Sadiq Khan on course for historic landslide in mayor of London election, new poll shows March 22, 2021 Sadiq Khan is on track for the biggest landslide in mayor of London election history, with new polling showing him with a 25-point lead. The Opinium/Evening Standard poll has the mayor on 53 per cent of the primary vote, which would see Khan win the election in the first round of voting – a feat [...]
MPs call for insurers Legal & General and Aviva to cut ties with HSBC over its Hong Kong stance March 22, 2021 A group of British parliamentarians have called for major British insurers Aviva and Legal & General to cut ties with HSBC over its support of Beijing’s democracy crackdown in Hong Kong. The group of 10 MPs and peers wrote to the pair of insurers to say that “investment in HSBC is in direct conflict with [...]
Boris Johnson to call EU leaders in bid to sop vaccine export ban March 22, 2021 Boris Johnson is preparing to speak to EU leaders this week as a row over coronavirus vaccine supplies rumbles on. The Prime Minister is expected to hold a meeting with his European counterparts to try and de-escalate tensions in the lead up to an EU’s leaders summit on Thursday. He will also speak to leaders [...]
MPs to decide today if David Cameron’s lobbying for Greensill bailout will be probed March 22, 2021 MPs to decide if David Cameron's lobbying for Greensill bailout will be probed
Trust in AstraZeneca vaccine plummets further across Europe March 22, 2021 Trust in the safety of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine in Europe has dropped even further, after 17 countries made a quickly overturned decision to ban the jab last week. A new YouGov survey showed 55 per cent of Germans, 61 per cent of the French, 52 per cent of Spanish people and 43 per cent [...]
Union boss Len McCluskey and Keir Starmer have not spoken in past year March 21, 2021 Powerful union boss Len McCluskey has today said he has not spoken to Sir Keir Starmer since he became party leader last April and that “that personal relationship broke down”. McCluskey, who is general secretary of Unite, called for Starmer to be more conciliatory toward the hard left of the party. The Labour leader has [...]
Boris Johnson may face defeat as MPs try to stop trade deals with genocidal regimes March 21, 2021 More Tory MPs have come out to support an amendment to a trade bill that would make it harder for the government to sign trade deals with countries that have committed genocide. Former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has now backed the amendment, which would force ministers to justify any trade deal that is signed with [...]
Tory MPs to rebel over plans to extend Covid powers until September March 21, 2021 The government has come under fire from Tory MPs for unveiling plans to extend emergency Covid enforcement powers in England for another six months. Legislation will be brought to the House of Commons by Boris Johnson on Thursday to extend police powers to ban protests, shut down ports and detain citizens for not following Covid [...]
UK warns EU that ‘world is watching’ as Brussels continues to threaten to ban vaccine exports March 21, 2021 The UK has today warned Brussels that banning vaccine exports would be “very damaging” for the EU’s reputation, with defence secretary Ben Wallace telling the bloc that the “world is watching”. Wallace said today that the EU’s threats to block Pfizer vaccine shipments to Britain, which was inflamed political tensions, could “undermine” vaccine supplies across [...]
Sadiq Khan launches £6m campaign to get people back to central London March 20, 2021 Sadiq Khan has begun a £6m campaign to get workers and tourists back into central London, after a new report found the capital’s economy could be £36bn smaller in 2031 than pre-Covid projections. The new initiative will see City Hall encourage domestic and international tourists come back to the capital by putting on events that [...]
