Theresa May pockets more than £400,000 for just six talks as former PM hits the US lecture circuit April 25, 2022 Former Prime Minister Theresa May collected more than £400,000 for just six speeches. The MP recorded last week in the Register of Member’s Interests that she raked in £404,080 for six speeches she gave in the United States. The work, which costs her about 40 hours in total, so one full work week, was carried [...]
UK avoided arming Ukrainians for fear of angering Putin, former ministers said April 23, 2022 The UK Government has avoided sending arms to Ukraine for the last seven hears out of fear of angering President Putin, the Sunday Times reported today. Former ministers said Boris Johnson and his two predecessors, Theresa May and David Cameron, have maintained a line of “appeasement” with Moscow since the country’s invasion of Crimea. “Some [...]
Boris Johnson’s disastrous India trip: Little progress on trade deal, partygate rows, Tory donor bulldozers and Modi stays close to Putin April 23, 2022 Boris Johnson today indicated at a press conference in India that he did not try to encourage the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, to go further in dropping India’s neutrality over the Russian President’s invasion of Ukraine. Also, Johnson’s two-day trip was dogged by questions over the deepening partygate scandal, with a Tory rebellion leading [...]
Seething Tory row overshadows Boris Johnson’s much-trumpeted post-Brexit visit to India as allies lash out at critical MPs April 22, 2022 Allies of Boris Johnson have lashed out at Tory MPs calling for the Pinrime Minister to resign after the House of Commons ordered a third inquiry into lockdown parties in Downing Street. Senior backbencher Tobias Ellwood said there had been “a huge breach of trust” with the British people as he called on Conservative MPs [...]
Boris Johnson urges post-Brexit negotiators in India to ‘get it done’ despite Modi’s looser ambitions for trade deal April 22, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged post-Brexit trade deal negotiators working with India to “get it done” this autumn, despite much looser ambitions on the side of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. After holding talks in New Delhi on Friday, Modi called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Ukraine but stopped short of criticising Russia’s actions [...]
Boris Johnson asked if Rishi Sunak will keep his job: ‘The answer to that is yes’ April 22, 2022 Boris Johnson has given an assurance that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be in post for the Autumn budget, but declined to say Priti Patel would remain in her role. The embattled incumbent of Number 10 was asked, during his visit to India, whether Sunak would stay in his job in wake of partygate, responding “the [...]
Twitter takeover: Musk lands £35bn funding commitment as approach intensifies April 21, 2022 Elon Musk has landed $46.5bn (£35.6bn) of funding commitment to snap up Twitter, as the takeover approach intensifies.
Elon Musk’s empire on a roll: Tesla reaps record profits as The Boring Company raises £515m April 21, 2022 Elon Musk’s empire seems to be on a roll, as Tesla wins the hearts of drivers looking to go green and his infrastructure business The Boring Company catches the eyes of investors. The Boring Company has raised $675m (£516m) in its latest funding round, Musk announced today, bringing the valuation to $5.7bn. The series C [...]
The Obamas say goodbye to Spotify as big streamers get knocked off pedestals April 21, 2022 The Obamas are reportedly gearing up to abandon Spotify, with ambition to create more content on more platforms.
Macron has not spoken to Putin since the Bucha massacre April 20, 2022 France’s president Emmanuel Macron has not spoken to Vladimir Putin since the massacre in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. The politician, who is seeking re-election, was heavily criticised for engaging with the Kremlin, speaking to its leader 18 times since December. “Since the massacres we have discovered in Bucha and in other towns, the war [...]