When Karen Bradley was popped into the role of Secretary for Media, Culture and Sport, she could never have imagined that in January 2017 she would face two sensitive and interrelated decisions. The printed media and some politicians are campaigning ferociously against the implementation of Section 40 of the Crime & Courts Act 2013, which requires newspapers to register with an approved regulator or face discriminatory penalties in the courts. ...read
Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail's recent articles
The truth is that Britain is on a roll after Brexit and has emerged as the most robust economy in the industrialised world, writes ALEX BRUMMER
The immediate shock of a Brexit vote was, we were told, likely to be very, very bad – with a slump in investment, a recession, surging unemployment and the need for an emergency budget involving at least another 2p on income tax. It was all hooey. As the Bank of England’s top economist Andrew Haldane (pictured) acknowledged yesterday, the experts not only failed to predict the financial crash – he called this their Michael Fish moment, in a reference to the popular Met Office weatherman getting his forecast so wrong over the Great Storm of 1987 – but they had also been too gloomy over Brexit. The reality is that Britain is on a tremendous roll. The nation has emerged from the Brexit vote as the most robust economy in the industrialised world. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: The unfettered power of the digital giants is becoming a global embarrassment
A century ago it was the great trusts – such as Standard Oil of New Jersey that controlled more than 90 per cent of the world's petroleum production – which were a target for the politicians. Now it is the digital giants Apple, Amazon, Facebook et al that are increasingly in the firing line. Apple is at loggerheads with the European Commission over its alleged over-friendly tax deals with Ireland. ...read
January 2017
December 2016
- Britain to shiver from Arctic blast with four inches of snow and minus 10C temperatures as deep freeze grips Europe
- Horrifying moment a truck driver mows down soldiers in Jerusalem - and REVERSES over them - killing four and injuring 15 before being shot dead at the wheel, as Israeli PM blames attack on ISIS
- Theresa May reopens row with Donald Trump over his 'p****' jibe at women by branding the comments 'unacceptable' - hours after he tweeted he's looking forward to meeting her
- Police launch appeal to find missing 13-year-old last seen three days ago wearing her school uniform
- Hacking cough plaguing Britain could be caused by virus that gives sufferers PNEUMONIA, warn experts
- Nigel Farage once downed WHISKY before lessons at his posh public school when he was just 14 but was let off a caning when he owned up
- 'I'm NOT muddled!' PM May dismisses mandarin attack on her 'ambitious' Brexit strategy and gives the clearest signal yet she WILL quit single market
- Former Asda worker is the first British MAN to become PREGNANT after finding a sperm donor on Facebook - and plans to complete gender transition after the birth
- London to Edinburgh in 45 minutes: 760mph UK rail link takes step closer to reality as it makes shortlist for Elon Musk's Hyperloop One project
- Union baron plotting rail chaos is accused of being 'disingenuous' about train dangers to justify strikes
- The end of the rise for Aldi and Lidl? Discount supermarkets 'suffer poor Christmas trading because shops look like they've been robbed by a load of schoolkids'
- 'Poorly lit and full of mumbling': BBC is criticised AGAIN over poor sound quality as viewers complain they need subtitles for Tom Hardy's new drama Taboo
- Ex-jockey reveals his agony after his stolen shotgun was used by Hitler fanatic to kill Jo Cox MP
- 'It's nice to finally talk to someone about this': Morrison's dishes up SEX advice after a man's hilarious complaint about a doughnut goes viral
- What a trouper! Queen travels under heavy blanket as she battles heavy cold to attend church after a MONTH indoors as she is joined at Sandringham by Prince Philip and a beaming William and birthday girl Kate
- Zara Phillips tumbles from her horse at the polo in Australia before walking hand-in-hand with husband Mike Tindall… as the couple make their first public appearance since announcing her miscarriage
- MI5 'launch hunt for Syrian scientist posing as refugee plotting a chemical attack on a British seaside town'
- Inside the Obamas' final star-studded party: White House bash goes on until 4am with Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and SJP on the dance floor and chicken and waffles for breakfast
- Horrifying moment a truck driver mows down soldiers in Jerusalem - and REVERSES over them - killing four and injuring 15 before being shot dead at the wheel, as Israeli PM blames attack on ISIS
- 72 MILLION are put under a winter storm warning: Three dead as Northeast is buried in blizzards and thousands are left without power in the South while California braces for conditions 'not seen for a decade' in coast-to-coast wall of snow
- Brad Pitt's fury over leaked court records as friends accuse Angelina of 'hurting family' by playing bitter split out in public
- Our little miracle of Longleat: Lady Weymouth – Britain’s first black aristocrat – reveals the devastating illness that made a natural delivery too dangerous… and led to a surrogate baby
- 'Is that a RAT?': Woman posts a glamorous selfie of her getting ready for a night out but Twitter is more concerned with her extremely messy bedroom
- 'I was sure I was dead': Magician David Blaine's attempt to fire a rifle and catch the bullet in his mouth goes horribly wrong
- The British girl from Rochdale who became a jihadi bride for the American who rose to the top of ISIS - then had to flee back to the west and divorce him
- 'My girl was not raised like that': Grandmother of two black sisters involved in torture of a white special needs teenager apologizes to the victim as judge denies them bail, saying they're a 'danger to society'
- Texas mother LAUGHS in her mugshot as she is charged with mutilating and killing her five-year-old daughter in case police say is the 'worst they have ever seen'
- Hacking cough that can last weeks has struck down thousands of people but doctors say there's nothing they can do about it
- Sick thug filmed rape of his girlfriend and threatened to post it online if she left him - then put photos of the injuries he'd inflicted on his Facebook
- Meghan plans to walk up the aisle with Harry VERY soon: Ms Markle will accompany the Prince to Jamaica as he plays the role of best man at his former 'partner in crime's' wedding
- Massive brawl breaks out at maximum security jail housing Chicago's most dangerous prisoners: Five are taken to hospital after inmates attack each other with weapons made from INHALERS
- What a trouper! Queen travels under heavy blanket as she battles heavy cold to attend church after a MONTH indoors as she is joined at Sandringham by Prince Philip and a beaming William and birthday girl Kate
- Mother and boyfriend charged after her 14-year-old adopted daughter was raped, slaughtered and chopped up in 'sick rape-murder fantasy they plotted for more than a year'
- EXCLUSIVE: Chicago torture victim, 18, is asking why 'friend he idolized' was one of black gang who beat, burned and tortured him chanting 'f*** Trump, f*** white people'
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