fans across the globe with its …
Read More »Extreme E: British driver Billy Monger to race in new series
Extreme E aims to highlight climate change in five remote locations British driver Billy Monger has been named as one of the latest entrants to the Extreme E championship. Monger is a double leg amputee after suffering serious injuries in a high-speed Formula 4 crash at Donington Park in 2017. …
Read More »Lord Blunkett attacks Labour leadership for facing ‘two ways’ on immigration
Labour’s immigration civil war deepens as ex-home secretary Lord Blunkett demands that Jeremy Corbyn ignore ‘CRAZY’ activist vote to extend freedom of movement Lord Blunkett said the Labour Party is currently facing ‘two ways’ on immigration He said party must be ‘absolutely clear’ on issue when it publishes its manifesto …
Read More »Boris Johnson Cancels 2020 Tax Cut for Businesses: U.K. Votes
(Bloomberg) — Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his Conservatives are canceling plans to cut corporation tax next April so the government can save money to spend more on voters’ priorities, including the state-funded National Health Service. The rate was …
Read More »Biographer A. N. WILSON writes that for first time in generations, the Queen lacks a wise adviser
On November 24, 1992, the Queen gave a speech to mark her four decades on the throne. It was memorable for a phrase she used that is now in common parlance — ‘annus horribilis’, the Latin for ‘horrible year’. She and her family had had to contend with Prince Andrew’s …
Read More »Hundreds of Christmas temp jobs available in Birmingham – Selfridges, German Market, Royal Mail and more
New data shows there’s currently more than 20,000 Christmas jobs available in the UK – including hundreds in Birmingham. This makes the festive season is the perfect time to earn some extra cash. With December 25 fast approaching, you’d be forgiven for worrying how you are going to make ends …
Read More »Letters—Labour Party’s retreat over Kashmir is a worrying sign
There were large protests against Narendra Modi in July (Pic: Guy Smallman) I was enraged to hear that the Labour Party had declared the question of Kashmir to be a “bilateral issue” between India and Pakistan in which Labour will not interfere. It has done this despite it being the site of …
Read More »General election 2019: Labour’s plans to nationalise could ‘breach human rights’ | UK | News
If the party wins in December, Labour is targeting The Royal Mail, railways, water and energy utilities as part of its efforts to nationalise. But, many in those industries have reacted angrily to the prospect of forced nationalisation with some lawyers and shareholders arguing the move would be a “blatant …
Read More »Will the Royal Mail share price ever get back to its 330p IPO price?
There were contrasting fortunes last week for investors in Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) and Fuller, Smith & Turner (LSE: FSTA). The former’s shares jumped as much as 6% on Wednesday, while the latter’s were down 16% at one stage on Friday. Royal Mail’s rise came on the back of news …
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