Conservatives widen poll lead over Labour to 12 points – Kantar poll
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have increased their lead over the opposition Labour Party slightly over the last week to 12 points, a survey by Kantar showed on Tuesday, ahead of a Dec. 12 election. The poll put support for the Conservatives at 44%, up one point from a week earlier,…
Trump echoes Johnson: NHS not part of US-UK trade deal
US president Donald Trump echoed the words of UK prime minister Boris Johnson by saying that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is not part of any potential trade deal between the two nations. At a press conference in London on Tuesday, Trump said: “I have nothing to do with it, never even thought about it…
Scotland threatens Boris Johnson's election dream
Stirling (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Surprise victories in Scotland helped save the Conservative Party in the 2017 election but Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in danger of losing those gains next week, forcing him to look elsewhere for a parliamentary majority. “This time is going to be very, very tight,” Stephen Kerr, the Conservative…
Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) Is Thing Of Past, Joy of Missing Out (JOMO) Is The New Phenomenon!
Over a period of time, people have learnt to win over their fears and a new travel trends report shows as it predicts that the social phenomenon of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) is fast fading and JOMO (Joy of Missing Out) is taking over instead. In a new report from market research group Euromonitor…
Poet busted for pot in 1969 makes 1st purchase of legal recreational weed in Michigan
Poet busted for pot in 1969 makes 1st purchase of legal recreational weed in Michigan originally appeared on abcnews.go.com At the age of 28, John Sinclair was arrested in 1969 for possessing two marijuana joints and sent to prison for nearly three years. On Sunday, the now 78-year-old poet and activist became the first person…
Note to Trump: China Is Considering Buying More Russian Su-35 Jet Fighters
Key Point: Most of China’s air force is made up of Cold War-era fighters. For a nation that boasts of developing an advanced stealth fighter, it seems strange that China would need to buy warplanes from its former rival Russia. Yet Moscow is offering to sell more Su-35 fighters to Beijing – and Chinese media…
Fox News Judge Andrew Napolitano: Trump Can’t Say Impeachment ‘Unfair’ if He Won’t Participate
Over the weekend, Brian Stelter aired a segment on Reliable Sources titled “A Tale of Two Fox News Judges” in which he expressed concern that “dissenting” voices like that of Judge Andrew Napolitano were being “drowned out by the sycophants” like Judge Jeanine Pirro. “Do you think there’s room left for people like Judge Napolitano…
RBI Data Hints Note Ban Was Utter Failure, More Cash In Market Than Before Demonetisation
The Reserve Bank of India, in its recently released data, said that demonetisation did not help little in curbing black money circulating in the market. PM Modi’s masterstroke to curb black money didn’t seem to have an expected impact. The RBI data shows that there’s more currency in the economic system than it was on…
U.S. ‘Likely’ to Bring New Charges in Giuliani-Allies Case
(Bloomberg) — The U.S is “likely” to bring additional charges in a case against Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Rudy Giuliani who are accused of skirting campaign contribution limits as part of a plot to oust the American ambassador to Ukraine, a prosecutor said. The comment was made Monday at an hour-long court…
Prosecutors could file more charges in campaign finance case against Rudy Giuliani associates
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors are likely to file updated criminal allegations in a case against two associates of Rudy Giuliani and two codefendants, a government lawyer said in court Monday. An updated indictment, hinted at by Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Zolkind, could add to the charges that Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, Soviet-born U.S. citizens, already face: conspiring…