y Another 5b reasons for SoftBank to walk away from WeWork By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:03:10 +0000 SoftBank Group Corp. needs to cut and run on its entire WeWork investment, not just the shares. The post Another 5b reasons for SoftBank to walk away from WeWork appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Softbank WeWork
y Guest Post | Coronavirus: Liquidity will come at a premium for VC asset class By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 23:53:18 +0000 Fire sales of VC fund stakes are most likely to be initiated first by high net worth individuals and some family offices. The post Guest Post | Coronavirus: Liquidity will come at a premium for VC asset class appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article COVID-19
y Singapore’s data centre REITs are a happy lot as more people work from home By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:16:13 +0000 Shares in Keppel DC REIT have recouped most of their March losses. The post Singapore’s data centre REITs are a happy lot as more people work from home appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Keppel DC REIT
y Thai tycoon’s $2.7b bid for Bank Permata seen as move to secure family legacy By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 02:50:13 +0000 For Thailand’s oldest banking family, it’s a legacy-defining deal 25 years in the making. The post Thai tycoon’s $2.7b bid for Bank Permata seen as move to secure family legacy appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Bangkok Bank Pcl
y Danish facility management firm ISS Group to sell Thai unit for up to $150m By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:35:41 +0000 Rippledot Capital is said to be the sell-side advisor for the proposed transaction. The post Danish facility management firm ISS Group to sell Thai unit for up to $150m appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article International Service System (ISS) Group ISS Global
y Banned Thai opposition party says junta helped Malaysia’s 1MDB cover-up By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 16:03:50 +0000 At least six countries have launched money laundering, financial mismanagement and criminal probes into 1MDB dealings. The post Banned Thai opposition party says junta helped Malaysia’s 1MDB cover-up appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)
y Thai tycoons set to go head-to-head as Tesco invites bids for $9b Asia biz By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:31:14 +0000 The bidding is shaping up as a battle between Dhanin Chearavanont's Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, Central Group, and beer-and-property magnate Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi's TCC Group. The post Thai tycoons set to go head-to-head as Tesco invites bids for $9b Asia biz appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Central Group Charoen Pokphand TCC Group Tesco PLC
y Thai hospital operator BDMS makes $3b buyout offer for Bumrungrad By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:14:55 +0000 BDMS already owns a 25% stake in Bumrungrad Hospital. The post Thai hospital operator BDMS makes $3b buyout offer for Bumrungrad appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article BDMS Bumrungrad
y People Digest: Pomelo appoints HR lead; UK’s Man GLG makes key hires in HK By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:45:16 +0000 Thai e-commerce startup Pomelo has appointed Piyanuch Limapornvanitch as the company’s Chief People Officer. The post People Digest: Pomelo appoints HR lead; UK’s Man GLG makes key hires in HK appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article pomelo
y CP Group overpaying for Tesco’s Malaysia and Thai operations, analysts say By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:07:38 +0000 Analysts also expressed concern about the huge debt CP All was taking on in this market environment. The post CP Group overpaying for Tesco’s Malaysia and Thai operations, analysts say appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article CP Group Tesco
y Nexif Energy secures funding for 92MW co-generation power project in Thailand By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 06:25:13 +0000 A consortium that includes SMBC and Kasikornbank is providing debt funding for the project. The post Nexif Energy secures funding for 92MW co-generation power project in Thailand appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Nexif Energy Ratch Group
y Prudential reaches $753m Thai deal with tycoon Li’s FWD By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:55:25 +0000 TMB had been exploring options for its bancassurance partnerships after its planned merger with Thanachart. The post Prudential reaches $753m Thai deal with tycoon Li’s FWD appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article FWD Prudential TMB Bank
