This Thanksgiving, be grateful for the political freedom to campaign November 21, 2018 Tomorrow is the fourth Thursday in November, so Americans, in the US and across the world, will be celebrating Thanksgiving. Whenever I have been invited to Thanksgiving dinners, one of my favourite traditions is when everyone sitting around the table mentions something which they are grateful for in their lives. People often mention something personal [...]
Life under Network Rail offers a glimpse of the future if Corbyn were left in charge November 21, 2018 The shambles that is Network Rail continues to blight our lives. City A.M. readers may have experienced the cancellation of many services into Waterloo on Monday, due to engineering works overrunning. Even the best-laid plans can go astray. But this week was not just a one-off event. It seems to be a permanent feature of [...]
Hilary Ineomo-Marcus detained near Heathrow following Kweku Adoboli deportation – surely it’s time for the Home Office to re-think its approach November 20, 2018 Former rogue trader Kweku Adoboli was deported last week, the Home Office insisting on removing the man who sensationally lost UBS £1.8bn between 2008 and 2011. Two days earlier, City A.M. argued that his case, alongside that of a south Londoner named Hilary Ineomo-Marcus, demonstrated flaws in the government's blunt approach to the deportation of foreign [...]
Should other countries take a leaf out of Trump’s economic playbook? November 20, 2018 | City Talk Global growth in 2017 was characterised by synchronised expansion by the world’s major economies. This was largely because robust global trade growth created a rising tide that lifted all boats. Since global trade has waned in 2018, economic growth has become less coordinated. While China, Europe and Japan have all seen their growth rates cool, [...]
Max fac is back to help solve Irish backstop worries, Downing Street reveals November 20, 2018 Theresa May is reviving plans to use technology to prevent a hard border with Ireland in a bid to win support for her under-fire Brexit deal. The so-called maximum facilitation proposal – dubbed ‘max fac’ – was one of the customs arrangements considered by the Government last year before being dismissed. It has support among [...]
Jacob Rees-Mogg admits no confidence letters are drying up in plot to oust Theresa May November 20, 2018 Jacob Rees-Mogg has admitted the ousting of Theresa May may have to wait until next month after the Brexiter plot ran out of steam this week. The high-profile Brexiter, chairman of the European Research Group of Tory MPs, used an impromptu press conference last Thursday to announce he would be putting in a letter of [...]
Ivanka Trump reportedly sent hundreds of White House emails from private account November 20, 2018 Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email account, it is reported. President Trump’s daughter, who works as an adviser to her father in his administration, reportedly breached federal records rules with many of the messages sent to White House aides, officials and her assistants. The Washington Post said yesterday [...]
Spain threatens to reject draft Brexit deal unless Gibraltar is excluded from EU talks November 20, 2018 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said his country will reject the draft Brexit deal unless it makes clear that talks regarding the status of Gibraltar will be considered separately. Spain holds a claim to Gibraltar, which came under Britain's control following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. The BBC reported that Spain has said it [...]
Bill Browder calls for Russia to be barred from Interpol system after ‘serial abuse’ November 20, 2018 Hermitage Capital boss Bill Browder called today for Russia to be barred from the Interpol system ahead of the potential election of a Russian head of the international policing body. At a press conference in London today, Browder and exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky described Russian abuse of the Interpol system to pursue them overseas. [...]
No swearing! Elon Musk renames BFR rocket Starship November 20, 2018 Space X boss Elon Musk tweeted today that the BFR rocket that is costing the company roughly $5bn (£3.9bn) to develop has been renamed. Officially called the Big Falcon Rocket, it is also widely known as the Big F*****g Rocket. Musk has said the BFR name was inspired by a weapon in computer game Doom called the [...]