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Is Lib Dem Treasury Spokesman Vince Cable’s reputation as the voice of economic sanity really deserved? FactCheck takes a look.
Speaking after talks in Berlin, David Cameron concedes the UK and Germany do not agree on every aspect of European policy, while Angela Merkel stresses that both countries “need each other”.
British-born filmmaker Tony Scott, director of blockbusters including Top Gun, dies after jumping from a Los Angeles bridge. He may have had terminal brain cancer, according to US reports.
It’s an American fried chicken chain with roots in evangelical politics. But now Chick Fil-A is at the centre of a national political storm over its CEO’s comments against gay marriage.
A powerful typhoon hit Hong Kong in the early hours of Tuesday morning injuring over 120 people and bringing business to a standstill.
It might be the weather, troubles abroad – or just the legacy of the past. But there often seems to be a reason why the Government’s plans for the economy never go quite to plan.
Jon Snow
I am watching these four bankers before the treasury select committee in the Commons. And I am watching our elected representatives struggling to rise to what is expected of them. The MPs are manifestly under-briefed in comparison with their American counterparts, who have large teams working on a thing like this. Our representatives have the…