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Guido revealed sachets could be banned in Britain as we follow the EU’s direction. What could be next under Labour’s EU reset?
Bans already in force in the EU, set to come to Britain:
On the way to the EU, and therefore to Britain:
Proposed, likely on the way:
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Rory Stewart has admitted it was “a mistake” to disguise himself with a MAGA hat on recent trip to the US for the midterms, as if he only realised ten minutes ago that the hat might upset people who don’t support Donald Trump:
“In retrospect, though, I think it was a mistake. I mean, I am picking up very much from people here that wearing a MAGA hat… it’s not cool. It’s not something that Americans think is funny. It’s a symbol people find so disturbing and traumatising, and they see it as an endorsement of President Trump.”
Trump has dominated US politics for ten years. Everyone’s view on the MAGA been quite clear for the same amount of time. Is it really a surprise that people who don’t like Trump also take a dim view of his merch?
Sequoia Capital, the Silicon Valley firm that was an early investor in Google and WhatsApp, is shutting its London office. Six years after opening…
In a memo to founders, the firm said:
“We are closing our London office, which means several people will be leaving Sequoia. This is not about the team – they are excellent. We simply don’t see the need for a local presence.”
Sequoia claims Europe will keep producing “outlier founders” and it can invest in them all from the Bay Area. Not the first nor the last out of the door…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”