‘Delete Twitter’ searches soar by 204 per cent as app crashing and Musk deal falters July 15, 2022 Searches for “Delete Twitter” surged by 204 per cent after the app crashed and Elon Musk pulled out of his $44bn (£37.2bn) bid to buy the social media platform. Searches to delete Twitter rose to more than double the average amount after users were unable to load any content on the app yesterday, research by [...]
Tory leadership race: Knives are out as Johnson backs ‘anyone but Rishi’ while Mordaunt and Truss scrap for support July 15, 2022 Knives are out in the final stages of the Conservative leadership contest, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson backing “anyone but Rishi” and eliminated candidates nailing their colours to the mast. While the Prime Minister has refused to back any one candidate, a source told the Times “the whole No 10 team hates Rishi” because he [...]
Musk’s $44bn u-turn on Twitter hits City advisor fees hard July 14, 2022 Twitter and Elon Musk’s financial advisors could lose big bucks after the eccentric entrepreneur walked away from the $44bn mega deal. According to an earlier regulatory filing, the social media firm’s financial advisors Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase could have nabbed fees totalling to $133m, while Refinitiv suggested that Morgan Stanley and the other [...]
Tory leadership: Poll says Sunak at just 28 per cent among members as Mordaunt’s support surges July 14, 2022 The six remaining Tory leadership hopefuls are preparing for the final sages of the contest with the results of the second ballot at 3pm today. Three clear frontrunners have emerged after the first round, with Rishi Sunak receiving 88, Penny Mordaunt on 67 and Liz Truss on 50. This comes amid disastrous polling from YouGuv [...]
‘Stop Sunak’: Downing Street denies running smear campaign despite fierce attacks from Boris Johnson allies July 13, 2022 Downing Street this afternoon denied running an anti-Rishi Sunak smear campaign as Boris Johnson’s allies singled out the former chancellor for criticism in an increasingly bitter leadership contest. The caretaker Prime Minister’s press secretary insisted on Wednesday that Johnson is “staying neutral” despite his remaining loyalists throwing their support behind Liz Truss. Sunak, who currently [...]
Twitter shares climb as investors back Elon Musk lawsuit over $44bn takeover July 13, 2022 Twitter’s shares climb over five per cent in early morning trading after news broke that the social media titan had officially sued Elon Musk to force him to follow through with his $44bn takeover. Last week the world’s richest man announced that he would be walking away from the mega deal, citing the Silicon Valley’s firm [...]
Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg: I would refuse to serve in ‘socialist’ Rishi Sunak’s cabinet July 13, 2022 Boris Johnson ally Jacob Rees-Mogg has branded Rishi Sunak a ‘socialist’ and refused to serve in his cabinet should he become PM. The Brexit-backing Conservative MP hit out at the former chancellor’s “disloyalty” to the Prime Minister after he resigned last Tuesday. This comes after Rees-Mogg appeared to brand Sunak a socialist for high taxes [...]
‘I am just a regular guy’: Michael Gove rejects Downing Street’s ‘snake’ label July 12, 2022 Former government minister and Tory heavyweight Michael Gove has denied that he is a “snake” after being described as such by No 10 sources after being sacked as communities secretary by Boris Johnson last week. The Prime Minister dramatically fired Gove last Wednesday after his Cabinet rival told him that it was time for him [...]
ECB president Christine Lagarde gets fake text messages from former German chancellor Angela Merkel July 12, 2022 The European Central Bank revealed this afternoon that its president Christine Lagarde was targeted in an attempted cyberattack but no information was compromised. The attempt took place “recently”, the Frankfurt-based central bank for the 19 countries that use the euro said in an emailed response to a query about a report by Business Insider. The [...]
Russia suffers heavy blow as Ukraine uses US-supplied high mobility rockets to destroy key weapon depot July 12, 2022 The Ukrainian military’s southern command said this morning that a rocket strike targeted a depot in Russian-held Nova Kakhovka, about 35 miles east of the important Black Sea port city of Kherson, which is also occupied by Russian forces. The Russian ammunition depot was apparently targeted by Ukrainian forces overnight, resulting in a massive blast [...]
