ALEX BRUMMER: FCA shows its mettle by bringing charges against NatWest

ALEX BRUMMER: FCA finally shows its mettle by bringing money laundering charges against NatWest By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 01:13 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 01:38 GMT, 17 March 2021 Who would have thought it? The dusty, slow to act, legalistic and over-cautious City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), daring … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Andrew Bailey must lift his game at the Old Lady

Changeover day at the Bank of England a year ago, when Andrew Bailey succeeded Mark Carney as governor, was marked by a sudden dash for cash in the biggest test for market resilience for a decade. Tensions may have subsided, but the tasks for Bailey do not get easier. At this week’s meeting of the … Read more

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Truth? No, this is pure dishonesty 

People who are convinced that they are right and good are immensely dangerous. They believe that their virtue allows them to behave outside the rules of truth or justice. This must be the explanation of the extraordinary misrepresentation of this newspaper, and of the British popular press in general, during the CBS interview with Meghan … Read more

Documentary analyses Princess Diana’s reaction to Prince Charles’s ‘whatever in love means’ comment

Newly unearthed footage of Prince Charles and Diana’s infamous engagement interview has emerged, showing the Princess of Wales looking ‘clearly dissatisfied’ after her husband-to-be’s comments asking if the couple were ‘in love’.   On February 24, 1981, after months of speculation, a 32-year-old Charles who had long ‘needed’ to find a bride was marrying an excited … Read more

Diana’s reaction to Charles’ infamous ‘whatever in love means’ comment is seen in unearthed footage

Newly unearthed footage of Prince Charles and Diana’s infamous engagement interview has emerged, showing the Princess of Wales looking ‘clearly dissatisfied’ after her husband-to-be’s comments asking if the couple were ‘in love’.   On February 24, 1981, after months of speculation, a 32-year-old Charles who had long ‘needed’ to find a bride was marrying an excited … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER :Rolls-Royce desperately needs long-haul travel to return

There is no escaping the immense damage done to Britain’s premier engineering group Rolls-Royce by the pandemic. The cash outflow of £4.2billion is truly horrendous and Warren East, for all his efforts to sound positive, acknowledges there will be some permanent scaring. Airline hours flown, a critical metric for Rolls, will be as much as … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: High Streets will look very different after the pandemic

Shopping in La-La land: High Streets will look very different after Britain escapes the pandemic, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 10 March 2021 The last time Marks & Spencer proposed knocking down its flagship store at Marble Arch on London’s … Read more

Sunrise’s Sam Mac serenades Samantha Armytage and refers to THAT comment about ‘sociopaths’

That’s awkward! Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac serenades departing host Samantha Armytage and refers to THAT comment about ‘sociopaths and narcissists’ in article which ‘angered colleagues and Sunrise bosses’ By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:58 GMT, 10 March 2021 | Updated: 22:11 GMT, 10 March 2021 Samantha Armytage’s final day at Sunrise on … Read more

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Is increasing the contactless limit to £100 wise?

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: With the contactless limit set to increase to £100… is it becoming too easy to splurge? By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 March 2021 Spending money has never been so easy. Just a quick tap of your card and you’re away. … Read more