At least 42 people have died in Germany and many more are missing following severe floods, police say. At least six others have died in neighbouring Belgium, and the city of Liège has urged all residents to leave. bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
Germany floods. Cars being washed down the street in western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. #Hochwasser video @rq_sh4
The situation is dire in Liège in Belgium’s French-speaking Wallonia region, where the river Meuse has burst its banks and residents are being evacuated. #Belgium#floodingvrt.be/vrtnws/fr/2021…
Apocalyptic scenes in the Walloon city of Verviers, 32 km east of Liège, Belgium. video: Themida Xostelidou via @Meteovilles
Surely this is a resigning matter? Science secretary Michelle Donelan apologises and pays damages to @HeriotWattUni Professor Kate Sang after falsely accusing her of being a Hamas supporter. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Background on science secretary Michelle Donelan's deranged behaviour and eventual climbdown vis-a-vis Professor Kate Sang and Dr Kamna Patel from @BindmansLLP bindmans.com/knowledge-hub/…
The basis for Michelle Donelan’s false claims about Heriot–Watt University’s Professor Kate Sang and UCL’s Dr Kamna Patel was a seriously misleading press release from Tufton Street lobbyists Policy Exchange. bindmans.com/knowledge-hub/…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plan to get British pension schemes to invest more heavily in illiquid/private equity style assets has been dismissed as “pure snake oil” by pensions expert @JohnRalfe1
@JohnRalfe1 The article is in the current issue of @PrivateEyeNews. You can subscribe for £38 a year here: https://t.co/fEKE5kBPvPprivate-eye.co.uk
One of the many obvious dangers of Jeremy Hunt's ill-thought-out plan for pensions is the money will get panhandled by businesses who make big promises but deliver little other than fat pay cheques for themselves. @phillipinman theguardian.com/business/2023/…
Does anyone know why Boris Johnson made his former parliamentary assistant Charlotte Owen, 29, a life peer?
Worth mentioning that Boris Johnson’s desire to ennoble former advisers Ross Kempsell, 30, and Charlotte Owen, 29, caused less of a furore when he nominated them for peerages on 8 November 2022.
in view of the speculation that Charlotte Owen is Boris Johnson’s daughter with his first wife Allegra Mostyn-Owen: here’s an @EveningStandard article in which Mostyn-Owen confirms she and Johnson had no children together. standard.co.uk/news/mayor/he-…
High Court judge Mr Justice [Jonathan] Swift, who today rejected Julian Assange’s appeal against the order to extradite him on all grounds, is increasingly seen as “government-friendly”. In December 2022, Swift declared Britain’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda lawful.
Reporters Without Borders (@RSF_inter) today said: “It’s absurd that a single judge can issue a three-page decision that could land Julian Assange in prison for the rest of his life and permanently impact the climate for journalism around the world.” rsf.org/en/uk-julian-a…
It also looks like Mr Jonathan Swift may have aided and abetted the coverup of the Post Office Horizon scandal.
“Many female staff at Odey Asset Management learnt to avoid Crispin Odey by ducking into the storage room or toilets when they heard him approaching. They developed a nickname for their boss: The Octopus”
This is how “odious” Crispin Odey treated one Odey Asset Management receptionist Emily. The details of his sexual assaults of, and inappropriate behaviour towards, female staff members and other women in his orbit are shocking. Excellent journalism by @miss_marriage.
Should’ve added that two other journalists worked alongside Madison Marriage on @FTMag’s in-depth investigative article on Crispin “The Octopus 🐙” Odey — @antoniacundy and @pcaruanagalizia
Fantastic presentation on the Ulster Bank scandal from ex RBS/NatWest treasury executive @ianhtyler. He finds it astonishing that John Swift KC was paid £7m-£8m to review the FCA’s swaps redress scheme when he didn’t really understand swaps.
It was “completely fraudulent” of Ulster Bank to book hidden liabilities against business customers in order to take hidden margin from swap sales, and the failure of regulators to take action is worse — ex RBS/NatWest Treasury manager @ianhtyler at #TTF Ulster Bank scandal event
Steve Middleton makes clear RBS/NatWest bank managers *did* personally benefit from selling IRHPs to business customers, sometimes doubling their salaries by selling three in a year. “There’s a mass of lies about the Ulster Bank sales process”. Email is from Perks vs NatWest case