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Conservatives in crisis: where whipping stops and blackmail begins
Whips are key players in Westminster. They act as a two-way channel of communication between the party leadership and backbench MPs, feeding information from the leadership to MPs and vice versa. If the leadership wants MPs to vote a certain way, it’s the job of the whips to make sureContinue Reading
Ukraine crisis is reminding Nato why it was formed in the first place
As Russian troops mobilise near Ukraine’s border and appear poised to invade, so the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) has assumed its traditional role as a bastion of European defence. That mission – the one for which Nato was founded way back in 1949 – is a short cut toContinue Reading
WWE legend Michael Cole’s incredible body transformation after dropping 65 LBS
IT’S not only WWE’s superstars that try to ensure they stay in great shape – those employees behind the mic do too. Fans have become accustomed to wrestlers working for Vince McMahon regularly sharing snaps of their ripped physiques. 5 WWE legend Michael Cole has revealed the secrets behind hisContinue Reading
Cash incentives for vaccination could be an effective long-term strategy – here’s how to fund it
In many countries, COVID vaccination has been viewed as a race, with the finishing line being double vaccination of a high proportion of the population. Unfortunately, those countries who were initially successful face the challenge of a runner that has reached what they thought was the finishing line being toldContinue Reading
J&J expects more than $3 billion in Covid vaccine sales this year in mixed quarterly report
The Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday projected that its Covid vaccine would generate $3 billion to $3.5 billion in sales in 2022, after posting a mixed fourth-quarter report that slightly beat on earnings’ estimatesContinue Reading
The EU Has a Plan to Fix Internet Privacy: Be More Like Apple
Lawmakers want all websites to use a similar “Ask App Not to Track” function, but Apple’s system might not be as clear-cut as once believed.Continue Reading
‘Sergeant’ to pull rank under veteran Rav!
Master Sergeant lurks menacingly among twelve ‘decs’ for an ‘aged’ twelve-runner Novice Stakes over a mile of Southwell tapeta today when the once-raced John Gosden-trained Shamardal colt definitely has similarly-profiled Blue Train to beat; both are owned by dominant Godolphin and Charlie Appleby’s runner is the likely favourite. Two magnificentContinue Reading
The Nilsen Files review: Compelling interviews tell victims’ stories
Review at a glance F ilmmaker Michael Ogden has set out on a simple mission: to bring colour to the 16 victims of infamous serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Until now, the dead have been known as little more than “down and outs”, “homosexuals” and “rent boys.” “As a gay man,”Continue Reading
COVID: why some people with symptoms don’t get tested
Kleber Cordeiro/Shutterstock Testing people with COVID symptoms has been a pillar of the UK’s pandemic response, reducing transmission by identifying and isolating those with the virus. But to be effective, it relies on people with symptoms getting tested, which raises an obvious question: what proportion of symptomatic people actually takeContinue Reading
Curious Kids: will time ever stop?
Olga_Kuzmina/Shutterstock Will time ever stop? – Casandra, aged 11, Epsom, UK Time began when the universe did. How – and if – the universe ends will determine whether time will end as well. We think the universe started out squeezed into an infinitely small space. For some reason we doContinue Reading