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Boris Johnson hit back last night at Theresa May’s claim he has abandoned Britain’s position of ‘global moral leadership’. The Prime Minister insisted his predecessor was wrong as he expressed pride at the ‘leading’ role he is playing on the world stage. Writing in yesterday’s Daily Mail, Mrs May suggested Mr Johnson has failed to honour … Read more
Boris Johnson was defended against a blistering claim from his predecessor that he lacks ‘global moral leadership’ today – just hours before he refused to accuse China of genocide against its Uighur Muslim minority. Home Secretary Priti Patel leapt to the Prime Minister’s defence today after a coruscating broadside from Theresa May. Mrs May accused … Read more
The World Health Organization chief on Monday warned that the world was on the brink of a ‘catastrophic moral failure’ on distributing vaccines which were mostly ‘hoovered up’ by wealthy countries. During WHO’s week-long executive board meeting, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lamented that Guinea received a mere 25 vaccine doses while over 39million jabs have been … Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to U.S. government-funded airwaves on Monday where he described recent actions by tech titans to curb free speech including on platforms like Twitter and Facebook as being ‘a kind of censorial instinct that is dangerous.’ Pompeo used the speech on Voice Of America to deliver a full-throated defense of … Read more
The Crown has ‘moral responsibility’ to tell viewers they are watching a drama, says Princess Margaret actress Helena Bonham Carter By Elliot Mulligan For The Daily Mail Published: 01:48 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 1 December 2020 Helena Bonham Carter has said The Crown has a ‘moral responsibility’ to remind viewers they … Read more
Henry Dimbleby, the Government’s food tsar, said ministers need to do more to tackle food poverty Boris Johnson’s own food tsar yesterday accused him of ‘not doing enough’ to prevent children going hungry – as he urged Downing Street to spend £1.2 billion tackling the problem. Henry Dimbleby, the co-founder of the Leon restaurant, demanded … Read more
Tuesday, June 2, 1953: Coronation Day. With London decked out to celebrate its 27-year-old Queen, there was only one story in town. Or rather, two. Just four days earlier, with perfect timing, two men, hacking through the snow, had made it to the top of the world’s highest mountain. Edmund Hillary was a tall Kiwi … Read more
Barack Obama praises Joe Biden’s ‘values and moral fiber’ in nationwide ad unveiled before former president endorses his VP at Democratic convention tonight Joe Biden’s campaign released an ad this week with former President Barack Obama showering praise on his former vice president The nationwide ad is part of the campaign’s $28 million ad buy … Read more
A Russian ex-spy charged with downing the passenger jet MH17 has said he feels a ‘moral responsibility’ for the disaster. Igor Girkin is one of four people accused of murder over the missile shot in July 2014 which killed all 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine. Girkin was a commander of separatist … Read more
Hospital staff have revealed it was a morale boost to receive a phone call from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this week, but initially thought it was an April Fool’s joke. The royal couple spoke to staff at University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, and Queen’s Hospital Burton in the West Midland’s on … Read more