The public are not to blame for the second lockdown November 11, 2020 Justice secretary Robert Buckland last week blamed the public for England’s new lockdown. In particular, the fault was with people failing to self-isolate properly. Of course, in a purely technical sense Buckland is right. The virus spreads by contact with an infected person. If people do not self-isolate, Covid-19 will continue to percolate across the [...]
Five ways the travel industry can save itself November 11, 2020 Covid-19 has absolutely hammered the travel industry. The UN World Tourism Organisation predicts a fall in international travel spending of $910bn–1.2 trillion this year, and that arrivals will tumble by up to 80 per cent. This constitutes an extinction level threat for many businesses in the industry, and has prompted an array of existential reflections, [...]
Pandemic leads UK consumers to cut carbon emissions in 2020 November 11, 2020 Carbon emissions from six key consumer spending categories were 12% lower at the end of October than they were the year before, according to analysis from Lloyds Banking Group and the Carbon Trust. Despite the overall fall the analysis found emissions rose 26% between the second and third quarter of the year as spending increased [...]
Biden dubs Trump’s refusal to concede the election ‘an embarrassment’ November 10, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden has described Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 presidential election as an “embarrassment”. Speaking at an event in Delaware this evening, Biden said nothing is going to stop the US transfer of power after his election victory. Joe Biden secured some 75 million votes in the race for the presidency – [...]
Andy Haldane: Gap between poor and rich to be ‘stretched’ in wake of pandemic November 10, 2020 The Covid-19 crisis will likely “stretch” the income gap between the rich and poor, according to Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane. Speaking in a Channel 4 interview, Haldane, who is a member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee and chair of the government’s Industrial Strategy Council, said the pandemic would likely lead to [...]
London unemployment rate sees largest rise in a generation November 10, 2020 The number of people out of work in London soared over the summer, with the largest quarterly increase in the unemployment rate in over 30 years. Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show the unemployment rate in the three months to September rose 1.2 per cent from the previous quarter to six per [...]
Darktrace boss Poppy Gustafsson scoops up top innovation award November 10, 2020 Darktrace chief executive Poppy Gustafsson has scooped up the top prize for innovation at this year’s Women of the Year Awards. Gustafsson, who co-founded the cybersecurity unicorn in 2013, was handed the award at a virtual ceremony this afternoon. Organisers cited the cyber boss’ ability to steer Darktrace through critical levels of threats during the [...]
Joe Biden calls Boris Johnson in second diplomatic call as President-elect November 10, 2020 Boris Johnson has scored a diplomatic victory by being the second world leader to speak to President-elect Joe Biden since his victory in the US election. The pair spoke for 20 to 25 minutes from 4pm, after Biden made his first call to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday. Biden reportedly then rang French President [...]
Editorial: A week that offers good news for the capital November 10, 2020 It’s hardly a 200 watt halogen bulb, but word of a potential vaccine does at least provide a flicker of light at the end of this interminable 2020 tunnel. After a year of unrelentingly negative headlines, it counted as unalloyed good news. Not just for our fight against the virus, but for the capital too. [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Kin a Super bet in six-furlong sprint November 10, 2020 HERE Comes Ted is going to be a popular choice with punters when he seeks to follow-up last month’s track and trip win in the Sai Ying Pun Handicap (12.15pm). Karis Teetan’s mount has been a model of consistency at Happy Valley with a record of two wins and two places from just a handful [...]
