London Mayor Boris Johnson keeps mum on UK’s exploding hoverboards problem December 3, 2015 London Mayor Boris Johnson has gone quiet in the media following news that hoverboards are being detained at the British border because they keep exploding. Statistics published by National Trading Standards found that thousands of hoverboards, aka electronic skateboards that look a bit like hoverboards, have been detained at customs after being deemed “unsafe” for [...]
London taxi drivers and Uber battling to win support with just 20 days left for TfL consultation December 3, 2015 Taxi drivers and Uber are gearing up for the final stretch in a race for support ahead of a crunch consultation that will decide the newcomer’s fate in the capital. Transport for London’s (TfL) consultation on whether to bring in further rules and regulations has just 20 days to run. Uber was given a boost [...]
M&G chief explodes bombshell in pay debate December 3, 2015 Campaigners against high boardroom pay might balk at the notion of taking advice from a City grandee who landed a package worth £5.4m last year – but Michael McLintock is worth hearing out. McLintock, chief executive of the £250bn asset manager M&G Investments, has floated an idea whose explosiveness is only exacerbated by his status. During [...]
British forces to begin bombing in Syria after MPs vote to extend anti-Isis air strikes December 2, 2015 British forces will begin bombing Islamic State (Isis) targets in Syria, after parliament overwhelmingly backed government proposals for air strikes in the region. MPs voted 397-223 in favour of the government’s proposals late last night. While Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn fiercely opposed military intervention, 67 Labour MPs, including shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, reportedly voted in favour [...]
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is way out of his depth when it comes to security November 18, 2015 Alastair Campbell knows a thing or two about winning elections, and though the current Labour party isn’t in a very pro-Blair kind of mood, they would be wise to listen to the old spin doctor just one last time. “You cannot win a general election if [you are] behind on [the] economy and leadership,” he [...]
Increasing use of pesky ad-blocking software means advertisers need to rethink their approach November 18, 2015 Increased use of consumers using ad-blocking software is posing a serious threat to brands and publishers and creative agencies. Self-playing videos and pop-up ads have given the medium a bad name among consumers, and one in five (20 per cent) of us uses the software – up about five percentage points from earlier in the [...]
New Zealand rugby legend Jonah Lomu passes away aged 40 November 18, 2015 New Zealand is in mourning after the unexpected death of All Blacks great Jonah Lomu, aged 40. Lomu, who scored 37 tries in 63 Tests for New Zealand during 1994 and 2002, suffered health problems since his retirement, undergoing a kidney transplant in 2004 and receiving dialysis treatment for the past decade. Former All Blacks [...]
Engineers are urging the UK government to speed up in a space race worth up to £40bn November 18, 2015 The value of the British space industry could rocket to £40bn in the next 15 years, creating 100,000 new jobs in the process, but the government risks holding the sector back with restrictive regulations and insufficient investment, a report out today has warned. The UK's booming space sector is currently growing by around nine per cent year-on-year [...]
Green Party left red faced after accusing oil firm of buying from ISIS November 17, 2015 The Green Party has been forced into a humiliating climbdown after its foreign affairs spokesperson wrongly claimed that a company backed by City financier Nat Rothschild has been funding terrorists. Tony Clarke, the Green Party's foreign affairs spokesperson and a former Labour MP for Northampton South, had accused Genel Energy, a London-listed oil producer, of [...]
