UK and EU to enter crunch final weeks in Brexit negotiations September 27, 2020 The UK and EU are moving toward the final stages of Brexit trade talks, with the chances of a deal reportedly improving. The ninth round of formal negotiations will begin on Tuesday, with both sides having made late concessions, according to the Sunday Times. Senior sources told the Times that Michael Gove has been pressuring [...]
Right-wingers Dacre and Moore in line for top media posts under Johnson September 27, 2020 Two prominent right-wing media critics of the BBC are reportedly in line for jobs as the next president of the public service broadcaster and the head of TV regulator Ofcom. Former Telegraph editor, and official Margaret Thatcher biographer, Lord Charles Moore is in line to be the next BBC president, while former Daily Mail editor [...]
SAGE expert warns of 100 Covid-19 deaths a day within four weeks September 26, 2020 The daily death toll in the UK caused by Covid-19 will rise to around 100 per day within four weeks, according to a member of the government’s scientific advisory board, SAGE. Professor Graham Medley said little can be done to prevent the daily deaths rising from the current 34 per day to 100 due to [...]
Andrew Neil to leave BBC and lead new UK TV news channel September 26, 2020 Andrew Neil is set to leave the BBC and lead a rival news channel backed by US group Discovery. GB News plans to launch in early 2021 with Neil as its chair and top presenter. The channel is aiming to bring a talk-radio style to the UK “underserved and unheard by their media” and upend [...]
UK to pledge £340m increase in funding for World Health Organisation September 26, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge on Saturday a 30 per cent increase in funding for the World Health Organization while urging reforms to the global health body and calling for a revival of cross-border cooperation to end “ugly rifts”. Delivering a recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Johnson will say the [...]
NHS Covid-19 app unable to accept a third of test results September 26, 2020 England’s Covid-19 smartphone app launched to curb the spread of the virus does not accept test results processed in the country’s state-run laboratories, hospitals or as part of an official survey, it said on Saturday. The App’s official account said on Twitter it could not link to test results taken in Public Health England (PHE) [...]
Boris Johnson to call for greater international cooperation in UN speech September 25, 2020 Boris Johnson will use his speech at the UN General Assembly on Saturday to call for greater international cohesion while also laying out a five-point plan to prevent future pandemics. The Prime Minister is expected to say that the coronavirus pandemic has created larger divides in geopolitics “at a time where closer collaboration is more [...]
Coronavirus: UK reports 6,874 new cases as Covid-19 R number rises again September 25, 2020 There were 6,874 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the UK on Friday after the coronavirus R number was also confirmed to be on the rise. The number of confirmed infections increased by 240 compared with Thursday. The number of deaths among those who had tested positive for Covid-19 within 28 days was 34. Today’s [...]
US Election Betting: There’s never been anyone like Trump September 25, 2020 Despite trading every major election since Betfair Exchange’s inception, I’ve never seen anything like Donald Trump versus Joe Biden. This will be the biggest ever betting event, surpassing the new records set at the 2016 EU referendum and US election. The betting starkly contrasts polls. Betfair Exchange odds imply a 54% chance for Biden, compared [...]
Rishi Sunak ‘ready to do more’ if national Covid lockdown declared September 24, 2020 Rishi Sunak has vowed that he is willing to extend his newly announced wage subsidy scheme if a further national lockdown is implemented. Sunak today launched the Jobs Support Scheme, which will allow full-time workers to go back to work part-time and have the government help pay for two-thirds of hours they have lost. The [...]