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Boris Johnson hails 'final step' in Brexit journey and says UK can 'look to future' as EU finally signs off trade deal

BORIS Johnson today hailed the "final step" in the long Brexit journey as Brussels finally signed off the UK-EU trade deal. The PM said confirmation the pact has been agreed will provide "stability" and help Britain "look forward to the future". His remarks came after euro MPs backed down from their sabre-rattling threat to veto the agreement and overwhelmingly backed […]

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US to spend $23 billion developing technology to intercept missiles

Washington: The US Department of Defence plans to spend almost $US18 billion ($23 billion) to develop, produce and support its new interceptor to stop incoming nuclear missiles from North Korea or Iran, the first major defence procurement award of the Biden administration. Teams led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will receive between them as much as $US13.1 billion in […]

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NYC Council expels Chaim Deutsch following his tax fraud plea

More On: city council NYC pols push de Blasio to paint 30 miles of bus lanes by year’s end Urine luck! NYC bill would force eateries to let delivery workers use bathroom Council candidate apologizes for racist, anti-gay online posts Left out? AOC will back City Council candidates, but there’s a catch Convicted lawmaker Chaim Deutsch was expelled from the […]

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Scots benefit from extra £2,500 of public spending each

Scots benefit from an extra £2,500 of public spending each with the Welsh getting £4,412 – while the English receive just £91 Scots benefit from an extra £2,500 of public spending than the taxes they pay Compared to £4,412 in Wales and £5,118 in Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2019  But in those years, 0.3% of England’s GDP was deficit but […]

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Boris's chief of staff warned against donors funding No10 renovation

Boris Johnson’s new chief of staff warned it was ‘crazy’ to ask wealthy donors to fund lavish Downing Street renovation Boris Johnson’s chief of staff Dan Rosenfield warned flat renovation plans ‘crazy’  Sources said he reacted angrily on discovering that wealthy Tory donors would fund the lavish renovation of the Prime Minister’s flat Tory donor Lord Brownlow later made a £58,000 […]

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