Why Progressives Should Learn to Love Business and Markets
On the left of the political spectrum there has always been a deep distrust of "business". Business was seen to be the enemy of working men and women so politics was seen as a zero-sum game. Things that were good for business were assumed to be bad for workers and vice versa. Despite this view, there was general support for, and acceptance of the economic model that developed from the end of WW2. Increases in productivity fed through in to...
London Flights Grounded at City, Gatwick and Heathrow
If you've picked today to travel out of London, you may be in for a bit of a shock. A series of incidents has resulted in flights been grounded at London City, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. Black Live Matter protesters stormed onto the runway at London City Airport leading to the cancellation of several flights. Police investigating if Black Lives Matter protesters swam across Thames to reach City runway - tale by @RyanJHooper https://t.co/tPnyrSkOx8 — Margaret Davis (@MargaretDavisPA) September 6,...
3,000 NHS bosses share £2bn payoff bonanza
Shocking figures have emerged that show the true levels of pay-offs in the NHS, at the same time as the health service has been forced into numerous cost cutting measures. A Times article has discovered figures that show that during the last six years fifty thousand NHS workers have received pay-offs. Of that number three thousand were in senior positions and have pocketed up to £100,000 each in redundancy deals. Between 2015/16 £141 million alone was spent on severance packages,...
4.7MW Wind Farm in Deprived Area Wins Community Energy Award
A 4.7 megawatt wind farm which is set to be built in one of the most deprived parts of the UK has won the 2016 Community Renewable Energy Project Award. The community energy project, which has been running for 18 years, has raised £1.2 million so far and trained up ten local unemployed people in consultation techniques and then employed them for a year. The Community Energy England and Community Energy Wales convened on Saturday to celebrate the achievements the sector made after a...
Over half of people think media is deliberately biased against Jeremy Corbyn, reveals Poll
It is news that will not shock any Corbyn supporters, but the mainstream media outlets appear to be deliberately biased against the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. We have reported on this situation before in previous articles. A YouGov poll has discovered that 51 per cent of people polled agreed that the mainstream media have gone out of their way to be biased against Corbyn. Under a third thought that the media was fair on the left-wing leader. Unsurprisingly, among Labour’s own...
Restaurant Review – Talli Joe
With so many food trends having continued to flourish in 2016, it's often difficult to determine where one ends and another begins. The idea of 'Half plates', for instance (the specialty at Talli Joe), is fundamentally a new riff on the small plate culture that has taken London by storm, dividing opinions along the way. A modern Indian restaurant with Executive Chef Sameer Taneja at the helm (having previously led the kitchen at Michelin-starred Benares), Talli Joe is a refreshing new...
Japan Uses G20 Summit to Warn Britain of “Great Turmoil” Following Brexit
The Japanese government has used the start of the G20 Summit to warn Britain of the "great turmoil" that is to come if Brexit leads to the loss of single market privileges. An official Japanese government task force has collected views of big corporations in the country and produced a 15-page list titled "Japan's message to the UK and the EU", detailing requirements from Brexit negotiations and the consequences if these requirements are not delivered. The report concludes that "Japanese businesses with their...
PM May rejects Australian points-based immigration system
Our new Prime Minister, Theresa May, has announced that she will not introduce an Australian style points system to control the types of EU migration able to reach UK shores. May, who wanted the UK to remain part of the EU, said that the point-based idea is not workable. When asked about the subject she replied: "One of the issues is whether or not points-based systems do work. A lot of people talk about a points-based system as always being...
Trump v. Clinton: The Most Important Election We Can’t Vote In
The US president is the most powerful person on Earth. Only America has a military capable of launching an invasion anywhere in the world. America's economic power lets it put huge pressure on countries that act against its interests. And the cluster of alliances with the US at the centre allows its president to shape the world in ways never before possible for one person. That's why we watch American presidential elections with a combination of fervent interest and stomach...