French PM Edouard Philippe resigns as Emmanuel Macron prepares reshuffle after he suffered drubbing at hands of Green party in local elections Emmanuel Macron has said he wants to ‘reinvent presidency’ in the next months Will start with a cabinet reshuffle following local election defeat last month Prime Minister Edouard Philippe resigned to allow the … Read more
Top State Department official Mary Elizabeth Taylor resigns over Donald Trump’s handling of George Floyd protests Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 30, was assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs She was the youngest in history and the first black woman to serve in that post She submitted her resignation to Mike Pompeo on Thursday Taylor is … Read more
Banking chief quits in sexism storm: UK Finance boss resigns over ‘unpleasant’ comments about financier Amanda Staveley By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 23:16 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 16 June 2020 The UK’s top banking lobbyist has resigned over highly derogatory comments made about Amanda Staveley during the financial … Read more
CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman has resigned after his controversial remarks on a Zoom call with gym owners about the death of George Floyd were leaked. ‘I’m stepping down as CEO of CrossFit, Inc, and I have decided to retire,’ Glassman said in a statement on Tuesday, after his remarks and mocking tweet about Floyd drew … Read more
Serena Williams’ Reddit co-founder husband Alexis Ohanian RESIGNS from their board because he is a ‘father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: ‘What did you do?” Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian made the shock announcement in a video uploaded to his Instagram page Friday midday In the footage, he … Read more
A Government minister has resigned over Dominic Cummings’ lockdown trip to Durham, delivering a massive blow to Boris Johnson and Downing Street. Douglas Ross, the Minister for Scotland and a Tory whip, announced this morning he is quitting the frontbench because he was unconvinced by Mr Cummings’ defence of the journey. Mr Ross said in … Read more
NASA’s head of human spaceflight quit on Monday, just days before the first commercial mission to take astronauts to the International Space Station. Elon Musk’s SpaceX will become the first commercial company to fly astronauts to the ISS in a flight that will also be the first from US soil since 2011. Doug Loverro, who … Read more
A close ally of Jeremy Corbyn has today quit as Labour’s general secretary declaring it is the ‘right time’ to resign while new leader Sir Keir Starmer reshapes the party. Jennie Formby said that her two years in the role had been a ‘huge privilege’ and wished Sir Keir the ‘very best of luck’ in leading Labour … Read more
Chairman of the ERG Steve Baker resigns as he says the battle for Brexit has been won Steve Baker declared victory as he resigned from the European Research Group He said the PM had ‘the policy, the mandate and the majority’ to deliver Brexit The Wycombe MP said he wanted to spend more time with … Read more