Professional headshots can be a minefield – especially if you take them too seriously February 7, 2019 TAKE a look at that picture of me. No tie or jacket. Not even a shirt for that matter. Hair a little on the louche side. Facing the camera squarely. Chin jutting out a bit, if we’re honest. And pixels. Lots of pixels. It’s not a professional photo, either in standard or purpose. But it’s [...]
If Trump reaches a hand across the aisle, Democrats would be wise to take it February 7, 2019 For a brief moment on Tuesday evening, the customary rancour of US politics was set aside in a most unusual spontaneous display. To everyone’s surprise, President Donald Trump’s delayed 2019 State of the Union speech – which had itself become a political football in the struggle between a Democratic House of Representatives and a Republican [...]
Sadiq Khan ‘falling short’ on housing after new home registrations fall by 10 per cent February 7, 2019 London mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of "falling short" on housing targets after it emerged that new home registrations in London dropped 10 per cent last year to just over 16,000. There were 16,069 new home registrations in 2018, down from 17,932 the year before, according to the National House Building Council (NHBC), a [...]
Opec exports to US fall to a five-year low as cartel cuts its output February 6, 2019 US oil imports from Opec countries have dropped to five-year lows as the oil producing cartel cuts output, while US domestic production grows. Opec’s sales to the world’s biggest economy fell 22 per cent month-on-month and 37 per cent year on year, to 1.4m barrels per day, data from energy intelligence company Kpler shows. Read [...]
Fire, brimstone and Brexit….it’s all getting a bit theological February 6, 2019 Given that the Brexit debate has touched on every element of our lives from food security to house prices, it was perhaps inevitable that it would end up as a theological discussion. And so it came to pass, yesterday, when EU Council President Donald Tusk told a press conference that he ponders about “a special [...]
Royal London to transfer £1bn of assets to Ireland over ‘no-deal’ Brexit concerns February 6, 2019 The UK's largest mutual insurer, the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society (RLMI), is to transfer £1bn of its assets to Ireland amid increasing concerns over a no-deal Brexit. A High Court judge yesterday granted RLMI permission to move its business from the European Economic Area (EEA) to a newly formed Irish subsidiary, Royal London Insurance DAC, because of [...]
Jean-Claude Juncker shoots down Theresa May’s backstop renegotiation plan February 6, 2019 Theresa May’s hopes of securing changes to the Brexit backstop have been dealt a serious blow by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. In a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon, Juncker ruled out replacing the controversial plan with “alternative arrangements” – a move backed by UK MPs last week. He also refused to accept [...]
Donald Tusk: Special place in hell for clueless Brexit campaigners February 6, 2019 There is a special place in hell for Brexit campaigners who had no plan for how the UK should leave the EU, the European Council President has claimed in an astonishing intervention. Donald Tusk made the jibe in a press conference alongside Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Brussels, in which he reiterated the Brexit withdrawal [...]
Big business needs to step up and take the reins of leadership from the politicians February 6, 2019 I wanna be the leader I wanna be the leader Can I be the leader? Can I? I can? Promise? Promise? Yippee I’m the leader I’m the leader OK what shall we do? Roger McGough did not know how prescient his poem was. The days of Churchill, Thatcher and Mandela are gone. Whether you agreed [...]
Donald Trump set to return to London for Nato meeting February 6, 2019 Donald Trump looks set to visit London for the second time as US President later this year. Trump will likely be one of the Nato leaders to descend on the capital in December as the alliance celebrates its 70th year. Read more: UK warns of further sanctions on Russia after cyber attacks Nato secretary general [...]
