‘I won’t take the knee!’: Laurence Fox says terms like ‘racist’ and ‘facist’ have become ‘casual insults’ and lost all meaning and refuses to kneel for Black Lives Matter due to its ‘master-servant’ connotation Laurence Fox said he will only kneel ‘to propose, before god or before the queen’ Fox spoke in radio interview on … Read more
The number of interest-free credit card deals has fallen to a record low for the second successive month, as banks continue to slash the availability of unsecured debt during the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. Lenders are unlikely to be handing out fresh unsecured debt when there are doubts over borrowers’ ability to repay … Read more
Banks will increasingly tighten lending criteria over the next three months, approvals for credit cards and loans will fall and interest-free term lengths will shrink, banking giants and building societies predict. The Bank of England’s latest credit conditions survey revealed lenders by a large margin believe the availability of unsecured credit for households will decrease … Read more
The digital writing aid Grammarly will now flag the phrases ‘Wuhan virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’ as potentially offensive and encourage people to instead use ‘COVID-19’ or ‘the coronavirus.’ The phrases were added to the tool’s list of sensitive words and phrases that should be avoided, as they can ‘encourage bias and misinformation.’ Grammarly points to a … Read more