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Lib Dem leadership candidates: Austerity was right and Labour would have done it too
Ed Davey and Jo Swinson said Labour would have cut like they did.
Identifying the Separatists Linked to the Downing of MH17
The full report can be viewed here (mirror) The Bellingcat Investigation Team has previously published a number of reports demonstrating that the deployment of the Buk missile launcher used to shoot down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over...
Prominent Uighur Writer Dies at Chinese Internment Camp
A prominent Uighur writer, who had been held at an internment camp in China’s Xinjiang region, has died inside the camp, his family members told VOA.
Nurmuhammad Tohti, a well-known writer in Xinjiang's Uighur community, was picked up by state...
The Islamic Republic of Recklessness
You might not think high-risk aggression is in Iran’s national interest, but leaders in Tehran have long disagreed.
McDonnell reveals the true intent of Labour's foreign policy revolution
What would John McDonnell's plan to support Cuba mean for British taxpayers?
James Bloodworth ✍🏻
A Labour government would fritter away British taxpayers' cash to prop up a failing communist government capx.co/rKwCY via @CapX
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'I sued Brewdog for sex discrimination against men and won'
Thomas Bower won £1,000 after he was refused a drink
The Atlantic Dusts Off Discredited Conspiracy Theory to Accuse MH370 Pilot of Hijacking
‘He was often lonely. His wife had moved out.’ Does that really drive a man to kill himself and 238 people?
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
How the poor are kept in their place
Inequality is arguably the most contentious issue of our time, alienating citizens from governments as well as from one another. The public debates place too much emphasis on disparities in income, to the exclusion of equally important forms of...
American Gov’t, NGOs Fuel and Fund Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests
It is inconceivable that the organizers of the protests are unaware of the NED ties to some of its members.
Manteca - Cosas de Manteca
Taken from the LP "Ritmo + Sabor", reissued on EM Records in 2008. Originally released on Sound Triangle Records in 1978.
New Labour: success and failure
Did New Labour really ignore inequality? Responding to Corbyn’s claims that successive governments have neglected it for decades, Blair replies that New Labour “made the UK more equal, more fair and more socially mobile.” Both men, I think, are...
Thinking on Sunday: Lowborn – Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns
Kerry Hudson discusses her book Lowborn with James Bloodworth, author of Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain. Lowborn is a powerful, personal, agenda-changing work of non-fiction on poverty in Britain – a unique book that we all need...
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James Bloodworth ✍🏻
If you’re in London tomorrow I’m doing this great event with @ThatKerryHudson where we talk about her book, Lowborn. Some tickets still available but not many so hurry >>
Lowborn – Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns
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Voting Intention: Brex 26%, Lib Dem 22%, Lab 19%, Con 17% (9-10 June) | YouGov
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention figures
Munroe Bergdorf, the NSPCC and the failure of the media
It’s exam season, so here’s a test, suitable for anyone interested in how the media and public conversation work in 2019. Here is a sequence of events: A charity involved in the safeguarding and…
Britain’s Tories Bravely Put Party Before Country
Internal fights among the Conservatives have wrecked the U.K.—and Labour isn’t much better.
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James Bloodworth ✍🏻
Internal fights among the Conservatives have wrecked the U.K.—and Labour isn’t much better.
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George Alagiah to resume cancer treatment
The BBC News anchor will "aim to be on-air as much as possible" as he begins more treatment for bowel cancer.
Kadyrov's threats to social network commentators should be taken seriously
The threats of Ramzan Kadyrov addressed to commentators in social networks are serious, human rights defenders assert. Authorities can easily identify these commentators, an expert has warned.