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2021-11-11 19:20:06 A Brexit trade war with the EU could backfire on Boris Johnson | Polly Toynbee

Stoking animosity with Europe has been a winner for the PM. But this time, it could work to Labour’s advantageWhen in trouble, Boris Johnson flees to his comfort zone. Just as Brexit havoc made him, so Brexit mayhem may yet save him. Johnson may hope to turn up the heat under that cauldron to provoke retaliatory action from the EU, which he could then blame on Brussels and President Macron. But this will be nothing more than a seductive distraction from his battalion of troubles.This week, Johnson may have felt intimations of political mortality as his loyal press turned on him over charges of government corruption: it was not just the Daily Mail and Sun, but even the Express. Today the Spectator’s editor excoriates Johnson’s “court of chaos”. Johnson sent Tory MPs out to shame themselves by voting for sleaze in parliament and sewage in the rivers. Now, they may not obey him so readily. He has already betrayed those on his party’s right and left with his machinations, leading his MPs through 43 dizzying U-turns. His popularity is at a record net -27 low, and his party’s lead has been lost. So where does he turn?Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2021-11-11 19:00:25 All change at Bottega Veneta: designer Daniel Lee moves on

In a decision that has shocked the industry, the designer is parting ways with the Italian brand that he has revitalised since 2018. Why the split?Daniel Lee, the designer credited with revitalising the luxury fashion label Bottega Veneta is leaving the brand.A statement announcing the news says it is a “joint decision to end their collaboration”. But it is a shock to the fashion industry. Lee, who joined Bottega Veneta in July 2018, has quickly made it one of the world’s hottest brands. During his tenure, designs had been worn by Rihanna, A$AP Rocky and Mary J Blige, and accessories including the “pouch” bag and woven leather “Lido” sandals became highly sought-after and much imitated. Sales rose 2.2% to nearly €1.2bn (£1bn) in 2019 and kept growing in 2020, despite the rest of the luxury market falling by 23%. In the third quarter of 2021, revenues rose 8.9% year on year. Continue reading...

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2021-11-11 19:00:21 England stung by T20 World Cup exit but seeking quick redemption in 2022

There are only 11 months until the next World Cup – Eoin Morgan’s men must quickly regroup after their semi-final lossAfter the game had finished, the crowd filtered away and press duties were completed following England’s painful elimination from the T20 World Cup, Eoin Morgan climbed on to the team coach outside the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, sat down next to Chris Silverwood, and started to talk about the next one.With the merry-go-round still spinning in the United Arab Emirates it is only 11 months until England climb on board again. And though he is now 35 and this year has seen a precipitous decline in his returns with the bat, Morgan seems determined to cling on for the ride. The squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup will look very different to this one – should the five senior players who missed the defeat to New Zealand, and in some cases the entire tournament, through injury be selected at least a third of the 15 that ended this competition will have to be left behind – but it will have the same figurehead. Continue reading...

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2021-11-11 19:00:16 The rules on MPs' standards are hopeless. Here's how to clean up parliament | Gina Miller

I’ve been shocked by how quickly Boris Johnson has plumbed the depths. There’ll be worse to come if he’s not reined inGina Miller is a transparency campaignerA year ago Boris Johnson warned of an “invisible mugger” threatening our country’s way of life and institutions. He was talking of Covid-19 – but, as I wrote at the time in the Guardian, the real mugger destabilising the nation is more likely to be the prime minister himself.What we’ve seen in parliament over the last week is more symptom than cause. It’s clear that a prime minister who lacks integrity or conviction while possessing a large parliamentary majority will always be tempted to test our fragile, outdated democratic machinery of government to its limits. With innumerable business and media chums, and underscored by self-interest and a lust for power that began at the age of 10, Johnson cannot resist ravaging our mother of all parliaments and our somewhat limited democratic checks and balances. Continue reading...

