Electoral Commission allowed Vote Leave to break EU referendum spending rules September 14, 2018 The High Court ruled today that the Electoral Commission had misinterpreted EU referendum spending rules to the extent that it allowed Vote Leave to break the law. The commission had fined Vote Leave and Brexiter Darren Grimes after the group donated £620,000 to the campaigner. Both Grimes and Vote Leave claim they were acting on [...]
Electoral Commission allowed Vote Leave to break EU referendum spending rules September 14, 2018 The High Court ruled today that the Electoral Commission had misinterpreted EU referendum spending rules to the extent that it allowed Vote Leave to break the law. The commission had fined Vote Leave and Brexiter Darren Grimes after the group donated £620,000 to the campaigner. Both Grimes and Vote Leave claim they were acting on [...]
To win the Brexit prize, ditch Chequers and go back to the drawing board September 14, 2018 In all the confusion and turbulence that has accompanied the negotiations with the EU in recent months, we seem to have forgotten the Prime Minister’s Lancaster House speech, and in particular its important reference to what Theresa May called the Brexit “prize”. That prize must include the ability to improve our own domestic economy: by [...]
To win the Brexit prize, ditch Chequers and go back to the drawing board September 14, 2018 In all the confusion and turbulence that has accompanied the negotiations with the EU in recent months, we seem to have forgotten the Prime Minister’s Lancaster House speech, and in particular its important reference to what Theresa May called the Brexit “prize”. That prize must include the ability to improve our own domestic economy: by [...]
Editor’s notes: A Cornish hero on 9/11, vegans up the creek with no Padella, and policy is for the many, not the pew September 14, 2018 Everyone remembers where they were when they heard about the 9/11 attacks. For many City workers, the event remains a trauma. Michael Spencer, who had hundreds of staff in the World Trade Center, still turns pale when recalling how he sat in London, watching the news footage, trying to get through on the phones. Remarkably, [...]
Editor’s notes: A Cornish hero on 9/11, vegans up the creek with no Padella, and policy is for the many, not the pew September 14, 2018 Everyone remembers where they were when they heard about the 9/11 attacks. For many City workers, the event remains a trauma. Michael Spencer, who had hundreds of staff in the World Trade Center, still turns pale when recalling how he sat in London, watching the news footage, trying to get through on the phones. Remarkably, [...]
Bank of England boss Mark Carney warns house prices could fall by a third in a no-deal Brexit September 13, 2018 The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney said house prices could crash 35 per cent over three years in the event of a no-deal Brexit in a briefing to cabinet today. Carney said if the UK crashed out of the European Union without a deal, a sharp rise in mortgage rates could torpedo [...]
Bank of England boss Mark Carney warns house prices could fall by a third in a no-deal Brexit September 13, 2018 The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney said house prices could crash 35 per cent over three years in the event of a no-deal Brexit in a briefing to cabinet today. Carney said if the UK crashed out of the European Union without a deal, a sharp rise in mortgage rates could torpedo [...]
Brexit papers: Government positions on cross-border trading, Irish citizens, driving licences, mobile roaming charges and blue passports revealed September 13, 2018 UK driving licences may not be valid in the European Union in the event of a no deal, the government warned today, as part of its latest batch of Brexit papers. While EU driving licence holders will not be affected when they travel through the UK, Brits may have to obtain one of two different [...]
Skripals suspects Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov claim they visited Salisbury for its ‘famous cathedral’ September 13, 2018 The two suspects in the Skripals poisoning case have said they visited Salisbury because friends said it was "a wonderful town with a famous cathedral". Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov told state-funded news channel RT their trip to the historic town had been short-lived "because it was covered in snow". "Our friends have been suggesting for a [...]