“Shameful and cruel”: London mayor Sadiq Khan reacts to Trump’s ban January 29, 2017 The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven majority Muslim countries entering the US "shameful and cruel". Writing on Facebook on Sunday morning, he said: President Trump's ban on refugees and immigrants from certain countries is shameful and cruel. The USA has a proud history of welcoming [...]
Donald Trump’s travel ban provokes top tech bosses from Apple, Google, Uber, Twitter, Facebook and more to speak out on immigration January 29, 2017 The high profile bosses of several of the United States' biggest technology companies have spoken out after Donald Trump issued an executive order banning people from seven majority Muslim countries entering the US. Google founder Sergey Brin, himself a migrant from the former Soviet Union, attended a protest at San Francisco airport in a personal capacity, he told reporters. [...]
Theresa May distances herself from Trump’s immigration stance January 29, 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May has said Britain does not agree with harsh new immigration measures imposed by the US just a day after being pictured hand in hand with Donald Trump at a meeting between the leaders to discuss the "special relationship". A ban on travellers was imposed on Friday by executive order against those [...]
Another Brexit march is coming to London January 28, 2017 Another demonstration against the UK leaving the European Union is coming to London on 25 March, the final weekend before the government triggers Article 50. Unite for Europe is organising the protest because it thinks it "can change minds" and that "Brexit can be stopped". Read more: In pictures: Women march against Trump in London [...]
Trump and May discuss Nato, trade and Brexit during brief press conference January 27, 2017 Talks between Theresa May and Donald Trump were an "indication of the strength and importance of the special relationship between our two countries," May said at a joint press conference between the two leaders today. The pair said they planned to discuss Nato and a state visit by Trump to the UK later this year [...]
This architect has already designed a Mexican border wall for Donald Trump January 27, 2017 Now Donald Trump is all systems go on his border wall, here's one step he can skip: the design stage is already in the bag, thanks to Mexican architecture practice Estudio 3.14. In conjunction with the University of Connecticut, the firm has helpfully created a design for a giant wall between the US and Mexico, [...]
Editor’s notes: Why did people vote Leave? Clue: It wasn’t because they’re unhappy January 27, 2017 The referendum result left a lot of people stunned and confused. Not just because a Leave vote was contrary to the predictions of pollsters and pundits, but because they couldn’t understand why anybody would want to leave the EU in the first place. In the days and weeks after the vote, the very same people who [...]
Why road pricing could help liberate London’s roads from congestion January 27, 2017 It's been a tough few months for London’s commuters and drivers. A combination of bad tempered industrial disputes, burst water mains and fog have made the journey to work particularly challenging for the 3m or so people who often have to battle through the morning peak. Good timing perhaps for a new report from the [...]
As she vows to renew the Special Relationship, is Theresa May right to be cosying up to Donald Trump? January 27, 2017 Harriet Maltby, head of policy research, Prosperity Index at the Legatum Institute, says Yes. Allies never agree on everything; time to stop pretending that Theresa May’s desire to build a good relationship with Donald Trump means accepting every decision he makes. It is not May’s job to moralise in public about Trump’s choices, it is [...]
US President Donald Trump says he’ll negotiate trade deal with the UK himself January 27, 2017 US President Donald Trump says he will personally discuss the framework for a post-Brexit trade deal with Prime Minister Theresa May today, having failed to appoint a commerce secretary since moving into the White House. “I’m meeting with the PM tomorrow but I don’t have my commerce secretary and they wanna talk trade – so I’ll [...]