SIMON WALTERS: Holy mackerel… is fishing a reason to scupper a Brexit trade deal? 

Sir Edward Heath is the Conservative Prime Minister who sold out Britain’s fishermen in 1973 to take us into what became the European Union. Boris Johnson does not want to be remembered as the one who sold them out to take us out. That is one of the main reasons for what appears to be … Read more

SIMON WALTERS: Holy mackerel… is fishing a reason to scupper a Brexit trade deal? 

Sir Edward Heath is the Conservative Prime Minister who sold out Britain’s fishermen in 1973 to take us into what became the European Union. Boris Johnson does not want to be remembered as the one who sold them out to take us out. That is one of the main reasons for what appears to be … Read more

Will BT’s pension black hole scupper the vulture funds?

Laid low by a flagging share price, BT is now feared to be an attractive target for vulture funds that could swoop in and pick it to pieces.  The former state telecoms monopoly, privatised by Margaret Thatcher, was worth £49billion four years ago but its value has since been diminished to just over £10billion.  Yet … Read more

China’s Hong Kong crackdown could scupper Huawei deal

China’s ‘unacceptable’ crackdown in Hong Kong could shut the door to Huawei’s involvement in Britain’s 5G mobile network, Boris Johnson has said as London and Beijing traded blows today.  Mr Johnson said the draconian new security law that China has imposed on Hong Kong was ‘plainly an unacceptable breach’ of the freedoms that the city … Read more

Don’t let passport delays scupper your holiday

Holidaymakers planning trips abroad this year – even if not until the autumn – being warned to check their passports now to avoid disappointment By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 27 June 2020 Holidaymakers planning trips abroad this year – even if not until … Read more