Experts have cast doubt on the Trump Organization’s claim that its proposed smartphone can be entirely manufactured in the US. One industry analyst told the BBC it would be “virtually impossible” for the gold-coloured handset – which will retail at… Read More ›
Politics
The Wargame Podcast
A top team of former government ministers and military and security chiefs have taken part in a wargame that simulates a Russian attack on the UK for a new podcast series by Sky News and Tortoise Media. Among the line-up,… Read More ›
Inside America’s Death Chambers
Maybe everyone dreams of dying, even if not in quite this way. I once had nightmares about being a victim of crime, but after I began witnessing executions, I came to imagine myself on some subconscious plane as the perpetrator… Read More ›
The best we have
It’s a dull grey day in the pebbledashed sprawl of north-west London when I first see Keir Starmer. We’re at RAF Northolt just outside Ruislip, a military airport that seems to capture much about modern Britain. Set among the tired… Read More ›
The rich get the assets…
The rich get the assets, the poor get the debt, and then the poor have to pay their whole salary to the rich every year just to live in a house. The rich use that money to buy the rest… Read More ›
It’s Rump Time
A mistake on a piece of official Donald Trump merchandise might be funny to some. But it wasn’t a laughing matter for the Rhode Island couple who paid more than $600 for the Trump-branded watch. One letter was left off… Read More ›
Détrumpez Vous!
Detrumpez Vous! is an application that allows you to scan the barcodes of your products, primarily food items, to discover whether the company’s capital comes from the United States. It gives you the means to know who you are giving… Read More ›
A woman is…
The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, in a decision which could have far-reaching implications for who can access single-sex services and spaces. It came about after the Scottish government… Read More ›
Old fashioned simple thinking in a modern complex world does not work Donald
Despite Trump’s plan to use tariff pressure to bring more manufacturing to the U.S., analysts estimate moving even one-tenth of Apple’s supply chain to the U.S. would cost $30 billion and take three years. If Apple passes increased costs to… Read More ›
The poorer your people are, the more power you will have
Trump’s ‘liberation day’ could mean recession in the US and pain worldwide Senate approves Republican plan for trillions in tax breaks and spending cuts Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs And on and on… Surely we can all… Read More ›