Britain’s counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation after material contaminated with a radioactive substance was found at London’s Heathrow Airport last month. Uranium was detected in a package at the airport on Dec. 29. According to the Sun newspaper, which first reported the incident, the package had originated from Pakistan and arrived in the UK…
MP Andrew Bridgen Stripped of Tory Whip After Criticizing COVID-19 Vaccines
An MP who has been calling for a halt to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine on social media has been expelled from the Conservative Party after he was told he had “crossed a line.” On Wednesday Andrew Bridgen was suspended by the Tory chief whip for “spreading misinformation about COVID vaccines.” To lose a…
MPs Push for Tighter Rules on UK Public Procurement From Hostile States
January 11, 2023
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The UK is facing “Huawei-level decisions on a range of security measures,” Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Monday as she and a number of MPs called for tighter rules around public procurement. The government “took too long” to strip Huawei—a Chinese telecommunications giant—from the UK’s 5G network, the Conservative MP said…
Cate Blanchett Wins Best Actress at Golden Globes
Cate Blanchett won best actress for Tar, becoming Australia’s sole trophy winner at the 80th annual awards show on its return to TV after a diversity and ethics scandal. Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans and dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin have landed the top movie awards at the Golden Globes as Hollywood returned to a…
UK’s 1st Foray Into the Space Race Ends in Failure
Billed as British history in the making, on Monday a specially adapted jumbo jet left the runway at the country’s first operational spaceport and launched a rocket into space. However, the rocket failed during its second stage and, according to operator Virgin Orbit, suffered an “anomaly” that resulted in the satellites it was carrying failing…
Rolls-Royce Rides Ongoing Luxury Demand to Sales Record in 2022
LONDON—Rolls-Royce on Monday reported record sales last year despite an average price tag of around $534,000 for its luxury cars and a drop in Chinese demand, with orders stretching into 2023. The British carmaker, which began as Rolls-Royce in Manchester, England nearly 120 years ago and is now owned by Germany’s BMW, said that it…
Social Media Bosses Could Face Jail If They Breach Rules on Children Under UK’s Online Safety Bill
Tory MPs are planning an amendment to the Online Safety Bill that would make tech executives criminally liable for children’s duty of care failures. Conservative MP Miriam Cates and other MPs including Sir William Cash, Andrea Leadsom, Julian Lewis, Lia Nici, Tim Loughton, Lee Anderson, and former Home Secretary Priti Patel are backing an amendment (pdf)…
UK Trade Unions Claim Proposed Laws on Strikes Are ‘Undemocratic, Unworkable’
The new general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has described legislation to curb strikes—which was put before Parliament by the government on Tuesday—as “undemocratic, unworkable, and almost certainly illegal.” The new laws would force ambulance crews, firefighters, and railway workers to provide a minimum level of service during industrial action. Business Secretary Grant…
Russia Dismisses NATO Delivery of Armored Vehicles to Ukraine
The Russians dismissed the news of Western armored vehicles to Ukraine as inconsequential to the course of the conflict. France, Germany, and the United States said last week that they would send light armored combat vehicles to Ukraine to fulfill their pledge to send more military support to Kyiv. Ukraine has been asking its Western…
Sunak Warns UK Protesters of More Powers to Protect ‘Hard-Working Majority’
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised tougher laws to stop protesters in Britain from disrupting the lives of the “hard-working majority.” Extinction Rebellion—sometimes known as XR—was particularly active in 2019 and, following the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, other groups such as Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil emerged, causing chaos to motorists and commuters in…
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