A Telegraph journalist has suggested the coronavirus could ‘prove mildly beneficial’ to the UK economy by killing off elderly Brits. The bulk of the March 3rd article concentrated on the US making emergency interest rates cut to protect the economy against coronavirus. However, columnist Jeremy Warner went on to compare the virus with the Spanish flu, and how the 1918 pandemic ‘disproportionately affected’ young people, unlike the Covid-19 strain which ‘primarily kills the elderly’. He reasoned the Spanish flu had a lasting impact on supply because it killed off ‘primary bread-winners’, which he said is unlikely to happen with coronavirus. [...]

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared last night at one of their last official engagements together before they step back from royal life later this month. The couple attended the Endeavour Fund awards ceremony to celebrate the sporting and adventure achievements of sick and injured service personnel. It was their first official appearance together since announcing in January that they would divide their time between Canada and the UK. The Duchess presented the Celebrating Excellence Award during the event and said: 'Its very nice to be back. It's the third year I've had the incredible fortune of joining my [...]

Sen. Amy Klobuchar has withdrawn from the 2020 presidential race and a campaign aid reveals that she plans to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden: https://twitter.com/merica/status/1234547130670493696 Just minutes after the announcement, reports surfaced that Pete Buttigieg also plans to endorse Biden as the Democratic nominee. Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg plans to endorse Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Monday, shortly after ending his own bid for the White House, a top Buttigieg adviser told Reuters. The boost to Biden comes along with an endorsement from outgoing rival Amy Klobuchar, a day [...]

The White House on Wednesday sent a letter to John Bolton's attorney, Charles Cooper, claiming that his upcoming tell-all book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," discloses "significant amounts of classified information" and can't be published until those details have been omitted.       The news comes hours after Trump attacked Bolton on Twitter. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1222385653029261312   CNN reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbmBQepAjk8   Bolton has said he would be willing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial if subpoenaed.

Republican strategist Rick Wilson took to Twitter last night to issue an epic list of new rules for Republicans to follow in order to prove their love and devotion to Trump.       Wilson's list comes days after political strategist Steve Schmidt also took aim at Lindsey Graham, describing him as a parasite on a shark in a Rolling Stone feature. “People try to analyze Lindsey through the prism of the manifest inconsistencies that exist between things that he used to believe and what he’s doing now,” Schmidt says. “The way to understand him is to look at what’s [...]

Travel filmmaker Sam McGlone shared footage on Instagram of him and his family acting as volunteer firefighters in a forest close to his hometown of Braidwood, New South Wales. In the video, McGlone happens across a lone baby kangaroo on the burning forest floor. He then wraps the Joey in a blanket, before feeding it water from a bottle lid. Watch: https://www.instagram.com/p/B61OU9_hKI1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link   The filmmaker has created a fundraising page on GoFundMe, where people can donate money towards the Native Animal Rescue Group in Braidwood. It has been reported that nearly half a billion animals have perished in the wildfires that have [...]