y Delivery services in SEA face game-changing moment amid virus scare By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:06:24 +0000 Demand for delivery services is skyrocketing across Asia as travel curbs keep more people at home. The post Delivery services in SEA face game-changing moment amid virus scare appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article 7-eleven Central Group Foodpanda Grab
y Thailand warns food delivery apps against overcharging amid COVID-19 outbreak By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:27:13 +0000 The anti-monopoly watchdog received complaints that food delivery platforms have increased their service fees for restaurants from 20% to up to 40%. The post Thailand warns food delivery apps against overcharging amid COVID-19 outbreak appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Foodpanda Grab LINE Man Office of Trade and Competition Commission
y Siam Cement buys Vietnamese packaging materials maker By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 18:22:20 +0000 The group will purchase Bien Hoa Packaging through a joint venture with top Japanese cardboard maker Rengo. The post Siam Cement buys Vietnamese packaging materials maker appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Bien Hoa Packaging Rengo Siam Cement Group
y Thai Super Energy to pick controlling stake in Vietnamese assets for $457m By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:03:16 +0000 The Thai firm expects to generate IRRs of around 17% from these projects over a period of 20 years. The post Thai Super Energy to pick controlling stake in Vietnamese assets for $457m appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article electricity of vietnam Super Energy Corporation
y Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank secures nod to set up unit in Myanmar By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:14:05 +0000 Thai SCB is looking to issue loans up to $214 million over the next five years in Myanmar. The post Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank secures nod to set up unit in Myanmar appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article PT Bank Permata Siam Commercial Bank Pcl
y Thailand’s Kasikornbank gets approval for $40m stake in Myanmar lender By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 17:38:25 +0000 The investment will be done through its unit Kasikorn Vision. The post Thailand’s Kasikornbank gets approval for $40m stake in Myanmar lender appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Kasikornbank Pcl
y Thailand govt expects liquidity support for Thai Airways next week By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 05:48:48 +0000 Thai Airways, which suspended its flights last month, was already facing financial trouble, reporting losses since 2017. The post Thailand govt expects liquidity support for Thai Airways next week appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Thai Airways International Pcl
y Thai retailers find new ways to sell amid COVID-19 outbreak By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 07:05:12 +0000 The country’s largest retailer, Central Retail Corporation Pcl (CRC), was calling up previous customers. The post Thai retailers find new ways to sell amid COVID-19 outbreak appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Central Retail Corporation Pcl
y Thai Airways to seek $1.8b emergency loan to navigate COVID-19 impact By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:35:13 +0000 After the loan, the money-losing national carrier plans to raise 77.04 billion baht in capital. The post Thai Airways to seek $1.8b emergency loan to navigate COVID-19 impact appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Thai Airways
y Kuwait to go under total lockdown for 20 days By www.argusmedia.com Published On :: 10 May 2020 12:35 (+01:00 GMT) Full Article Oil products Diesel-heating oil-gasoil Gasoline Jet fuel-kerosine Middle East Kuwait Fundamentals Demand
y Using Bezier Curve analysis in context of Expression Analysis By eprints.rclis.org Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 10:14:50 +0200 Modeste, Previste Using Bezier Curve analysis in context of Expression Analysis., 2019 . In ICASSP. (In Press) [Conference paper] Full Article
y American companies spent years in an economic boom. Then the coronavirus hit By www.cnbc.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 14:14:31 GMT The pandemic could cast a long shadow, permanently changing how companies spend money, sell goods and run their businesses. Full Article
y Brighton cite 'concerns' over restart as third player tests positive for Covid-19 By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T12:00:18Z Unnamed player to go into 14-day isolationChief executive: every club is sizing up restart with self-interestA third Brighton and Hove Albion player has tested positive for coronavirus, the club’s chief executive has said. Related: Using players as guinea pigs would wipe out Premier League's integrity | Paul Wilson Continue reading... Full Article Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion Football Sport
