There has always been an ugly whiff around David Cameron’s decision to be a headline act at ‘Davos in the Desert’, an investment summit in Saudi Arabia in 2019. The former prime minister’s presence was, after all, a timely PR coup for the oil-rich Islamic theocracy, which was in the diplomatic deep freeze following the … Read more
Watchdog launches formal investigation into claims David Cameron breached ‘anti-sleaze’ laws his own government introduced by ‘lobbying the Treasury to get stricken financial firm Greensill access to Covid loan schemes’ Former prime minister alleged to have lobbied Treasury on behalf of Greensill Said to have been part of efforts to increase firm’s access to Covid … Read more
Row-bots: Two androids ‘bicker like a couple’ at a Chinese library as they are ‘annoyed by each other’s temper’ Talking robots Tutu and Wangbao are high-tech guides at a library in China Funny footage appears to show them arguing at work in the building’s lobby One accused the other of having a bad temper, igniting … Read more
Shocking new footage shows a distraught mother carry her ‘motionless’ child into a five-star hotel lobby after the baby’s British father ‘beat her to death’. One-year-old Sophia Barakat – ‘always smiling’ according to a court witness who saw her before the tragedy – was ‘blue’ and ‘not breathing’. Madina Barakat, 23, pleaded with staff at … Read more
George Stephanopoulos’ ‘reps are lobbying’ for him to ‘be the next host of Jeopardy!’ in new report… after Alex Trebek died at age 80 from pancreatic cancer By Sarah Sotoodeh and Dusica Sue Malesevic and Lauren Edmonds For Dailymail.com Published: 20:26 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 21:03 GMT, 9 November 2020 George Stephanopoulos’ reps … Read more
Private parking firms are pushing to bring back laws that would allow them to clamp and tow vehicles, a new report has revealed. Submissions to a consultation on a code of conduct for private parking enforcement saw scores of companies calling for the return of clamping, with many demanding it as a top priority because … Read more
A former longtime Trump executive has claimed the president once made her fire a woman for being pregnant, joked to Jewish businessmen about ‘the ovens’ and banned black people from the lobbies of his buildings. Barbara Res has accused Donald Trump of a catalogue of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic behavior spanning the 18 years she worked … Read more
Coronation Street‘s younger stars have reportedly joined forces to lobby their bosses for better pay after their wages were affected in lockdown. Earlier this year, ITV producers had rationed shows filmed prior to the coronavirus pandemic as production came to a standstill in March, with the actors left unable to work during the height of … Read more
Big Pharma spent nearly $250 MILLION to sway lawmakers amid the pandemic: Firms making coronavirus drugs and vaccines like Biogen and Novartis accounted for 25% of all lobbying spending in the first quarter of 2020 Researchers found the health sector spent $250million lobbying lawmakers from January 1 to March 31 of 2020 This accounts of … Read more
Revealed: UK’s plan to lobby for free global trade outside the EU as Brexit looms Britain will lobby for low tariffs and greater powers for the WTO, sources say Britain is still bound by most of the EU rules until December 31 By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 4 July … Read more