Voting by pencil and paper is still the best way to keep elections secure and democracy safe Yesterday for City A.M., Christopher Flinos, co-founder of HAYVN, an online OTC and custody trading platform for cryptocurrencies, penned an article proposing that blockchain technology could be used to implement an electronic voting system for future UK elections. As the government minister responsible for our elections, I agree with anyone who advocates the importance of [...]
Paul Krugman says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is “right on economics” Nobel laureate Paul Krugman has said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's willingness to raise taxes means he is "right on economics" – at least compared to his conservative counterparts. The intervention comes after Jeb Bush attacked Trump not on what Krugman dubbed his "absurd and vicious" immigration policies, but "precisely the issues on which Mr. Trump [...]
Hillary Clinton’s email dump sheds light on David Miliband’s heartfelt response to losing the Labour leader vote to his brother Ed David Miliband has famously kept tight-lipped when it comes to the leadership rivalry between him and his younger brother Ed – but an email between the former foreign secretary and Hillary Clinton has shed light on his real feelings at the time. A newly-released batch of emails from the US presidential hopeful's private server include [...]
Ready for Hillary? Don’t be surprised if Clinton’s campaign crashes and burns August 31, 2015 Washington DC – While Donald Trump has shot across the summer political sky like a meteor, the more important story of the season has gone less remarked upon: the surprising difficulties of Hillary Clinton. The odds-on favourite (again) for the presidency has run into a series of problems, culminating in the self-inflicted wound of [...]
Paddy Power results: The five best quotes – Donald Trump, Ashley Madison, Greek debt crisis August 26, 2015 It's that time of year in the corporate earnings calendar when Paddy Power tells the City what's been going on, and business has been a little like Donald Trump's hair and Jeremy Clarkson's steak throwing skills in the first half of the year. Read more: Paddy Power earnings jump as it unveils Betfair merger There was [...]
US presidential election: More people are searching for Deez Nuts than for Hillary Clinton – or even Donald Trump August 22, 2015 More people are interested in Deez Nuts than Hillary Clinton, according to Google. Not only is the high school student trolling the entire American presidential election under the pseudonym “Deez Nuts” unexpectedly surging in the polls – search interest in him has also become higher than in Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Deez Nuts has [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Can President Obama’s strong stock market performance deliver Democrats victory in 2016? August 21, 2015 Barack Obama may have presided over some of the most tumultuous years in recent history – but it turns out Democrats are actually good for equities. Since 1900, stock markets have performed better under the Democrat presidents than Republican presidents overall, with higher returns and lower volatility, research has found. And Obama himself has overseen [...]
Republican Presidential nominee frontrunner Donald Trump finally has a policy August 17, 2015 Given multi-billionaire Donald Trump’s controversial comments about Mexican immigrants since the start of his Presidential campaign, it is perhaps not surprising that when he finally came out with a policy, it was on the issue of migration across the Mexican-American border. Read more: Donald Trump goes up in the Republican Presidential nomination polls after each [...]
The West’s deal with Iran will result in a “nuclear holocaust”, says Donald Trump August 16, 2015 The Iran nuclear deal reached in July will have catastrophic consequences for the world, Republican candidate Donald Tump has warned. Read more: If a nuclear deal is reached, Iran will be bursting with investment opportunities – here's what to look out for In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press today, the billionaire Republican [...]
Donald Trump goes up in the Republican Presidential nomination polls after each controversial comment August 12, 2015 Multi-billionaire businessman Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican pack, despite Fox News turning the heat on him in the Republican debate, and after remarks that have alienated him from sections of the Republican party. The most recent poll of the Republican field in Iowa by Suffolk University shows Trump leading the field, with 19 [...]