Coronavirus is being blamed for the collapse of Flybe, despite the fact that the airline has been in trouble for years. The 2,000 staff who find themselves out of work are rightly furious. One raged: ‘Is coronavirus the new go-to excuse after Brexit?’ Yes, I’m afraid it is. Flybe may be the first failing company … Read more
The FOUR rows that could sink EU trade deal: Britain and the EU warn of ‘serious’ and ‘significant’ differences that could sink post-Brexit negotiations Chief negotiator David Frost is in Brussels for the first round of EU negotiations He and Michel Barnier have warned of ‘serious’ and ‘significant’ differences Both sides have agreed to try … Read more
Kate Middleton is ‘almost singlehandedly’ carrying the Royal Family right now and is proving a pillar of strength for her ‘under pressure’ husband, a body language expert has claimed. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed a romantic clifftop walk in rural Ireland – accompanied by security – after visiting a cattle farm and meeting … Read more
BBC boss Lord Hall says the corporation has dumped its ‘we know best’ approach as the new Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has told the broadcaster to ditch its ‘narrow urban outlook’. The end of the licence fee has been mooted by the Government, with a threat to turn the BBC into a subscription service. It … Read more
Where I live and write in Bath, heavy traffic shakes my building. Family, work deadlines, my bank account and, yes, Brexit all conspire to make me feel hemmed in. ‘The essential test of freedom asks how far in any direction we can move from where we now sit without deviating or meeting obstacles,’ wrote the … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were sent to Ireland as ‘agents of soft diplomacy to copper fasten positive Anglo-Irish relations’, it was claimed today. Irish Independent executive editor Caitlin McBride said Prince William and Kate arrived in the country with the ‘uncertain aftermath of Brexit looming in the air’. She also wrote how Kate and … Read more
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 New year, new decade, new start… or perhaps not. My only plan for 2020 is to sit back and laugh as friends make an attention-seeking, virtue-signalling fool of themselves doing #DryJanuary or even worse, #Veganuary. As Oscar Wilde put it: ‘Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin to toast the end of their first day in Ireland. Prince William and Kate Middleton are attending an evening engagement at the Gravity Bar – a glass room at the top of the building which offers panoramic views of the city. The … Read more
Boris Johnson declares he will take paternity leave when partner Carrie Symonds has their first child this summer – despite his hectic work schedule with G7 and EU summits Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announced at weekend they are having baby New arrival is expected in the ‘early summer’ – probably late May or early … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today arrived in Dublin for the start of a three-day visit to Ireland – their first to the Emerald Isle. The couple flew to Dublin Airport on a commercial Aer Lingus flight with dozens of residents returning home, business travellers and tourists. In brilliant winter sunshine they walked down … Read more