It’s time to challenge Corbyn’s grotesque stereotype of business May 17, 2019 This week, business leader and rich list regular Julian Richer announced that he was handing over 60 per cent of shares in his company to the firm’s 522 employees. You’d be forgiven if you missed this news. Despite Richer Sounds’ 53 stores across the country and annual turnover of £157.5m, the founder is hardly a [...]
Tried-and-failed plan to nationalise energy in the UK is a step backwards May 17, 2019 Last week, I ventured to Athens for this year’s Atlas European Liberty Forum conference, which brings together free market groups, not just from Europe, but from all over the world. It’s always a remarkable experience, which puts into perspective the battles for freedom we face here in the UK. You meet people – particularly young [...]
Britain is ready for change, but politics hasn’t quite caught up May 17, 2019 Walk past the Palace of Westminster, and the crowds of protesters blocking the pavement send a clear message: the British are finally becoming politicised. At the same time, the esteem of the UK public for our major political parties is at an all-time low. This is not a peculiarly British phenomenon. In Europe, previously dominant [...]
Brenda from Bristol despair – another General Election is all but inevitable May 17, 2019 The perspective taken by this newspaper rarely chimes with that of the Scottish National Party. Yet it was difficult to disagree with former banker and current SNP member of parliament Ian Blackford yesterday, when he said: "The only thing we’ve learned from today’s latest fudge from the 1922 Committee is that Theresa May is so incompetent [...]
Sterling hits three-month low with investors nervous about Theresa May’s successor May 16, 2019 Sterling fell to a three-month low against the dollar today as political turmoil intensified and investors worried about who will be Prime Minister Theresa May’s successor. Read more: Theresa May to set out departure date in June The pound fell for the fifth consecutive day to $1.279, a drop of 0.4 per cent, as the Brexit [...]
Bank of England deputy recommends ‘British approach’ to post-Brexit financial regulation May 16, 2019 Britain's financial regulations should be just as strict following Brexit, but more power should be handed to regulatory bodies to create “dynamic” rules, Sam Woods, a deputy governor of the Bank of England, has said. Read more: EU officials mulling post-Brexit financial reforms Woods, who is also chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), [...]
Prime Minister Theresa May to set out her departure date in June May 16, 2019 Theresa May will set out the date of her departure from Downing Street in the first week of June, it has been confirmed. Read more: Boris Johnson confirms he will stand for Tory leadership The Prime Minister met with the executive members of the Conservative backbench 1922 committee amid growing frustration with her leadership of [...]
Boris Johnson confirms he will stand in Tory leadership election May 16, 2019 Boris Johnson today confirmed he will stand in a Tory leadership election to replace Theresa May. Read more: Labour hand May a Brexit deal lifeline by refusing to vote down her plan The former foreign secretary told an insurance conference: “Of course I’m going to go for it.” https://twitter.com/huwbbc/status/1129004670184304642 Speaking at the British Insurance Brokers' Association [...]
Theresa May to meet senior Conservative backbench MPs today in showdown over her future May 16, 2019 Prime Minister Theresa May is set to meet senior Conservative MPs today in a showdown over her future. Read more: Labour hand May a Brexit deal lifeline by refusing to vote down her plan May is holding talks with members of the executive of the backbench 1922 committee as pressure mounts on her to set [...]
The Brexit Party genie cannot be stuffed back into the bottle May 16, 2019 It was said of the French Bourbons during the Restoration following the Revolutionary and Napoleonic interregnum that “they had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing”. Utterly oblivious to how France had changed since Louis XVI had been driven from the throne, his relatives proceeded to attempt to roll back the clock and restore their vision of [...]