Month: June 2019 News
Top stories of the week 16th June
Fresh out of new ideas, Boris Johnson has gone back to the tried and trusted route of threatening to withhold the £39bn divorce payment to the EU. However, as usual, this appears to be yet another empty promise since reneging on a sovereign debt would severely impact the UK international standing and financial rating. In other words, it would hurt the UK far more than the EU.
D Day veterans, Labour Party activists and an increasing number of MPs are coming round to support a second referendum to end the deadlock on Brexit
In an effort to prevent a disastrous No Deal Brexit, MPs launched a bid to stop a future hard-line Brexiter Tory leader from throwing the UK under a bus with crashing out of the EU.
Boris Johnson’s launch campaign speech was fact-checked and found to be grossly untrue. His threat to pay the £39bn EU bill has been rubbished and his tax cuts only help the wealthy elites like himself. Welcome to the future of the UK.
Protests against Chine in Hong Kong over a proposed extradition Bill have become increasingly aggressive and hostile. Authorities have closed Government offices and police have used rubber bullets on crowds.
Good karma! Radiohead foiled blackmail hackers and helped the planet too. Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke, was hacked and blackmailers demanded £150,000 ransom to prevent 18 hours of material recorded at the time of OK Computer to be released on the internet. In a great reversal, Radiohead have put the material online for sale. For 18 days, people can buy the 18 hours of material for £18 with all proceeds going to Extinction Rebellion.
