The politicians brought down by Twitter: Emily Thornberry’s Rochester nightmare, Diane Abbott’s divide and rule and Miliband’s Bob Holness disaster November 21, 2014 After a storm on Twitter which was then picked up by the mainstream press, Islington MP Emily Thornberry resigned from the shadow cabinet last night. While pounding the pavements of Rochester and Strood, the Labour MP tweeted a picture of a white van parked in the driveway of a house displaying several England flags with the [...]
Conservative Party privately concedes defeat in Rochester and Strood by-election November 20, 2014 The Conservative Party has conceded defeat in the Rochester & Strood by-election. The Tories believe they have “no chance of victory”, according to party sources cited by Sky News. Almost immediately after polls closed at 10pm, reports began to surface that the Tories had privately admitted defeat. Polling data all points towards [...]
Watch: Eagle flies around London, taking in St Paul’s Cathedral, City Hall, Tower Bridge and the ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Olympic Park with a camera strapped to his back November 20, 2014 Stop whatever you're doing and watch this. An animal charity has attached a camera to a white tailed eagle and the bird – whose name is Darchan – has flown around some of the best parts of the capital. The eagle explored London and flew from iconic landmarks, including St Paul's Cathedral, City [...]
RBS braced for £50m fine over 2012 IT systems failure November 19, 2014 RBS is today expected to receive a fine over its systems failures, which left millions of customers unable to spend or transfer money. The fine comes more than two years after the 2012 crash which watchdogs are investigating, and is expected to come to around £50m. City regulators have been investigating the 2012 failures, but it [...]
James Murdoch steps down as Sky Deutschland chairman after pension fund questions “conflicts of interests and suitability” November 19, 2014 James Murdoch has stepped down from his role as chairman of Sky Deutschland following today's AGM. Murdoch will remain on the supervisory board, with Sky's chief executive Jeremy Darroch taking on the chairmanship role. Andrew Griffith has also joined the board as a member. The move comes two days after the Local Authority [...]
Julien Blanc to be barred from the UK after petition gathers over 150,000 signatures against pick-up artist November 19, 2014 "Dating coach" Julien Blanc will very likely be prevented from entering the UK by the Home Office, according to Sky News sources. Blanc had been due to tour the UK to give several of his notorious dating seminars, which critics claim are misogynistic. Blanc's company Real Social Dynamics describes itself as "the world's largest dating coaching [...]
CEO Carolyn McCall scoffs at easyJet being labelled as lazy November 18, 2014 A couple of weeks ago, somebody called easyJet lazy. This wasn’t an angry passenger or a disgruntled shareholder, but the chief executive of Hungarian budget carrier Wizz Air, Jozsef Varadi. “Lazy low-cost airlines” will be undercut by ultra-low-cost brands like Wizz and Ryanair in Europe, he told punters at the World Travel Market conference at [...]
Ofcom kicks off Premier League TV rights probe in shake-up of English football broadcasting November 18, 2014 A radical shake-up of the way English football is shown on television and sold to broadcasters has moved a step closer after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into the Premier League. The probe could result in an increase in the number of top-flight matches broadcast live and a reduction in the cost of subscribing [...]
Blue skies ahead for EasyJet? Profits rise 21.5 per cent November 18, 2014 EasyJet reported a 21 per cent lift in pre-tax profit for the full year, slightly ahead of its own market guidance. Profit before tax came in at £581m for the 12 months ended 30 September. The airline added it predicts more growth for the first six months of 2015. The profits are the highest reported [...]
Rob Terry departs Quindell: How Gotham City got its man November 17, 2014 Quindell, the London stock-market listed group targeted for months by a short-selling research group Gotham City, was yesterday forced to part company with its chairman in an effort to restore investor confidence. The decision that Rob Terry should leave came hours after it was announced that broker Canaccord Genuity had quit on 21 October, ahead [...]