y My favourite game: Argentina v Iran, 2014 World Cup By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T10:59:23Z My dad and I went from despair and frustration to pandemonium after Lionel Messi struck in style at the deathThe Argentinian radio journalist Alejandro Fantino shouted “We are a disaster” in the 89th minute. He was right. The match that most had expected to be a rout was turning into a historic upset. Argentina were as bad as Iran were good. Gonzalo Higuaín, Sergio Agüero and Ángel Di María were not working as a front three while the Asian champions were performing especially well at the back. Carlos Queiroz, Iran’s manager, appeared to have perfected the defensive formula that had plagued Argentina during the qualifiers: a parked bus and Lionel Messi well under control. Continue reading... Full Article Argentina Iran World Cup 2014 Football Sport
y Using players as guinea pigs would wipe out Premier League's integrity | Paul Wilson By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T09:00:21Z The final league table will merit the biggest asterisk in history if teams are full of footballers who don’t want to be on the pitchAnyone who has spent the best part of an hour just waiting to cross a supermarket threshold in the past few weeks will be aware how quickly the outlandish becomes the new normal. Yet even in these strange days it was still odd to hear Gordon Taylor pop up on the radio with the suggestion that shortened games might be the solution to finishing the Premier League season sometime before the clocks go back.How that would have helped maintain the integrity of the competition or assisted those clubs worried they might be relegated in less than optimum circumstances remained unclear, for the Premier League was pooh-poohing the idea proposed by the Professional Footballers’ Association’s leader as ridiculous and unfounded within hours. Continue reading... Full Article Premier League Football Sport Football politics
y La Liga players test positive with five new cases confirmed in top two leagues By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T14:49:50Z Real Sociedad goalkeeper Remiro confirms positiveLa Liga plans to return without spectators in JuneFive players in Spain’s top two divisions have tested positive for Covid-19 since clubs began testing players and staff members last week, with the Real Sociedad goalkeeper Álex Remiro confirming himself as one of the cases.A statement from La Liga said the players would remain at home where they would continue individual training before being tested again “in the next few days” to determine whether they can return to their club’s training ground. Continue reading... Full Article La Liga Real Sociedad European club football Football Sport
y Nathan Redmond: 'It's difficult to post a TikTok video if you've lost 1-0' | David Hytner By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T17:00:30Z The Covid-19 lockdown has given the midfielder the chance to show his acting skills outside the Southampton changing roomNathan Redmond hustles towards the camera, suited up, fedora jauntily perched and when he starts to lip-sync, the voice is that of Carter – the character played by Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 3. It is the scene involving him, Master Yu and Mi and, for those who have not seen it, has Carter getting into a word-play tangle as he questions Yu and Mi. “Who are you? Yu. No, not me, you. Yes, I am Yu.” It goes from there. Related: 'People's lives depend on it': the sacked English defender left in limbo | Sid Lowe Continue reading... Full Article Southampton Football Sport
y Global report: Covid-19 cases rise in Germany as Wuhan reports first infection in weeks By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T15:17:58Z Global infections surpass 4m; cluster detected in Dordogne, new cases highlight risks as lockdowns easedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew coronavirus infections rose again in Germany at the end of last week, a few days after leaders loosened social restrictions, while the Chinese city of Wuhan announced it had detected its first case in weeks, helping to push the global total past 4m on Sunday.On the eve of the UK starting to ease its lockdown on Monday, the new cases in Germany and China illustrated the difficulties governments will face over the next months as they attempt to reopen their societies without triggering a second wave of infections. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science World news Medical research Europe Germany China France South Korea Spain
