Happy Birthday, Prime Minister
Dear Mrs May, Happy Birthday. Being Prime Minister and reaching Downing Street in time for your 60th is quite an achievement, but rather than give…
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Left to their own devices?
INTERPRETATION is all in politics – and nowhere is this more true than in reactions to the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the…
Airline’s in-flight entertainment proves a hot choice
PUTTING individual computerised video screens in every economy seat back on a Boeing 757 might have seemed a good idea to Delta Airlines, but it’s…
Business-chasing governments target Brexit-hit UK firms
COMPETITION has broken out to try to persuade UK businesses to leave the country. The first to enter the contest with high-profile publicity operations were…
Foreign Secretary’s honesty questioned during live London press conference
THOSE who despair of Boris Johnson being appointed UK foreign secretary have a new hero. He is New York Times reporter Gardiner Harris. Mr Harris…
Trump’s Orlando response confirms political ineptitude
AS an out gay man with Islamic friends, I find Donald Trump’s self-serving utterances after today’s slaughter in Florida highly offensive. Mr Trump’s Sunday morning…
US retailers continue to alienate millions of visitors
RETAILERS in the United States appear to be continuing probably unintentional discrimination towards tourists – with their loyalty card computer systems. Many, such as ubiquitous…
Troops remain on streets of Paris as France prepares to welcome sports fans
SIX months after scores were killed in terror attacks in Paris, armed troops still patrol the French capital. The city’s residents seem to have become…
Former publicist shows how not to handle a crisis
THE only job that UK prime minister David Cameron ever had outside politics was as media supremo for a commercial television company – Carlton Television….
The Tuesday that may be far from ‘super’
WHAT is it with Donald Trump? One ‘Washington insider’ told journalists that he is a creation of 24-hour television news and corporate greed. Those who,…