Half of Boris Johnson’s cabinet at risk of losing their seats, says new poll February 27, 2022 Boris Johnson, half of his cabinet and 164 Tory MPs in total would lose their seats if an election happened today, according to new polling. The JL Partners’ MRP model poll, which projects the results of every UK constituency, sees the Conservatives cut down to just 201 seats and Labour with 354 to give them an [...]
Sport is guilty of shutting its eyes to Russia’s geopolitical ambitions February 27, 2022 Roman Abramovich’s near 20-year ownership of Premier League club Chelsea has been shrouded in mystery and therefore subject to constant scrutiny and speculation. Indeed, until the weekend, it remained unclear why he is there and what he is seeking to achieve. The oligarch has denied having direct links with Vladimir Putin but has been seen [...]
Sources: World’s largest cargo aircraft destroyed by Russian air attack February 27, 2022 Sources have revealed that the world’s largest cargo aircraft, Antonov’s An-225 Mriya, has been burned by a Russian air attack on Kiev’s Hostomel cargo airport. Two Antonov employees told Ukrainian radio Radio Svoboda that Moscow’s attack had burned down the plane, which was parked at the Ukrainian manufacturer’s base. The news, confirmed by the mayor [...]
Ukrainian vice prime minister pleads with Big Tech to shift the tides on Russia war February 27, 2022 Ukraine’s vice prime minister has pleaded with Big Tech companies such as Facebook, Visa, Mastercard and Starlink, to help the country fight against Russia’s invasion. “Mark Zuckerberg, while you create Metaverse – Russia ruins real life in Ukraine! We ask you to ban access to @facebookapp and @instagram from Russia,” vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov [...]
Key Yamal-Europe pipeline flows towards Russia again February 27, 2022 Russia’s Yamal-Europe gas pipeline is flowing eastwards away from Europe yet again, after short intermittent westbound flows according to data from German network operator Gascade. It had shipped gas in normal mode – westbound, from Poland to Germany – for around 10 hours overnight, mostly at a scale of 12.6 million kWh/h. According to renominations, [...]
Emirates boss Tim Clark hits back against “flight shame” champions February 27, 2022 Emirates’ boss Tim Clark has hit back at those who want to “flight shame” people into avoid flying for environmental reasons. Clark said today that according to this reasoning, all discretionary spending is immoral because it has a carbon footprint. “So whether you’re flying a holiday, whether you’re flying to your second home, or whether [...]
Ukraine and Russian delegations to hold talks on Belarus border as Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert February 27, 2022 Delegations from the Ukrainian and Russian governments will meet on the Ukraine-Belarus border as Vladimir Putin today put his country’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert. The move to put Russia’s nuclear forces on “special regime of duty” comes after Putin told top officials in a televised meeting that the west’s economic sanctions are “aggressive [...]
Covid-19 pills will ‘allow the UK to fully reopen economy’ as pandemic impacts weigh February 27, 2022 Landmark Covid-19 pills will “allow the UK to fully reopen its economy”, according to analysts, as the impacts of the pandemic continue to weigh on the economy. Companies including famed vaccine maker Pfizer, which has won regulatory approval for its Paxlovid pill, and Merck, have revolutionized the global immunisation process with antiviral pills. “The acceleration [...]
Week ahead: Russia-Ukraine conflict to drive market swings in City February 27, 2022 Wild market swings are expected to characterise the week ahead in the City as investors respond sharply to developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Last week, the FTSE 100 registered its worst day in 20 months on Thursday, the day Russian troops flooded into Ukraine, before staging a comeback on Friday to end the week down [...]
BA disruption continues as carrier forced to cancel some short-haul flights February 27, 2022 British Airways (BA) today continues to experience disruption on short-haul flights departing from Heathrow, despite managing to fix yesterday’s IT issues. “While we have resolved the systems issues we’ve been experiencing and expect to run the vast majority of our flights on Sunday February 27, we have regrettably had to cancel a small number of [...]
