EU agrees ‘largest ever trade deal’ with South American bloc after 20 years of talks June 29, 2019 The European Union has agreed a free-trade deal with the South American bloc known as Mercosur, 20 years after negotiations first began. EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has labelled the agreement as the EU’s biggest deal to date, and claimed it shows “we stand for rules-based trade” at a time of conflict between the US [...]
Theresa May tells Vladmir Putin there can be no repeat of Salisbury attack in face-to-face meeting June 28, 2019 Theresa May has told Russian President Vladmir Putin that there can be no repeat of the “truly despicable act that led to the death of British citizen, Dawn Sturgess”. During a meeting that lasted one hour and 20 minutes, May condemned the Salisbury attack, which she said the UK had “irrefutable evidence that Russia was [...]
Theresa May demands Salisbury poisoning suspects face justice ahead of Vladmir Putin talks June 28, 2019 Theresa May has called for the suspects in the Salisbury Novichok attack to be “brought to justice” ahead of a meeting with Vladmir Putin at the G20 summit today. UK authorities suspect two people from Russia’s intelligence service, GRU, were responsible for the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia last year. Read [...]
Trump jokes to Putin at G20: ‘Don’t meddle in the election, please’ June 28, 2019 Donald Trump has playfully warned Vladmir Putin not to “meddle” in the 2020 US election, smiling and waving his finger at the Russian president. The US president met face to face with Putin today as the G20 summit in Osaka gets underway. Read more: Putin says liberalism has “become obsolete” and praises “talented” Trump He [...]
Vladmir Putin calls liberalism ‘obsolete’ ahead of G20 summit June 28, 2019 Russian president Vladmir Putin has labelled liberalism as “obsolete” ahead of the latest G20 summit, which gets underway today. The 66-year-old claimed that the dominant ideology throughout western Europe had “outlived its purpose” during a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times. Read more: US and China agree tentative trade truce ahead of G20 summit “[Liberals] [...]
Should 160,000 Tories choose our next Prime Minister? Yes, actually June 28, 2019 Discussing the Tory leadership election on Sky News earlier this week, host Adam Boulton asked me why the party members seemed so relaxed about Boris Johnson’s controversial private life. “Isn’t this the party of family values?” Boulton asked. It’s a fair point. Three quarters of the party’s 160,000 members believe that “young people today don’t [...]
Tory leadership contest: Boris Johnson plans emergency budget for no-deal Brexit June 28, 2019 Boris Johnson is set to outline an emergency budget featuring heavy tax cuts in the event of a no-deal Brexit, it is reported. Read more: Jeremy Hunt accuses Boris Johnson of getting Brexit facts wrong The Tory frontrunner and favourite to be Britain’s next Prime Minister has committed to leaving the EU with or without [...]
At last, a sensible immigration plan – and it comes from Boris June 28, 2019 It is not often that I agree with Boris Johnson. But when the frontrunner to be the next Prime Minister announced his immigration proposals yesterday, for the first time in this leadership race I found myself on Team Boris. In a digital hustings, Boris revived an idea that he had trumpeted during the Vote Leave [...]
Entrepreneurs need a free market, not student loan giveaways from Jeremy Hunt June 28, 2019 Entrepreneurs are a frequent component of a politician’s stump speech. MPs love to boast about their regard for job creators. Regardless of which end of the political spectrum you’re on, if you put any importance on healthy economic growth, you know that these people are vital to our success. But for all the lip service [...]
Businesses are becoming better corporate citizens, so why is public perception lagging behind? June 28, 2019 When I left politics for business two decades ago, it was taken for granted that those who ran the country would be held more accountable than those who ran our companies. Today, in many cases, levels of scrutiny on business now seem more intense. Leave aside the fact that conduct and persistent policy failures which [...]