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Syria is the climax in the long battle over the soul of American foreign policy October 28, 2019 In defying the American foreign policy establishment, I once wrote a book that cost me my job. In 2006, in response to the looming debacle in Iraq, the British thinker Anatol Lieven and I wrote Ethical Realism. It was a broadside castigating the brain-dead, pro-interventionist intellectual sameness of the US foreign policy establishment, and the [...]
Number 10 could explore Lib Dem-inspired plan if Monday election motion fails October 27, 2019 A December general election became more likely this morning, after the government hinted it could use a similar plan to one mooted by the Lib Dems to enshrine an election in law, should its efforts to call a poll via conventional means fail tomorrow. The government will table a motion calling for a 12 December [...]
Government ‘should overhaul’ stamp duty to boost housing market October 27, 2019 The government should slash stamp duty to help boost housebuilding and encourage people to buy their own homes, a new report has stated. Stamp duty is the second most unpopular UK levy behind inheritance tax, and a gradual rise in rates has meant the average buyer in England pays £2,300 when they buy a property. [...]
Microsoft beats Amazon to Pentagon’s $10bn cloud computing contract October 26, 2019 Microsoft has won a cloud-computing contract from the Pentagon worth $10bn (£8bn). The contract is for the Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure, dubbed Jedi, is for a 10-year period. Read more: Cloud computing drives Microsoft revenue up The project is aimed at making the US defence department more technologically agile. Amazon had been favourites for the [...]
Government denies report it will seek to weaken workers’ rights after Brexit October 26, 2019 The government has denied a report that it will seek to weaken workers’ rights after the UK leaves the EU. The Financial Times published extracts of leaked documents from the department for exiting the European Union on saturday, which said a “level playing field” commitment to the EU “leaves room for interpretation”. Read more: Sajid [...]
EU agrees to Brexit delay but ‘very unlikely’ to decide on extension before Tuesday October 26, 2019 EU leaders have agreed a Brexit delay, but will not make a decision on how long for until next week. They are debating whether to extend the deadline date until 31 January or November. The latter is thought to be preferred by French President Emmanual Macron. Read more: Said Javid admits 31 October Brexit deadline [...]
Treasury halts production of 50p Brexit coins October 25, 2019 The Treasury has stopped production of thousands of commemorative Brexit coins over continuing doubts as to when the UK will leave the EU. A Treasury spokesman said: “We have paused production of the Brexit coin, and will take a final decision in due course.” Read more: Brussels delays Brexit extension decision The new 50p pieces [...]
Boris Johnson tells Corbyn: ‘Man up and back my election’ October 25, 2019 Boris Johnson has told Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to “man up” and back a general election as the EU delayed its decision on the length of the UK’s Brexit extension. The Prime Minister refused to rule out leaving without a deal on the 31st October, contradicting earlier comments by Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid. [...]
Brussels postpones Brexit delay decision October 25, 2019 The EU has pushed back the deadline to make a decision on how long a Brexit delay it will offer the UK. But EU leaders have agreed in principle to grant the UK a Brexit extension, the European Commission said today. Read more: The FTSE 100 is trading flat amid Brexit caution The EU’s chief [...]
Chancellor Sajid Javid admits 31 October Brexit deadline ‘can’t be met’ as government tables election vote October 25, 2019 Sajid Javid has admitted that the 31 October Brexit deadline is all but dead. It is the first time the government has publicly accepted it is unlikely the UK will leave the EU before the end of the month, despite Boris Johnson’s “do or die” pledge. The Chancellor said it is likely the EU will [...]