Taking on Theresa May? Jacob Rees-Mogg is on the hunt for PR firms to boost his Tory leadership ambitions July 3, 2018 Friends of Jacob Rees-Mogg are turning to PR firms as the backbencher looks to turn support into votes as a future leader of the Conservative party. The North East Somerset MP rode on a tide of grassroots support last year, dubbed Moggmentum, thanks to his traditional approach, eloquence and charm, and his trenchant views on [...]
Is Trump Putin’s Trojan horse within Nato? July 3, 2018 Any world leaders meeting face-to-face should be seen as a good thing. But when it’s Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, European officials are right to feel a little anxious. Political commentators expect a purely symbolic spectacle when the two meet in Finland on 16 July. But the backdrop to the event – just days after [...]
World Cup 2018: England beaten by Belgium and face Colombia in last 16 but will Gareth Southgate’s Russian roulette pay off? June 28, 2018 When is a defeat not a defeat? It’s a curious logic, but perhaps when it diverts your team into what is – on paper, at least – an easier half of the World Cup draw. That certainly appeared to be Gareth Southgate’s take after England’s loss to Belgium tonight in Kaliningrad, a tepid Group G [...]
Burger King apologises for Russian promotion offering free burgers to women who get pregnant by World Cup stars June 21, 2018 Burger King Russia has apologised after it ran a marketing campaign offering women a lifetime supply of free meals if they got pregnant by football stars playing at the World Cup. The bizarre promotion was posted on a Russian social media website by Burger King on Tuesday, before being deleted after a public backlash. The [...]
World Cup 2018: Russia defy 125/1 odds with blistering start – so why have the hosts been so good? June 20, 2018 So hopeless did Russia’s prospects look in the days leading up to this World Cup that supporters were being urged to grow moustaches in a desperate attempt to lift the national team and its under-fire manager, the bewhiskered Stanislav Cherchesov. It is not known precisely how many Muscovites took up the gauntlet laid down by [...]
Under fire Petropavlovsk board receive support from advisory groups June 18, 2018 The embattled board of gold miner Petropavlovsk has received support from two influential advisory groups in the face of shareholder attempts to oust it. The board has been backed by advisory groups ISS and Glass Lewis which recommend that shareholders vote for the existing board and oppose the attempts to remove it. Last month, shareholders [...]
Oil and gas add to current market worries June 18, 2018 Recent rises in the oil and gas price worry some in the markets. Will they trigger more inflation? Will there be supply interruptions given the US wish to sanction Iran, given the troubles in Venezuela, and the growing hostility of the West towards Russia? We think there are stresses, but not ones which need become [...]
At OPEC meeting in Vienna, bickering member states to decide on raising oil production June 17, 2018 The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will meet in Vienna this week, with members split on whether to end its production freeze. Oil prices soared last month, and are still up at $76 per barrel, more than double what they were when the group introduced a cap on production in 2016. Brent crude hit [...]
World Cup Betting: Back Brazil to banish memories of 2014 in Russia June 13, 2018 It’s been 1,432 long days since Mario Gotze volleyed the ball into the Argentina net to win the World Cup for Germany – a fitting end to a feast of football in Brazil. Four years later, and we’re ready for the 2018 edition in Russia, in what promises to be another sporting spectacular. The build-up [...]
World Cup 2018: An insider’s view on what England fans face in Russia June 13, 2018 England flew out to their training base in Repino ahead of their opening World Cup match against Tunisia on Monday. Gareth Southgate’s side begin their Group G campaign in Volgograd, before travelling to Nizhny Novgorod to play Panama and Kaliningrad to face Belgium. Read more: Trevor Steven: Why Neymar holds the key to this World [...]