y Little Richard obituary By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T11:03:57Z Prime force of rock’n’roll who made an explosive impact with songs such as Tutti Frutti, Good Golly, Miss Molly, Lucille and Long Tall SallyLittle Richard, who has died aged 87, was the self-proclaimed king of rock’n’roll. Such was his explosive impact that many of the baby boom generation will vividly recall the moment when they first encountered his assault on melody. Awopbopaloobop alopbamboom! That first hit, Tutti Frutti, released in October 1955, was wild, delicious gibberish from a human voice as no other, roaring and blathering above a band like a fire-engine run amok in the night. We glimpsed a new universe. The Sinatra-sophisticats were slain with a shout. Enter glorious barbarity, chaos and sex. With a few others – Fats Domino, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly – Little Richard laid down what rock’n’roll was to be like, and he was the loudest, hottest and most exhibitionist of them all. Continue reading... Full Article Little Richard Pop and rock Music US news World news Georgia New Orleans Christianity Film US television
y Lockdown diary: 'There's a gran isolating in a tree communicating by catapult!' By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T14:00:26Z Like man buns on scooters and ukulele busking, Covid-19 has now spread to the north from London – inspiring a coronavirus soapcom from our self-isolating comedy-writerUp here in the north-west, we’re used to living in the slipstream of London’s sleek urban shenanigans. Whatever the cultural breakthrough – man buns on scooters, cashless ukulele busking, emotional support bees – it takes a while to reach the Lancaster and Morecambe Non-Metropolitan Area. If it ever does.A Street Stranger Watch leads to a death and the appearance at midnight of the street’s original Victorian inhabitants Continue reading... Full Article Comedy Coronavirus outbreak Culture Coronation Street Soap opera Television Television & radio
y William Smethurst obituary By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2016-08-17T15:07:26Z Radio and TV producer who revitalised The Archers during his tenure as editorDespite being a soft-spoken Lancastrian of mild-mannered appearance, the writer and producer William Smethurst, who has died aged 71, was known to his detractors in radio and television as “Butcher Bill”. But the ruthless skills combined with mischievous flair that he displayed as editor of The Archers for eight years from 1978 were widely credited with saving Radio 4’s flagging rural soap opera and making it the cult show it later became. Smethurst was the man who licensed writers to scandalise sleepy Ambridge and once persuaded Princess Margaret to make a guest appearance.He was less successful when Central TV lured him from BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham to pull off the same trick with Crossroads, its Midlands motel saga, which had run out of steam. Smethurst ditched Tony Hatch’s theme tune, killed off characters (much as he had Dan and Doris Archer), and made the plots (and scenery) more credible and the cast much more glamorous, with the help of the motel swimming pool he installed. Some critics preferred its previous awfulness and the show folded in 1988. Continue reading... Full Article Radio The Archers Culture Television & radio BBC Media
y Race relations in 2016: much to deplore but plenty to applaud By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2016-08-18T12:15:01Z No one should be complacent about racism but the story is rarely as straightforward as some commentators routinely assertIn my city neighbourhood this summer a man on the run from police custody hit a black woman in the face. Understandably, she reported it as a racial attack. Except it probably wasn’t. The runaway also hit a boy when his mother opened the door and tried to spray another woman’s hair red at a bus stop. He had mental health problems.Not much harm done in this instance. But it’s one reason why I don’t often write about race relations in modern Britain, though I first did so 50 years ago when many aspects of them were pretty grim. Continue reading... Full Article Race Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Politics UK news Society
y Owen Smith may not beat Jeremy Corbyn, but he passed the Today test | Michael White By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2016-08-24T11:51:13Z As he tussled with John Humphrys on Radio 4, the Labour leadership challenger sounded confident, articulate and humanListening to the radio this morning I had an experience I realised I’d almost forgotten. It was the sound of a Labour politician being combatively quizzed on Radio 4 by Today’s John Humphrys in the key 8.10 spot and giving confident, articulate answers in return. When did I last hear that, I wondered?What follows here isn’t a party political broadcast for Owen Smith. For the first time since Labour’s glittering leadership contest to succeed Harold Wilson in 1976 – Callaghan versus Healey, Foot, Crosland, Jenkins and Benn – he’s a leadership contender whom OAP Mike doesn’t really know. Continue reading... Full Article Labour party leadership Labour Politics Jeremy Corbyn Owen Smith