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2021-11-11 19:00:11 Orbán rival promises new constitution if he defeats Hungary PM

Opposition leader Péter Márki-Zay says he will restore rule of law if he wins next April’s electionsThe opposition leader who hopes to topple Hungary’s autocratic ruler, Viktor Orbán, has vowed to introduce a new constitution and “restore the rule of law” if he wins next April’s elections.Péter Márki-Zay, a small-town mayor who became the surprise choice as prime ministerial candidate of six opposition parties, made the comments during a visit to Brussels, where is meeting senior EU officials and politicians, with the message that his priorities are democracy and European integration. Continue reading...

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2021-11-11 19:00:07 Boeing admits full responsibility for 737 Max plane crash in Ethiopia

‘Significant milestone’ paves way for families of 157 victims of 2019 crash to seek compensation, say lawyersBoeing has admitted full responsibility for the second crash of its 737 Max model in Ethiopia, in a legal agreement with families of the 157 victims.Lawyers for the families said it was a “significant milestone” for families to achieve justice. Continue reading...

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2021-11-11 18:40:14 ‘We are not on course’: scientists warn action must match words at Cop26

Climate experts say their message is getting through but more urgent action is still neededCop26 – latest updatesScientists attending Cop26 have sent a clear warning to policymakers: get a move on, because every moment of delay, every extra fraction of a degree of global heating will have dire consequences.That message has been reinforced at Glasgow with reports, forums and discussions, but those involved in channelling the science to the world’s leaders are frustrated that words are still not being matched by actions. Continue reading...

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2021-11-11 18:40:10 ‘I wanted less than a minute’: 105-year-old unsatisfied after 100m world record

Julia ‘Hurricane’ Hawkins sets record in 105+ categoryAthlete has also excelled in cycling time trialsLike all elite athletes, Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins has a ruthless streak. So, despite setting a 100m world record on Sunday at the Louisiana Senior Games, she still wants to go faster.“It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends. But I wanted to do it in less than a minute,” the 105 year-old said after the race, where she recorded a time of 1:02:95, a record for women in the 105+ age category. When someone pointed out that 102 is less than her age and asked if that made her feel better, Hawkins answered: “No”. Continue reading...

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2021-11-11 18:40:05 Cop26: World still heading for catastrophe, says new analysis – day 11 live

All the latest news from the UN climate change conference in GlasgowCop26 draft text annotated: what it says and what it meansUS-China deal on emissions welcomed by climate expertsThe UN’s António Guterres is underwhelmed by the pledges so far. Bit of a theme here in the final push of the summit to make Cop26 a world-saver, rather than a historical disappointment. Lots of voices calling for more “ambition”. Continue reading...

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2021-11-10 10:00:18 Somewhere You Feel Free: behind the making of Tom Petty’s Wildflowers

The process of creating the defining album that the singer deemed his finest is explored in a dense new documentaryThe album Tom Petty considered to be the best work of his career chronicled the most tumultuous period of his life. Between the summer of 1992 and the spring of 94, the stretch in which he recorded his classic album Wildflowers, Petty’s 22-year marriage to the mother of his two children fell apart, he fired the drummer with whom he had worked since his Heartbreakers band began nearly three decades before, and he left both the record company for which he recorded all of his hits and the producer who shaped some of his biggest ones. “He was blowing up every aspect of his life,” said Mary Wharton, who directed a new documentary set in that dense era, titled Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers. “From his personal life to his business life to his creative life, Tom was trying to figure out how to put things back together in a way that made sense to him in that moment.”Despite the frustration, controversy and agony of the time, Wildflowers also represented a fount of opportunity, a blank check for the future. For the most part, the film focuses on that aspect, leaving some of the more troubling issues either implicit, glossed-over or denied. Small wonder the film is as interesting for what it doesn’t include as what it does. Some of that has to do with what Petty revealed, and didn’t reveal, about his life at the time; some probably came as a result of a life that ended too soon and without warning. On 2 October 2017, Petty died at the age of 66 from what was ruled an accidental overdose of opioids, sedatives and an anti-depressant. An official statement by the family at the time stated that the musician had been taking that mix of medications to numb the escalating pain of emphysema, issues with his knees and a badly fractured hip. Continue reading...

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