If Theresa May’s withdrawal deal passes, it will haunt the Tories forever March 21, 2019 Thank you John Bercow. I’m sure that the speaker had his own reasons for announcing that Theresa May cannot just keep bringing back the same motion to parliament so she can browbeat, blackmail and bribe her backbench MPs into supporting the abomination that is her withdrawal agreement. I’m sure he is hoping that, in whittling [...]
Go back to the drawing board and help UK businesses become top of the class March 21, 2019 If you walk into any classroom in the country, you will find a small group of diligent pupils at the front, hands raised, offering an answer to today’s problem. There’s also likely a second lot at the back of the class monopolising the teacher’s time. This leaves the majority of students in the middle who [...]
Debate: With recent attention on Section 21 of the Landlord and Tenants Act, should it be scrapped? March 21, 2019 Debate: With recent attention on Section 21 of the Landlord and Tenants Act, should it be scrapped? Yes – Hannah Slater is policy and public affairs manager at Generation Rent. Section 21 allows landlords to evict tenants with just two months’ notice and without giving them any reason. It’s an outdated bit of law. Three decades on [...]
Chris Tremlett: The Indian Premier League is a brilliant opportunity for England’s best to find form ahead of the World Cup March 20, 2019 The Indian Premier League starts on Saturday and with 11 Englishmen competing there should be plenty of interest in this country. My experience of the IPL is limited. I entered the auction process in 2011, but back then English players weren’t particularly popular, with Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad and Paul Collingwood among the lucky few [...]
Beware of these Tube terrors if you’re travelling on the London Underground March 20, 2019 Only the bravest explorers traverse the London Underground. The tunnels of the Tube have their own microclimate and ecosystem, and are inhabited by a wide array of eccentric species. Most of these specimens are placid, if not friendly, but recently I have observed a worrying trend of hostility from Undergrounders. It’s rough out there, so [...]
Can Beto O’Rourke lead the Democrats to victory against Donald Trump? March 20, 2019 Beto O’Rourke lit up the 2020 US presidential election race last week by throwing his hat into the ring. The Democrat shot to fame last year when he ran for the US Senate and only narrowly lost out to his rival in the deeply Republican state of Texas. His failure in that election was counter-intuitively his [...]
DEBATE: Will the UK’s strong employment landscape be able to withstand the shock of a no-deal Brexit? March 20, 2019 Will the UK’s strong employment landscape be able to withstand the shock of a no-deal Brexit? Lee Biggins, founder and chief executive of CV-Library, says YES. While there’s no guarantee that the jobs boom will last if we came crashing out of the EU, the labour market has stood strong in the face of uncertainty [...]
Emojis are a better metric for national wellbeing than traditional data methods March 20, 2019 HMRC’s programme to make tax digital continues to roll out. Anyone with a small business will know about the imminent deadline of 1 April, when VAT returns become digital. Quick to seize an opportunity, several companies have developed software to ease the task. The digitisation of tax raises the wider issue of whether technology will [...]
Trevor Steven: Callum Hudson-Odoi may not have started a Premier League game but his England call-up makes sense March 19, 2019 Some players just stand out; everyone in the game knows they are a special talent and there is no split opinion about it. Callum Hudson-Odoi, who could make his England debut this week, is one of them. Having starred at age-group level for Chelsea’s successful youth teams and the World Cup-winning England Under-17 side, Hudson-Odoi [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Jockey Teetan can help get Waldorf back among the winners March 19, 2019 IF ANY horse is due a change of fortune in Hong Kong, it has to be WALDORF, who lines up in the 2.15pm over six furlongs. This willing and game four-year-old has failed to add to his solitary success over course and distance back in December due to wide draws, misfortune in running, or the [...]