Politics
Conservatives are ‘joyless’ & ‘authoritarian’ says senior Tory
You might well think these comments have been made by any Labour party supporter, and probably a lot more besides, however in this case it was a senior Tory. Ruth Davidson, the Conservative leader in Scotland, has warned her own party that they need to, echoing the words of the ghost of PMs past, “chillax.” On Monday Ms Davidson said "Sometimes as Tories we just look a bit dour." "We look a bit joyless - is that fair? A bit...
“Being £900 worse off might not seem a lot to Tory cabinet ministers but for many it pays for family’s summer holiday”
GMB, Britain’s general union, has criticised the Government’s approach to Brexit after Mark Carney told MPs that the vote to leave the EU referendum has so far cost each UK household £900. The governor of the Bank of England made his remarks while giving evidence of a committee of MPs, stating his belief that the effects of the EU referendum in June 2016 had lowered the UK's GDP by 2%. Carney said: “If you look at where the economy is...
M20 set to be turned into giant lorry park to handle Brexit customs delays
The M20 could be turned into a giant lorry park under proposals slipped out in a written parliamentary statement on “road haulage”. With customs delayed expected following Britain's exit from the European Union ministers are putting together contingency plans for delays and stoppages of cargo into and from the continent. Operation Stack, which has been used dozens of time when disruption has hit Channel ports, could become a mainstay solution in the South East of England, with a no-deal likely...
Brexit has already knocked 2% off UK economy & cost households “a lot of money”
Mark Carney, governor of the bank of England has indicated that Brexit has already hit the UK economy and it hasn’t even happened yet. Carney said that Brexit has taken two per cent off the size of the economy in the UK and has left each household £900 worse off. He described this amount as “a lot of money.” The Bank of England boss has compared forecasts from before the referendum, assuming that remain had won the national vote. Carney...
2018 has been deadlier for school children than members of the US military
More US schoolchildren have died this year than members of the country's military, The Washington Post has revealed. Following the deadly shooting in Houston on Friday new figures show that classrooms in the US are more dangerous than battlegrounds as the country comes to grips with a spiralling gun crisis. Ten children were killed at Santa Fe High School last week, bringing the total number of deaths to almost 30. A total of 22 school shootings have occurred so far this...
Speaker John Bercow tipped to resign and enter Strictly Come Dancing
John Bercow is just 6/4 to step down as Speaker of the House of Commons this year and now priced at 16/1 to follow Ed Balls’ lead and switch politics for pirouettes by signing up for Strictly Come Dancing. Under fire for comments condemned as “completely unacceptable” by government ministers, Bercow’s future as speaker is on very thin ice and he could be looking for a new job by the time Parliament sits after their summer break in September. Bercow...
Major restaurant chain turns down cheeky discount deal offer with Conservative party
In a desperate attempt to appeal to those closer to the cradle than the grave, the Tories are trying to widen their appeal to millenials. One idea that was floated was a discount deal at high street restaurant chain Nando's. However, a spokesman for Nando’s told said: “As a brand we have no political affiliations and we are not considering this.” The Tories will need to go back to the drawing board to get more people to join the party....
Someone’s rewritten Pulp’s hit as Gammon People and it’s a Brexit anthem
We were trying to steer clear of the whole boring gammon controversy: whether it is racist to call the roaring pulmoan-ary purple-faced middle aged men bellowing stuff like “just-get-on-with-it” about Brexit on Question Time gammon-coloured or not. Especially when Kathy Burke nailed it: But then Matthew Hankins just wrote this amazing anthem for gammon coloured men, and the ham-fisted pig’s ear that seduced them and tucked them up like pigs in blankets: Boris Johnson. Slightly altering the words of Pulp’s...
Another company is moving away from UK due to Brexit
As the date to leave the EU comes ever closer another company is jumping ship before Brexit actually begins. This time it is Thomson Reuters who have said they will shift their foreign exchange derivatives trading to Ireland. The outfit will relocate to Dublin so they can continue to do business within the EU. There are fears of a mass exodus of companies, especially in financial services, in the run up to Brexit. A spokesperson said: “Thomson Reuters has commenced...