By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Controversial filmmaker has called Britain a “toxic place” and refused to visit the UK for his latest film. The film, Where To Invade Next, doesn’t feature the UK as Moore didn’t think he could learn anything from Britain, a place that has “damaged the world.” He made the comments while promoting his new film, and the 62-year-old was unrepentant on his views on the UK. In the film Moore travels across Europe to try and...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Two of the most outspoken MPs in the Commons have broke ranks with the party line and are backing Brexit. They become the ninth and tenth Labour Members of Parliament who are going to vote out on June 23. It is feared that working class traditional Labour voters might vote Out and swing the balance of the referendum, and with these figures backing Brexit, it could encourage core Labour voters to do the same. However,...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food In celebration of the Centenary year of British Vogue, The Punch Room at The London EDITION have created a special Vogue 100 Punch in time for World Gin Day on 11th June. Unsurprisingly inspired by past fashion trends, the cocktail combines Tanqueray 10 gin with a homemade perfume syrup, bergamot, champagne, and lipstick foam. The recipe can be found below, ideal for more adventurous cocktail connoisseurs or home mixologists to recreate at home this...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor As the EU referendum gets ever closer, everyone possible is chipping in with their opinion on what would happen after the votes are counted later this month. Now German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble said that a Brexit vote would one and for all mean 'Out is Out' for access to the EU single market. He has ruled out any chance Britain would have to use the European single market for trading, which is exactly the opposite...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A hugely controversial council decision to allowing fracking in North Yorkshire may be challenged in court, an environmental group has said. Friends of the Earth said the plan to allow shale gas exploration in the village of Kirby Misperton could be taken in front of a judge. The decision last month to allow Third Energy, a fracking company, permission to test drill at the site was met with stiff local opposition. The site in Kirby...

The debate over Heathrow expansion continues to be bitterly contested by Gatwick Airport despite a third runway being recommended by the Airports Commission in 2015. Gatwick, it seems, is still missing a trick. For all the environmental and logistical benefits of building a new runway in Sussex, the fundamental problem is that it doesn’t operate as a hub in the way Heathrow does today. If it is to become a viable solution, it needs to transfer out as many travellers...

For any self-respecting wino - if ever there was a conflicting term - branded wine is an anathema. Call them what you like - bum wines, street wines, twist-cap wines, beverages for the economical drunkard - British supermarkets are littered with sugary bottles of plonk masquerading as wine. To the disconcerting drinker they offer a cheap entry point to the civilised world of wine, but for the aficionado the Blossom Hills and Black Towers of the isles are as civilised...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter The London Economic Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE Sports Columnist Richard de Winter discuss all things EURO 2016.

Activist investors are relatively new but very influential players in international capital markets. They are shareholders at publicly traded companies who attempt to affect change in an organization either by directly appealing to, or putting heavy pressure on, the company’s board of directors, bypassing the normal advisory process. The scope of activist investors’ actions varies depending on their assertiveness and on what exactly they seek to change at a given company. The firms that activists target tend to underperform relative to...