Keir Starmer congratulates Trump on ‘historic election victory’ November 6, 2024 Prime Minister Keir Starmer has congratulated Donald Trump on an “historic election victory” as the former president prepares for a return to the White House. In a post on X, Starmer said that “I look forward to working with you in the years ahead”. “As the closest of allies, we stand shoulder to shoulder in [...]
US Treasury yields jump and Bitcoin hits record as Trump wins election November 6, 2024 US Treasury yields jumped and Bitcoin surged to a new record as markets reacted to Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election.
Ahead of the Game: Trump’s pledge to LIV and PGA, Charlton eye move November 6, 2024 LIV Golf executives will be cheered by Donald Trump’s march on the White House in the belief that the former president’s second US election win would lead to the long-heralded merger with the PGA Tour finally taking place. Negotiations between the two rival tours have been taking place for over 18 months, with one of [...]
US election: Which Premier League owners are backing Harris and Trump? November 5, 2024 One of Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will be the next President of the United States. But which Premier League owners backed which candidate in this year’s US election? Manchester United’s co-owning brothers Edward and Avram Glazer will have contrasting emotions come tomorrow, with the siblings backing opposing sides in the US election. The sporting [...]
The Apprentice: Is the Trump biopic fake news? October 24, 2024 The Apprentice, a film directed by Iranian-Danish Ali Abbasi out last week in the UK, constitutes a brutal character assassination against presidential candidate Donald Trump. Focusing on the years 1973 to the early 1980s, it tracks Trump’s rise from real estate mogul’s awkward son (he’s literally knocking on doors collecting rents) to the man liberals [...]
Labour activists are right to campaign for Harris October 24, 2024 It’s easy to laugh at try-hard Labour staffers wanting to get involved in US politics by campaigning for Kamala Harris, but what happens in America matters to us all, says Will Cooling We’ve all experienced the horror of returning from holiday to a massive backlog of work emails and urgent tasks, but few have experienced [...]
Bitcoin’s surge is thanks to one thing: Donald Trump’s improving ratings October 22, 2024 Donald Trump’s rising chances in the upcoming presidential election are helping bitcoin’s price come back close to its all-time high. Bitcoin’s price is up 11.5 per cent in the last ten days, and 26 per cent from its seven-month low in September, and analysts are pointing to a simple reason for the spike: Trump. Trump’s [...]
Donald Trump is wrong: AI is NOT a threat to speechwriting September 30, 2024 “He goes click, click, click, and like 15 seconds later he shows me my speech, written so beautifully.” This is Donald Trump on Logan Paul’s podcast, describing his first encounter with ChatGPT. “I’ve never seen anything like it. And so quickly… It’s a little bit scary… So one industry I think that will be gone [...]
Who’d be ambassador to President Trump? September 9, 2024 Peter Mandelson and David Miliband are rumoured to be in the frame for British ambassador to Washington, but only if Kamala Harris wins. That’s a mistake. A Trump victory would demand a diplomatic heavyweight, says Eliot Wilson By the beginning of next year, Dame Karen Pierce will have served as British ambassador to the United [...]
Nick Faldo on Trump friendship, British Masters and Ryder Cup predictions August 28, 2024 Britain’s most successful modern-day golfer Sir Nick Faldo on hosting the British Masters this week, the race for Ryder Cup places and his long-standing friendship with former US president Donald Trump. Sir Nick Faldo may be closer than most to the Oval Office but is looking forward to Europe beginning their Ryder Cup quest to [...]