Taiwan environment minister: we were excluded from Cop26, but we will charge ahead with Net Zero November 4, 2021 Taiwan, despite being excluded from the United Nations climate change conference, has been working to lead the fight and protect our environment. This year, Taiwan experienced its worst drought in more than half a century. This was then followed by abnormally heavy rainfall. We can clearly see climate change’s profound impact. Taiwan was deprived of [...]
Extremist politics will continue to take root unless we solve migration November 4, 2021 The refugees seeking Britain as a home today are often fleeing conflict and persecution. The refugees of tomorrow will have the damaging effects of climate change and demographic growth to worry about as well. The current levels of illegal boat crossings in the UK are higher than ever. On Tuesday, even in the bitter November [...]
Editorial: Owen Paterson debacle paints Conservatives in a very bad light November 3, 2021 Good on Yorkshire Tea. Not, admittedly, how most of City A.M.’s editorial columns start, but yesterday the God’s own tea maker cancelled its sponsorship of Yorkshire Country Cricket Club after the authorities there swept a report on racism within the club’s dressing rooms under the carpet. It was a shocking failure of governance, and commercial [...]
Boris’ tax mania could push British business into Labour’s open arms November 3, 2021 An exec recently recalled a meeting between banking bosses and ex-Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell when it looked like Labour may just seize power. As the suits traipsed into a room the Marxist quipped: “Don’t worry. We’re not sending you to a re-education centre in Doncaster … yet.” He also promised to whack corporation tax up [...]
Editorial: Sports fiascos remind City of importance of governance November 2, 2021 The world of sport has always been something of a wild west when it comes to corporate governance. The propensity to hire ex-players to sit on governing committees doesn’t help, as if the ability to play with head over elbow when batting out the day or pick-and-go from the back of the scrum will somehow [...]
Mud slinging across the Channel Deciphering the fish wars, Made easy November 2, 2021 The latest development in the fishing row between France and the UK is a temporary truce. French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to enforce retaliatory measures Tuesday at midnight, but he didn’t. The row is all about access to the other country’s respective waters, which for France include Channel Islands’ waters. A deal was drafted [...]
Opinion-in-brief: We need freedom to solve our housing woes November 2, 2021 By reducing demand for social housing, Brexit was supposed to help Boris Johnson deliver his pledge to end homelessness within five years. Spoiler: it’s not going well. From 2010 to 2018, the number of rough sleepers more than doubled from 1,768 to 4.677 because of the misguided idea that the homeless need help, instead of [...]
Letters: Listen to them, not us November 2, 2021 [Re: Cop26, yesterday] Cop26 is considered “the world’s best last chance to get climate change under control.” In Glasgow yesterday, Boris Johnson said we were at “one minute to midnight” to save ourselves. He was one of dozens of world leaders taking the stage at the climate change conference. As an insurer we’ve already seen [...]
A fallen tree on a railway scuppered Cop26 travel plans – and that was the high point November 2, 2021 Cop26, billed as our last chance to save humanity, went very well. Within hours of wandering into the summit, borrowing a phrase from Greta Thunberg, comparing himself to James Bond, and reminding cows, once again, that they really shouldn’t burp, Boris Johnson saved the world, repaired tense relations with Europe, put the French and the [...]
London is failing to make itself more accessible for those with disabilities November 2, 2021 Children with special education needs and disabilities were given a slice of Rishi Sunak’s spending spree last week, with £2.6bn set to be spent on things like more accessible classrooms. The current disability pay gap is 19.6 per cent. So focusing our energies where the cracks begin to emerge is a no brainer. But for [...]