Trump last night named Warren Stephens, Republican donor and CEO of investment banking firm Stephens Inc. as the United States’ ambassador to the UK. Arkansas-based Stephens is renowned as a “prominent cheerleader of free trade and entrepreneurship” in the US. He launched an educational multi-media series called “This is Capitalism” back in 2017 to stress the importance of the free market, especially to the young. Rachel Reeves might find the lessons instructive…
Stephens expounds such views as: “Capitalism and free trade have lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system in history.” That’s while Labour insists on pushing the UK closer to the Trump-loathing EU. A strong appointment from Trump, how Starmer handles the relationship will be carefully noted…
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”