y Resentful Americans turn a blind eye to Trump's faults By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2016-08-25T14:12:19Z The candidate’s excesses appeal to voters who feel marginalised and for whom the temptation is to blur reality and illusionWhenever I think about the dysfunctional horror of the looming presidential election in America – so weird that Nigel Farage can pop up in Mississippi on the Trump campaign – I can’t get Susan Sarandon or Plato out of my mind. Let’s talk first about the actor. When did Plato make a decent movie, eh?A few weeks ago Sarandon gave a magazine interview to an overawed writer in which she set out her well-known political stall as a radical feminist who backed Bernie Sanders and doesn’t think much of Hillary Clinton. “There’s nothing about her I find feminist except that she’s a woman,” she said. Continue reading... Full Article Donald Trump US elections 2016 Nigel Farage US politics
y Can Labour win an election under Corbyn? Readers debate By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2016-09-29T13:00:00Z Catch up on our discussion looking at whether Labour can win under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership 2.05pm BST We’re going to close comments shortly - thanks for taking part in the debate today. We’ll have another one next Thursday lunchtime. 1.57pm BST The Labour Party will not win the next general election, but that isn’t the right way of looking at the problem. Labour is in the midst of the same crisis as its sister social-democratic parties across Europe, with one twist: as evidenced by all those new members, it is also home to the kind of new, insurgent politics we’ve seen with Podemos in Spain, Syriza in Greece, the Bernie Sanders campaign in the US etc. Time spent this week at Momentum’s A World Transformed event in Liverpool reminded me that a great deal of Labour and the left’s future lies with some of the people involved (I’ve written a column about this, out later today), but a watershed moment is probably going to be a long time coming. As things stand, most of what we know takes the form of negatives: that the politics of New Labour are dead, that Labour is dangerously estranged from its old working class base, that the party is pretty much finished in Scotland. What happens next is unclear: my own belief is that it will have involve Labour embracing changing the voting system, creating a politics beyond work and the worker, and understanding that amassing a critical mass of support will involve other forces and parties. All this will take time. 1.57pm BST Can Labour win without electoral reform? Certain prominent Labour MPs have been convinced of the merits of proportional representation, and Chris, a reader from Exeter, thinks Labour needs to be thinking in terms of a progressive alliance.The future of British politics is coalitions and he can lead a combination of Labour / Lib Dem and Greens with support from SNP. He can reach out to those who are outside the current voting patterns and disenfranchised - which is a far greater number is the vote for 16 year olds can be passed. What really needs to change is our voting system so it takes account of proportional representation. A system where a government is formed out of 40% choice is not representative and also unfair to smaller parties 1.52pm BST Thanks everyone, we now have 10 minutes left to discuss. Please get any final points in while you can. 1.41pm BST Looking at the Labour party in its current state – confused, conflict-ridden and in desperate need of coherent strategy – it would be easy to assume that electoral success is off the cards for the foreseeable future. Certainly, current polling suggests the party is on track to lose dozens of seats unless something changes.It’s fairly widely accepted that Labour is in need of some new ideas for the 21st century. Encouragingly, these issues do seem to be being discussed. The Momentum conference fringe event was buzzing with energy and many speakers were tackling difficult topics such as automation and the possibility of a citizens income. Many politicians are also keen to explore similar themes, Jonathan Reynolds MP immediately springs to mind. 1.40pm BST How will the triggering of article 50 affect Labour’s chances? If Labour are to benefit from Conservative turmoil over Europe, what line should the party take on negotiations? Jamie, 37, from Sheffield, sees opportunities:Corbyn undoubtedly needs to reach out to the political centre. But we should not underestimate the trouble brewing for the Tories. This is Theresa May’s honeymoon period but already the cracks are beginning to show. Brexit, specifically the failure to trigger article 50, is a time bomb waiting to go off for the Conservative party. With a slim majority, a Eurosceptic rebellion could see off this government at any moment.A Labour majority is difficult to imagine. But a coalition with Labour as the largest party? Entirely achievable. 1.31pm BST A more optimistic view from a commenter, who believes the terms of the debate - particularly on austerity - have shifted to the extent that Labour’s only viable future is one where it tacks to the left.Before Corbyn, Labour is going the way of PASOK in Greece - a pro-austerity embarrassment of a Party surviving on the remembered fumes of the Trade Union movement. Since Corbyn became Labour the membership has doubled and the Party has shifted the debate inexorably to the Left. Austerity, as a proclaimed intent, is finished. Not even the Tories can promote themselves as the Party of inequality and free enterprise. Of course, it'll take time for the ideas which have reclaimed the Labour Party to percolate outwards, and it won't be a smooth transition as the Right doing everything in their power to stop Labour, but it's a start of something better. 