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Cobham under fire over break-up ploy

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Lady Cobham has called on Ministers to intervene after the US owner of defence giant Cobham launched a major break-up of the £4billion British firm. City sources said private equity firm Advent had quietly sold off Cobham’s shareholding in a Royal Air Force refuelling company and appointed heavyweight bankers to sell its antenna manufacturing unit … Read more

Sturgeon’s foot-dragging on air bridges is a cynical ploy, says STEPHEN DAISLEY 

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Every night at tea time, Scots switch on the TV news to a familiar sight: Nicola Sturgeon peering at them from behind her podium, giving the latest coronavirus figures and sharing her sympathy with those affected. She is a deft communicator and peerless emoter who has convinced herself that Scotland could not get through the … Read more