Article 50 case outcome could delay Brexit, Supreme Court judge cautions November 15, 2016 Brexit could be delayed if government loses its appeal on the Article 50 case, the deputy president of the Supreme Court has cautioned. In a speech in Kuala Lumpur, which was delivered last week but the text not published until today, Lady Brenda Hale mused that, if the appeal did not swing in government's favour, it [...]
Boris Johnson signals UK will leave Customs Union post-Brexit November 15, 2016 Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has confirmed the UK will probably have to leave the Customs Union post-Brexit in an interview published today. Although much of the Brexit debate has focused on what access British businesses can hope to maintain to the Single Market, less attention has been given to whether the UK will continue to be a [...]
As a businessman, Donald Trump knows that success requires compromise: Brexiteers should take note November 15, 2016 With the election of Donald Trump to the White House, we have now experienced political earthquakes on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr Trump’s triumph and the UK’s Brexit vote, both fuelled by public anger, confirm we have moved into a new and much more uncertain political era. Millions of words have already been written [...]
Dump opinion polls for social media to understand people’s real preferences November 15, 2016 So the pollsters and pundits got it wrong again. After the General Election last year and then Brexit, it is perhaps not surprising. What is surprising is just how wrong they were. The real problem is the enormous confidence with which they pronounced that Hillary Clinton would win. The Princeton Election Consortium was probably top of [...]
With a leaked memo suggesting the government has no Brexit plan, should it delay invoking Article 50? November 15, 2016 Sarah Olney, Liberal Democrat by-election candidate for Richmond Park, says Yes. Yesterday’s leaked Brexit memo made it clear why Theresa May won’t tell us her plan for Brexit; because she doesn’t have one. Her government is failing to come up with clear answers on the most important issues, including Britain’s membership of the Single Market. [...]
Donald Trump’s top pick for Treasury is Goldman Sachs veteran Steven Mnuchin November 15, 2016 It looks as though President-elect Donald Trump has got an eye on an ex-Goldman Sachs banker for his Treasury secretary. Former Goldman partner Steven Mnuchin has been recommended by Trump's transition team to serve as Treasury secretary, according to several reports. He has long been the Republican's favoured pick for the position and had been [...]
Facebook and Google have finally taken some action on fake news November 15, 2016 Facebook and Google have both responded to a firestorm around the proliferation of fake news during the US Presidential race by promising to crackdown on advertising against such content. Google has said it will restrict advertising on pages "that misrepresent, misstate or conceal information about the publisher, the publisher's content, or the primary purpose of the [...]
“No plan” Brexit memo: Companies will “point a gun at the government’s head” November 15, 2016 A leaked memo, claiming the government has no plan on Brexit, warned that companies can be expected to “point a gun at the government’s head”, with the actions of Nissan a “prime example”. The memo, prepared for the Cabinet Office, also noted that the business world has come to two “unpleasant realisations”: First, that the government’s [...]
Mapped: This is the route HS2 will take north of Birmingham November 15, 2016 Transport secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed the majority of the preferred HS2 route from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. It is expected that Phase Two will begin operating trains around 2033 as part of the HS2 network, with part of the route (between West Midlands and Crewe) to open in 2027 [...]
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin want to “normalise US-Russia ties” November 15, 2016 The election of Donald Trump can help “normalise US-Russia ties”, the Kremlin has said. President-elect Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared their first phone conversation on Monday night after last week’s election. Read more: Global leaders react to Trump victory: Putin offers his congratulations The Kremlin said the pair had agreed that the current [...]