1.20pm BST Readers responding to our form have been making the point that until Labour moves public opinion on key narratives, it’s going to be very difficult for them to make electoral headway. How can the party develop a reputation for economic competence when many voters still blame them for the 2008 economic crash?Here’s the view of Martin, a registered Labour supporter in Sheffield:The SNP have shown that the country is ready to elect an anti-austerity government. A government that actually provides excellent public services will find a public willing to bear the cost up to point. There is a lot that needs to go their way - but I still feel that the main challenge is to change the narrative on the economy. Until we can change the narrative that investment can be positive for the economy, or that cuts aren’t effective in dealing with debt it will be difficult to get anywhere with undecided voters. 1.04pm BST This is an interesting comment – making points about the fact that Jeremy Corbyn spent his career on backbenches. What do you think? Is he not very good at preaching to the non-converted? Or is he a man of the people?No one would think of appointing a CEO of a major company who had no experience at a relatively senior management level, yet this is what the Labour Party has done with Jeremy Corbyn – and Leader of the Opposition is at least as demanding a role as leading a global corporation in terms of the organisational and negotiating skills, strategic vision, stamina, drive, pragmatism and media savviness required. Corbyn looks like what he is – someone who has spent his entire career on the backbenches, free to follow his own principles and unaccustomed with the burden of having to make compromises and prioritise. And who is now out of his depth. 1.03pm BST We’re trying out a new poll tool. Let us know what you think in the comments - and don’t forget to vote! 12.43pm BST A commenter below the line makes the reasonable point that it’s all far too early to tell. Given the upheavals seen in domestic and international politics over the past few years, predicting the 2020 election is very difficult - particularly with the full effects of Brexit still to come.The next election is most likely three and a half years away during which time we will experience the unprecedented upheaval of leaving the EU. There is also issues around boundary changes, scottish independence, the relevance of UKIP, whether labour can resolve their internal issues and divisions within the tory government. So on that basis nobody can say that Labour are not going to win the next election.In the run up to the 2010 election the tories managed to paint the 2008 crash as caused by Labour and argued they were not economically responsible, yet could not win outright power. And against Gordon Brown of all people.During the 2015 election campaign the tories maintained the argument, cast Ed Miliband as the son of Britain hater, glorified their own work on the economy since 2010, scapegoated the Lib Dems and saw the SNP all but obliterate Labour in Scotland, yet only managed a 17 seat majority.Who wins the next election is pure guesswork, mine is that nobody wins outright. 12.40pm BST Possible path to victory. 1. An electoral pact. The right win because they always vote together as one big monolith. Our turn. The scare of a small handful of Tories going over to UKIP was enough to panic Cameron into a Brexit referendum. I'm in a supposed Tory safe seat but the truth is that if you counted the Lib Dem and Labour vote together, we would comfortably win. That's repeated up and down the country. An electoral pact means not standing candidates against the most likely to win. It also means people can vote strategically yet maintain allegiance with the party of their conscience.2. Stand a Labour candidate in Northern Ireland to recover ground lost in Scotland3. Try and win over the 40% of non-voters.4. As far as immigration is concerned, it really isn't rocket science. Saying Labour will build 60k new council homes a year is great but it is also arbitrary. Labour should go a bit further and say "we will institute whatever policy is necessary and build however many homes are required to make sure that house and rent prices don't outstrip wages, and if we can't achieve that, we'll look to reduce immigration" 12.33pm BST One repeated criticism of Corbyn’s electoral strategy is that he doesn’t do enough to reach out to the centre: the kind of voters with no fixed political allegiance, the kind of voted for Blair in 1997 but were more convinced by David Cameron in 2015.One ready, a 46 year old Labour member from Brighton, got in touch to say there’s another way of winning: by reaching out to those who don’t currently vote.At the moment more that 35% of the eligible voters in the UK don’t vote. This is equal to or more than the number of eligible voters that voted Tories to win the last election. Most of these people are mostly not taken into account by pollsters. In my view, Corbyn is connecting with this group of eligible voters. If he can bring them into play in a large number, together with the traditional labour voters that remain loyal to the party, he has a credible path to victory. 