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Public backlash against Brexit opens door for closer EU ties
This Guardian editorial argues that public opinion has turned decisively against Brexit, creating political cover for Sir Keir Starmer’s successor, Andy Burnham, to pursue a much closer relationship with the EU. It notes the irony that Nigel Farage, architect of Brexit, now avoids discussing his signature achievement, since none of the promised benefits of leaving…
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Trump secures Venezuelan oil concessions through military intervention
The Guardian’s editorial condemns Donald Trump’s seizure of Venezuela’s oil wealth as a modern form of gunboat diplomacy conducted to serve his ego rather than help American consumers. It argues that after Trump’s forces captured Nicolás Maduro and installed his deputy Delcy Rodríguez as president, the resulting deal handing a fifth of Venezuela’s proven oil…
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Ed Miliband is a ‘failed figure’ and a ‘joke’ who’s ‘made Britain irrelevant’, blasts Israeli spokesman amid West Bank sanctions row
An Israeli government spokesman launched a personal attack on Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, calling him a “failed figure” and a “joke” who has “made Britain irrelevant”, after the UK announced a ban on imports of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. David Mencer, a former Labour councillor who now speaks for Israeli…
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Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution
The UN General Assembly has passed a non-binding resolution encouraging the use of more accurate “equal-area” world maps, such as the Equal Earth projection, instead of the widely used Mercator map, which distorts the relative size of continents. However, the resolution is unlikely to affect the navigation apps millions of people use daily, since Google…
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Disgraced attorney tries to SHOOT his ex-wife at dinner table in front of horrified guests before being tackled to the ground by waiter
A disgraced Ohio attorney has been found guilty of attempted murder after trying to shoot his ex-wife in front of terrified diners at a restaurant in Toledo, only to be tackled to the ground by a waiter. Matthew Exton, 43, pulled a gun on Kayda Valone as she dined with her parents, but the weapon…
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Minister for Oblivious… bungling Stephen Flynn didn’t know about ferry’s methane gas leak
Scotland’s Transport Secretary, Stephen Flynn, has faced sharp criticism after admitting he was unaware of a serious methane gas leak aboard the CalMac ferry MV Glen Sannox, which he only learned about more than nine hours after it broke as a BBC Scotland news story. Flynn told a Holyrood transport committee he had missed the…
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Scottish education in crisis as Pisa results hit record lows
Columnist John MacLeod reacts to Scotland’s latest Pisa results, which show pupils have slumped to record lows in maths and reading, arguing this marks a national humiliation for a country once proud of its educational heritage. He contends the figures, alongside teacher shortages and rising classroom violence, expose the failure of successive Scottish governments, particularly…
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‘Misogyny ramped up on steroids’: Inside the alarming rise in anti-women content – and what needs to happen NOW before an entire generation of young men is polluted by algorithms of HATE
The head of Ireland’s Women’s Aid, Sarah Benson, has warned that social media algorithms are aggressively pushing anti-women content at boys and young men, embedding misogynistic attitudes about masculinity that risk normalising contempt towards women. Her warning follows the deaths of nine women in violent circumstances in Ireland this year, including the recent killing of…
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Badenoch to vote against assisted dying law when it returns to Commons this week as Tory leader warns MPs to be ‘clear-eyed’ about Bill’s ‘fatal flaws’
Kemi Badenoch has confirmed she will vote against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill when it returns to the House of Commons this week, despite saying she supports the principle of assisted dying. The Conservative leader urged MPs to be “clear-eyed” about what she called the Bill’s “fatal flaws” and criticised suggestions that…
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UK government says Fujitsu won’t use framework places to chase new customers
The UK government has told MPs that Fujitsu has assured officials it will not use its places on lucrative public sector procurement frameworks to win work from new government customers while its voluntary bidding moratorium remains in force. The commitment follows scrutiny after The Register revealed the scandal-hit Japanese IT supplier had secured spots on…