Rory Stewart throws weight behind Hunt in Tory leadership contest June 26, 2019 International development secretary Rory Stewart has confirmed he is backing foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt to be the next prime minister. “I’m not a supporter of Boris and I wouldn’t serve in his cabinet, so I’m supporting Jeremy Hunt,” he told the BBC’s Today programme. Read more: Boris Johnson challenges Jeremy Hunt to commit to 31 [...]
Tragedy awaits if we don’t bridge the gap between beliefs and reality in the NHS June 26, 2019 A tragic story over the weekend revealed how a man who died of lung cancer was failed abysmally by the NHS. Two separate sets of doctors omitted to tell him for over a year that he had the disease. The added poignancy of the news item was that the victim was a relative of Nye [...]
US ambassador says letting Huawei access the UK’s 5G network would be like ‘letting a kleptomaniac into your house’ June 25, 2019 US ambassador Woody Johnson took an apparent swipe at Chinese tech firm Huawei today, saying that inviting the company into key sectors of the UK’s economy would be “like letting a kleptomaniac into your house”. “If we let untrustworthy countries in the heart of our economies, and infrastructure, what could they do? We have to [...]
Boris Johnson challenges Jeremy Hunt to commit to 31 October Brexit date June 25, 2019 Boris Johnson has challenged his leadership rival Jeremy Hunt to commit to bringing the UK out of the EU on 31 October – regardless of whether a deal has been agreed. In a letter published on his Twitter feed, Johnson argues Brexit must take place by the end of the extension period – or the [...]
Boris Johnson reveals he makes models of buses to relax, and Twitter lost it June 25, 2019 As mayor of London Boris Johnson may have been more synonymous with his eponymous Boris bikes, but these days he is far more at home with buses, it would seem. The Tory leadership contest favourite has hit back at negative headlines after police were called to a domestic row between him and his girlfriend Carrie [...]
Abbvie injects $63bn into takeover of Botox-maker Allergan June 25, 2019 US drugmaker Abbvie is set to buy the maker of Botox in a $63bn bid to reduce its reliance on a key drug. The cash-and-share deal for Allergan was announced today following reports in the Wall Street Journal. Read more: Pfizer confirms it has has scrapped its $160bn merger with Allergan – but UK pharma [...]
New Prime Minister to be revealed on 23 July June 25, 2019 The Conservative party has confirmed it will announce its new leader, the country’s next Prime Minister, on Tuesday, 23 July. Read more: It’s Boris vs Jeremy, so what happens next? Either Boris Johnson or foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt will become the new Tory party leader depending on the outcome of a postal vote among 160,000 [...]
UK retail sales see biggest drop for 10 years in June June 25, 2019 UK retail sales fell at the fastest pace in over 10 years this month, according to a survey released today, due in part to the warm weather and football world cup last June. Read more: Pound falls as UK economy shrinks by 0.4 per cent in April Nonetheless, the closely-watched survey from the Confederation of [...]
Boris Johnson: UK will leave EU on 31 October ‘come what may’ June 25, 2019 Boris Johnson has confirmed the UK will leave the EU on 31 October “come what may” if he is elected Conservative leader as he ruled out another extension to the Brexit talks. The frontrunner in the race to be the next Prime Minister said on Tuesday morning it was a case of “do or die” [...]
No-deal Brexit could deliver ‘knockout blow’ to UK car industry June 25, 2019 The UK’s car industry has stepped up its no-deal Brexit warning, saying that crashing out of the EU would trigger “the most seismic shift” in trading conditions that the industry has ever seen. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the car industry organisation, has urged the UK’s next prime minister to secure a [...]