Elon Musk says $44bn mega takeover of Twitter is ‘on hold’ May 13, 2022 Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that the mega takeover of Twitter is on hold. Twitter recently accepted a $44bn bid from Musk to acquire the social media company. The billionaire posted a link to a Reuters article which outlined a Twitter filing stating fake and spam accounts made up less than five per cent of [...]
Trump sells flagship Washington hotel for $100m profit May 13, 2022 Former president Donald Trump has made a cool profit on the sale of his flagship Washington Hotel, totalling a cool $100m. The tycoon sold up the lease on Trump International Hotel for $375m it was reported this week, which is a record price for the US capital. According to the Times, the sale gave his [...]
90,000 jobs at risk: Whitehall bloodbath looms as Boris Johnson orders ministers to sack a fifth of all civil servants May 13, 2022 Tens of thousands of Brits in Whitehall and elsewhere may lose their job as Boris Johnson has tasked ministers with cutting around 90,000 civil service positions. The Prime Minister told his Cabinet yesterday afternoon that the service should be cut by a fifth. Johnson made the demand during an away day with ministers in Stoke-on-Trent [...]
Khannabis high: Mayor praised for starting ‘national conversation’ about cannabis May 12, 2022 There aren’t many things that London mayor and the Adam Smith Institute see eye to eye on, but the legalisation of cannabis may just be one of them. Following his trip to a Los Angeles cannabis farm, Sadiq Khan announced that he would be setting up the London Drugs Commission, which looks at decriminalising the [...]
Priti Patel lashes out at Sadiq Khan for looking into legalising cannabis: ‘Better focus on crime in London’ May 12, 2022 Home Secretary Priti Patel this morning hit back at London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to consider whether cannabis should be decriminalised in the UK, saying he has “no powers to legalise drugs”. Patel said Mr Khan’s time would “be better spent” focusing on tackling crime in the capital after he announced he was launching a [...]
Partygate: Downing Street and Whitehall issued with 50 more fines by the Met over lockdown breaches May 12, 2022 Downing Street and Whitehall has been slapped with an addition 50 fines for so-called ‘Partygate’ lockdown breaches by the Met Police. In a statement issued this morning, the force confirmed more than 100 referrals for fixed penalty notices had now been submitted, and it is still investigating. This comes after Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak [...]
Finland set to join NATO ‘without delay’ after PM Boris Johnson signs security deals in Scandinavia May 12, 2022 Finland is set to apply to join Nato “without delay” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after Boris Johnson made a whistle-stop tour to the country. The country’s prime minister, Sauli Niinistö, made the announcement during a visit to Helsinki by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In a statement, he said “NATO membership would strengthen Finland’s [...]
Michael Gove appears to ditch government pledge to build 300k homes per year May 11, 2022 Downing Street has sought to shrug off comments from the housing minister seeming to suggest the government had scrapped its home-building targets. Michael Gove suggested the government is no longer committed to building 300,000 homes a year by the mid 2020s, tearing up a Conservative party manifesto pledge. In an interview with Mishal Husain on [...]
TikTok mockery: Boris Johnson criticised for video clip amid cost of living woes May 11, 2022 Despite hitting over half a million views in hours, Boris Johnson’s new TikTok has been met with more ridicule than it has revelling. Posting from his new @10downingstreet account yesterday, the public have taken to social media to slam the Prime Minister. One commented: “Country going into recession so the Government made a TikTok to help [...]
Biden urges Johnson to show ‘courage, co-operation and leadership’ over plan to ‘give up’ on N. Ireland Protocol May 11, 2022 US President Joe Biden has waded into the row over Britain ‘giving up’ on talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol, calling for leadership and negotiations. Earlier this week it was reported that the British government will move to discard large portions of the Northern Ireland Protocol after giving up on Brexit negotiations with the EU. [...]