Daily Express switches Brexit position from boom to bust

The Daily Express today sensationally switched its position on Brexit from boom to bust as it warned of pain to come. Brazen proponents of the Leave Campaign in the run-up to the referendum the paper has splashed a Brexit exclusive warning that we must "suffer pain now so we can make Britain great again". The Trumpism was dished out in a double-page spread by political editor Macer Hall that appealed to readers to "sacrifice some prosperity now so we can...

Big Issue introduce contactless payments in response to cashless economy

The Big Issue has partnered with iZettle to introduce contactless payments with vendors in London, Bath, Birmingham, Bristol and Nottingham. A select number will offer both card and cash payments before the technology is rolled out nationwide. The pilot is the first of its kind, although some vendors had taken it upon themselves to offer card payments in order to boost sales. Research by commerce platform iZettle found more than 70 per cent of payments in the UK are now cashless....

Health Secretary Matt Hancock accused of breaking ethics rules

Matt Hancock has come under fire for praising a private app in a newspaper article. The Labour Party want the Health Sec to face an “urgent investigation” after he seemed to endorse, Babylon, a GP app. The piece appeared in the Evening Standard, edited by George Osborne, where he praised the app, even telling the paper he had it on his own mobile device, reports the Huffington Post. The article was printed "in association with" Babylon, which matches patients to...

Daily Mail splash buries incovenient stats they found to rally MPs for May’s deal

The Daily Mail has been accused of splashing unrepresentative poll results on its front page to give the impression that the public back Theresa May's Brexit deal in a bid to help rally MPs to support the unpopular deal. Its "exclusive bombshell poll" apparently revealed that Brits want MPs to rally behind her deal and that the public say it is the best on offer "by a huge margin". But they did not splash the inconvenient truth revealed by her poll: that...

Theresa May went on a Radio 5 phone in…it didn’t go well

The PM took to the airwaves to talk to normal humans and, as you can imagine, it was quite cringe worthy. BBC Radio 5Live listeners gave May a real grilling and she came away burnt. Theresa May refused to confirm whether she would resign, after being asked three times, if her Brexit deal is rejected by MPs. She continued to insist her plan was "the best deal for the UK." Host Emma Barnett, and the nation, really wanted to know...

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