12.27pm BST An interesting comment from a reader below the line who suggests Corbyn does something to surprise voters.For Corbyn to win he will need to do something big to convince enough Tories, Liberals and swing voters to vote for him - that's just the mathematical reality. It will be painful for him and his loyal membership perhaps, but he'll need to have at least one or two proposals that make this voting group sit up and say 'wow, I wouldn't have expected him to say that!', it's called cognitive dissonance and is used in advertising to cut through a crowded market place and change brand perceptions. New Labour understood this; the end of Clause 4, being relaxed about the filthy rich, keeping to Tory spending plans for two years, and making the BoE independent all raised hell in the party, but were highly effective in changing damaging perceptions very quickly and forced the wider electorate to reconsider the brand. There is a downside of course; he will get slated by many on his own side and that hurts, but he has their votes already, he needs to hold his nose and put forward policies that appeal directly to the voters of his opposition. 12.07pm BST In a year when Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House has moved from ugly fantasy to likely outcome it would take a very rash old political hack to say without reservation: “Labour cannot win a general election with Jeremy Corbyn as its leader.”That’s what I think, of course. I do so on the basis of 40 years watching mainstream British politics from a ringside seat inside what my Twitter detractors routinely call the “Westminster bubble” - as if Momentum activists or Ukip Brexiteers don’t live in a tiny confirmation biased bubble of their own. 12.01pm BST Comments are now open. For those without a commenting account, there’s also a form you can fill in at the start of the live blog. 11.46am BST We’ve been hearing from Labour members on whether they think the party can turn around its electoral fortunes - keep the views coming, though we’re happy to hear from non-Labour members too. What would it take for you to vote for the party under Corbyn, and what put you off voting for them in 2015? On opinion, we hear from a Labour member who vows to be more engaged in communicating the party message.Our engagement isn’t just about reassuring the Labour faithful. The polls are a stark reminder of just how much work there is to do. We must turn the party into a movement that can be radical, and can win. As Corbyn said in his speech at conference, this wave of new members is in fact a “vast democratic resource” – not, as some people see it, a threat. Related: New Labour members like me need to do more - it’s time to get involved 10.53am BST Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gave his keynote speech to conference on Wednesday, relaunching his stewardship of the party by outlining his agenda for the country under a Labour government.Responding to critics who accuse Corbyn of being more interested in campaigning than the more complicated and compromise-strewn business of winning general elections, Corbyn said: Related: Jeremy Corbyn’s critics must decide: unity or terminal decline | Owen Jones Continue reading... Full Article Labour Jeremy Corbyn Politics Labour party leadership Owen Smith UK news
y Michael White reflects on 45 years as a Guardian journalist By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2016-10-28T10:21:29Z As the former political editor and columnist retires, he considers his career at the paper and the greatest scoop he never wroteMichael White, the Guardian’s assistant editor, retired last week after almost 45 years at the paper as a reporter, foreign correspondent and columnist. He was political editor from 1990-2006, Washington correspondent (1984-88) and parliamentary sketch writer (1977-84). Here he reflects on his Guardian career.When did you first know you wanted to be a journalist?I was never a student journalist but, after failing a few interviews for industry in my final student year, I decided – correctly – that I am by nature an observer, not a doer. I was lucky in my timing: 1966 was a very good time to embark on a career in journalism. Continue reading... Full Article Membership The Guardian National newspapers Media Newspapers Newspapers & magazines
