Gary Gibbon
Brexit strains in the Cabinet
Individual Cabinet Ministers are getting their briefings on Theresa May’s new Brexit proposals ahead of Friday’s special Cabinet meeting.
Search results for ‘Switzerland’
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How climate change is melting the biggest glacier in the Alps
We’ve just lived through the four warmest years on record, say scientists. And in Switzerland, temperature rises are twice the global mean. In fact, if nothing is done to tackle climate change, all the glaciers in the Alps could vanish by the end of the century. A move to make Switzerland carbon neutral by 2050…
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France prepares for 40C heatwave
France is preparing for a potentially record-breaking heatwave. Temperatures are forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius later this week. Authorities in Paris have enacted an extreme heat plan, fearing a repeat of the conditions which killed an estimated 15,000 people in France in 2003. Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain are also preparing for oppressive heat.
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Explained: what Brexit could we get? Norway? Canada? WTO?
Politicians have been bickering about Brexit for the past two years, but everything that has happened so far is just figuring out how we leave the EU – we still have to sort out what kind of relationship we have once we have actually left.
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Davos: is world economy working for majority?
The big beasts of the international business world are turning up at Davos in Switzerland for this year’s World Economic Forum.
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Gary Gibbon
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Long read: Does the UK’s case against Russia stack up?
When a former Russian spy and his daughter were found slumped on a park bench in Salisbury, it wasn’t long before investigators started looking at the Kremlin with suspicion. But how strong is the UK’s evidence against Russia? And what do the experts think?
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Ann Coulter’s 10 misleading claims about immigrants and mass shootings
In just one article, Ms Coulter has made ten false or contested claims about immigration, mass shootings and gun control. Here they are.
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How did North Korea get its nuclear weapons?
North Korea has obtained the money, knowledge and materials to build nuclear missiles which – it claims – can reach American soil. But it would be in this position without help from the outside world. FactCheck follows North Korea’s nuclear trail, from the Soviet Union to South London.
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Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson: Blond Ambition – an introduction by Gary Gibbon
A film about Boris Johnson’s last year or so in office, Blond Ambition, is on Channel 4 on Sunday night at 10pm. It’s the product of some brilliant and dogged work by Lottie Gammon, chasing down Boris Johnson when he didn’t particularly want our cameras on his case. Do watch it if you get the…
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Jeremy Corbyn is wrong: you don’t have to be a member of the EU to be part of the single market
Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday that a Labour government would leave the single market because remaining in it is ‘dependent on membership of the EU’. Commentators have been quick to point out that there are four countries in the single market that are not members of the EU. But is there more going on here…
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May preaches to Davos sinners
Theresa May always takes a pause before speaking. I wonder if it’s something she learnt from her father as he waited for the congregation to settle.
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Jon Snow
Brexit: A costly pick-and-mix deal?
Brexit might be heading for a costly pick and mix deal, perhaps denuded of the power to influence either the EU or, perhaps even more critically, the WTO
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FactCheck Q&A: can we trust the Treasury on Brexit?
The government says families will lose out to the tune of £4,300 if they vote to leave the EU. Is it true?
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FactCheck: will Brexit hurt science?
Eminent scientists are warning that funding for research is at risk if Britain pulls out of the EU. Are they right?
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FactCheck: will Brexit protect Britain from terrorism?
Does Britain’s membership of the EU makes us less safe? That’s what Leave campaigners Iain Duncan Smith and Boris Johnson have suggested, among others. Mr Duncan Smith said last month that a Paris-style attack is more likely to happen here if the UK votes to Remain in the EU. And Boris Johnson wrote in a…
