Newslinks for Thursday 26th November 2020
London and Liverpool hope to dodge Tier 3 Covid restrictions “London and Liverpool are hoping to escape the toughest Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions but only a few rural areas are expected to be placed in Tier 1 when new rules are disclosed today. With a study...
Oh Carole: Admits Russia Claims Untrue, Agrees to Pay Banks’s Costs
Oh Carole: Admits Russia Claims Untrue, Agrees to Pay Banks’s Costs Late last night with the Banks v Cadwalladr hearing scheduled for 10:30 this morning, Carole Cadwalladr finally admitted what we all knew, there was no evidence to back up her claims that the Russians...
Stephen Booth: Agreeing to disagree on the trickiest parts of the UK-EU deal may be the best way forward. For now.
Stephen Booth is Head of the Britain in the World Project at Policy Exchange. A UK-EU trade deal is said to be 95 per cent there. However, it seems that every passing week has promised to be the “crunch” point that will mark the breakthrough. An agreement is probably...
Caroline Johnson: Tiers are a tough but necessary step for the country. We must hold our nerve over winter.
Dr Caroline Johnson is the MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham. Today the Government will announce the new tiers that will apply across different areas of the country, after analysis of the latest ONS data out yesterday. The Prime Minister was clear that after this...
Steve Bell: Conservatives in Brighton and Hove are protecting the bats and the bees
Cllr Steve Bell is the Leader of the Conservative Group on Brighton and Hove Council. Conservation has always been at the very heart of Conservatism. Conservatives value cultural traditions and wish to leave them undiminished to our children. Conservationists value...
Tim Pilcher: How simple connectivity vouchers can empower Britain’s businesses right now
Tim Pilcher is the CEO of Glide. This is a sponsored post by Glide. The impact of Covid‐19 on SMEs has been truly staggering, with 9.4 million people placed on furlough by July this year. Many, if not all, SMEs have been forced to change the way they operate overnight...
Sunak opts to suck it and see
We must be thankful that no-one is forecasting that Government borrowing will rise to record levels this year. Or Rishi Sunak wouldn’t have been in a position to announce that Government spending will rise at its fastest rate for 15 years. Apologies for the...
Rishi’s Figures Reveal Government Planning Longer, Tougher Restrictions
Rishi’s Figures Reveal Government Planning Longer, Tougher Restrictions The Chancellor, in his statement today, used the forecasts from the OBR’s “central scenario” when it comes to Covid complications. So Guido took a look at those underlying assumptions. The OBR...
EU Commission president tells EU leaders to compromise to get Brexit trade deal done
Advertisements European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has urged EU leaders to back the Brexit trade agreement at their Brussels summit next month however also warned that talks with Britain could still end in no deal. “We will do all in our power to reach...
Corbyn Castaway by Labour Grassroots
Corbyn Castaway by Labour Grassroots Guido has got his ticket for tonight’s unmissable virtual event – an evening with Jeremy Corbyn – where he tells us about his favourite tunes and the luxury items he’ll take with him to a fantasy desert island. Coincidentally last...