y Howard Green obituary By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2018-03-18T16:26:55Z Howard Green, who has died aged 91, was my first editor, a journalist of the old school who worked his way up from junior reporter at 15 to the board of Thomson Regional Newspapers (TRN) when it was a force in the British regional press.In the mid-1960s he was a key player in the plans of his Canadian proprietor, Lord (Roy) Thomson of Fleet, to ring London with new evening papers, located on the emerging motorway network and printed on state-of-the-art web offset presses. With well-run local papers still profitable, the big idea was eventually to print and distribute Fleet Street newspapers away from the clutches of its famously disruptive unions. Continue reading... Full Article Newspapers Reading Media Newspapers & magazines Conservatives
y John Goodwin obituary By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2018-08-29T14:09:52Z John Goodwin, who has died aged 97, was a theatre public relations man whose skills earned him an influence far beyond the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, with which he was associated for most of his working life.He was born in London, where his father, Albert Goodwin, worked for the Inland Revenue; his mother was the musical comedy actor Jessie Lonnen, whose father, EJ Lonnen, had also been a star in burlesque, and Johnny was drawn to the theatre from childhood. After second world war service in the Royal Navy, during which he saw action on a destroyer in the North Atlantic, he first joined what was then still the Shakespeare Memorial theatre in Stratford in 1948. Continue reading... Full Article Theatre Media West End Peter Hall
y How to change a prime minister – Politics Weekly podcast By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2018-10-25T15:58:46Z Jessica Elgot is joined by Michael White, Katy Balls and John Crace to discuss Theresa May’s future. Also this week: Jonathan Holslag explains how patterns in history can help us predict today’s political upheavalsAfter a week in which anonymous Tory MPs briefed violent rhetoric to the Sunday papers, and rumours once again swirled around Westminster about a confidence vote, Theresa May faced down her critics at the Conservative party’s 1922 Committee. She emerged looking stronger than she has for weeks, but for how long can she continue to survive in her own hostile environment? Continue reading... Full Article Politics Theresa May Conservatives Brexit European Union Conservative leadership 1922 Committee UK news
y Robin Callard obituary By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2019-02-13T14:48:09Z For more than 20 years Robin Callard, who has died of motor neurone disease aged 73, was professor of immunobiology at University College London, attached to the Institute of Child Health (ICH), clinical partner of Great Ormond Street hospital.Born and raised in Hamilton, New Zealand, Robin was the eldest child of Eddie Callard, an entrepreneurial Australian photographer, and Vivienne (nee Wilson), who ran a fashion shop. A fourth generation Kiwi, Vivienne was also a descendant of Joseph Priestley, the eighteenth-century radical polymath and scientist widely credited with the discovery of oxygen. Continue reading... Full Article People in science Medical research Science UCL (University College London) Higher education Education
y How Theresa May’s exit compares with other difficult departures from No 10 By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2019-05-26T07:00:07Z The Guardian’s former political editor revisits humiliating prime ministerial resignations from Robert Peel to David CameronBoth Brexit camps claim Sir Robert Peel, the Tory moderniser whose 1846 resignation crisis most resembles May’s. But he had succeeded where she failed. Determined to cut food prices for industrial workers, Peel pushed through repeal of protectionist Corn Laws with opposition help. In retaliation, rightwing enemies defeated his Irish Coercion bill. Peel resisted Queen Victoria’s appeal to stay, but grateful crowds cheered him as he walked to the Commons to resign. He slipped out by a side door, but was spotted and cheered home. Divided Tories lost office for 20 years. Continue reading... Full Article Theresa May David Cameron Gordon Brown Margaret Thatcher
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y Unemployment due to Covid-19 is surely worth more than a footnote | Larry Elliott By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T10:24:36Z The mental and physical stresses caused by fear of layoff have left many workers feeling suicidalCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe number of jobless people in the US rose by more than 20 million in April, something deemed worthy of a mention in the “and in other news” slot on the BBC’s evening TV bulletin.Sure, it was the 75th anniversary of VE day and there were socially distanced street parties to cover and archive footage of crowds gathered in front of Buckingham Palace to treasure. Continue reading... Full Article US unemployment and employment data US unemployment and employment statistics UK unemployment and employment statistics Business Economics Coronavirus outbreak US economy