Boris Johnson’s father Stanley lands new eco role that could see him pushing PM on green taxes

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley lands new eco role that could see him pushing the Prime Minister on green taxes Stanley Johnson will attend the Glasgow UN COP26 climate change conference  PM’s father said he will ‘constructively’ call for policies including carbon taxes New role is as international ambassador of Conservative Environment Network  By Colin Fernandez … Read more

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley lands new eco role that could see him pushing PM on green taxes

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley lands new eco role that could see him pushing the Prime Minister on green taxes Stanley Johnson will attend the Glasgow UN COP26 climate change conference  PM’s father said he will ‘constructively’ call for policies including carbon taxes New role is as international ambassador of Conservative Environment Network  By Colin Fernandez … Read more

Greta Thunberg ‘doesn’t care’ about jet-setting exploits of celebrities who preach about the planet 

Greta Thunberg has said she ‘doesn’t care’ about the jet-setting exploits of celebrities who preach about the environment in an interview ahead of her 18th birthday. The teenage climate change activist became the face of the youth climate movement after launching a solo ‘school strike’ outside the Swedish parliament aged just 15. Since then, Miss Thunberg – who … Read more

UN aid agency Unicef will help feed BRITISH children for the first time in its history after Covid

The United Nations humanitarian aid agency UNICEF has launched an emergency response in the UK for the first time in its 70 year history.  UNICEF will help feed children left in difficulty as a result of the coronavirus crisis by providing food boxes to struggling families .   The UN agency launched the domestic emergency response in … Read more

Japan was WRONG to detain Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, UN human rights panel declares

Japan was WRONG to detain Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and should pay him compensation, UN human rights panel declares The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on Japan’s government  Found that detention of Carlos Ghosn, 66, between 2018 and 2019 was ‘arbitrary’ Led Japanese carmaker Nissan for 20 years and rescued it from near-bankruptcy … Read more

Global coronavirus cases rise by more than 400,000 in one day for the first time

Global coronavirus cases rise by more than 400,000 in one day for the first time, as UN secretary general says the world is ‘failing the test’ in pandemic Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time on Friday  U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that a divided world has failed … Read more

Its borders are now open and it’s not just for royal honeymoons, so say ‘I do’ to the Seychelles

The giant tortoise was agonisingly slow and stately as it inched with plodding precision across the road. Two cars and a bicycle patiently came to a halt as this ancient shelled creature — one is pictured below — caused the rarest of occurrences on the island of Praslin: a traffic jam in the Seychelles, lasting … Read more

Its borders are now open, you can fly direct, so… say ‘I do’ to the Seychelles

The giant tortoise was agonisingly slow and stately as it inched with plodding precision across the road. Two cars and a bicycle patiently came to a halt as this ancient shelled creature — one is pictured below — caused the rarest of occurrences on the island of Praslin: a traffic jam in the Seychelles, lasting … Read more

North Korea HAS created miniature nukes, UN report warns 

North Korea HAS created miniature nukes and has been developing its ballistic missile programme at an ‘intense pace’ despite coronavirus pandemic, UN report warns North Korea has developed miniature nukes, according to a new UN report  Report stated that the DPRK has continued to develop its ballistic missile programme ‘at an intense pace’ since the … Read more

SIMON WALTERS: The dangers of a Prime Minister making up international law as he goes are clear

A disdain for rules that still haunts Tony Blair: The dangers for Britain of a Prime Minister making up international law as he goes along are clear, writes SIMON WALTERS By Simon Walters for the Daily Mail Published: 23:24 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:48 BST, 8 September 2020 The last Prime Minister to … Read more