Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has lent his support to the EU referendum’s Remain campaign June 9, 2016 Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan and world-wide web inventor Tim Berners Lee have come out in favour of a Remain vote in this month's EU referendum. The pair have made their interventions in a special edition of The New Statesmen, guest-edited by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Annan, who led the UN from [...]
Bilderberg meets today: Here’s the full guestlist June 9, 2016 It may not be quite the shady organisation of conspiracy theorists' fevered imaginations – but the traditionally secretive Bilderberg conference nevertheless courts a certain amount of intrigue. This year, presumably in an effort to increase transparency, the conference's organisers have published a list of everyone attending (lizard people notwithstanding). The list, according to Bilderberg, is about [...]
Poorest households could lose more than £5,000 in benefits after Brexit June 9, 2016 A vote to leave the European Union could result in some of the poorest households in the UK losing up to £5,542 a year in tax credits and welfare payments in a worst-case scenario. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) has calculated the likely impact of a vote to leave the EU on [...]
EU referendum: Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and John Major make appeal to Northern Ireland for Remain June 9, 2016 Labour and Conservative grandees Tony Blair and John Major forget their exchanges across the dispatch box and instead came together in an appeal for a Remain vote based on the peace process in Northern Ireland. The two former Prime Ministers, both of whom were heavily involved in the Northern Ireland peace process, will today warned that [...]
Here’s who’s winning the EU referendum on Twitter June 9, 2016 We're heading for the home straight on the road to the EU referendum vote. The polls are swaying back and forth (as is sterling), but which side's winning when it comes to the social media vote? It's Vote Leave which is fuelling the biggest discussion, with almost twice as many mentions of Leave and other [...]
EU referendum: Leave campaign threatens legal action again after voter registration extended June 9, 2016 A pro-Brexit campaign group has made yet another threat of legal action, this time against the government. Leave.EU, Arron Banks' project, has said it is considering legal action against the government after it was announced that the registration deadline for voters would be extended until midnight tonight. While most called on the government to extend registration [...]
EU referendum: Another bank has warned of possible UK job cuts if Brexit occurs June 9, 2016 Another US bank has threatened to cut its UK jobs if Britain votes to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June. Citi has told UK staff that it will probably look to "rebalance" its operations in the event of a Brexit. The bank employs 9,000 people across the UK. "To continue to serve our clients [...]
Sadiq Khan’s key campaign pledge hits the buffers June 9, 2016 Shouting was never Zac Goldsmith’s style but if he were moved to raise his voice it would probably be at the revelation that his former opponent (and new mayor of London) has already abandoned a key campaign pledge. Sadiq Khan hasn’t just distanced himself from a flagship promise to freeze rail fares; he’s practically forgotten that [...]
EU referendum: Most mechanical engineers back Remain but 60 per cent say EU bureaucracy is detrimental to UK manufacturing and engineering June 9, 2016 A majority of mechanical engineers back the UK's membership of the EU as it gives better access to markets, but are concerned about EU bureaucracy hampering UK manufacturing and engineering. A survey of 2,765 members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) found 56 per cent support staying in the EU, compared with 27 per [...]
Tory MP Sarah Wollaston ditches Vote Leave over “untrue” NHS claims June 8, 2016 Tory MP Sarah Wollaston has quit Vote Leave claiming the Brexit group's assertion that leaving the EU would free up £350m for the NHS "simply isn't true". The health select committee chairman told the BBC: "For someone like me who has long campaigned for open and honest data in public life I could not have set foot on [...]