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- PM jets off on hols to Ibiza despite biggest UK terror crisis since 7/7
Sun - Politics (Today) - EXCLUSIVE: CAM catches flight to Spanish isle despite the spiralling tension back home... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria is another example of how regional and foreign powers use that abused nation as a proxy battleground.
Organised Rage (Today) - Flag of Hezbollah (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The most fascinating aspect of the war in Syria this month – and perhaps also the most significant in terms of long-term regional geopolitics – is the direct involvement of... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Angela Merkel is David Cameron's new best friend for ever
John Rentoul (Today) - This week I thought I would write about the most powerful woman in British politics. No, not Theresa May, who was diminished by her response to the Woolwich murder. She seemed to be play-acting, rather... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- William Osmond - Somerset Agricultural Labourers Union Martyr 1873
Country Standard (Today) - William Osmond lived at Charlton Horthorne in Somerset, he was aged about 56 years and for 20 years he had worked on a farm at Milborne Wick. He was employed by the same farmer (Charles... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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Meols Lib Dems (Today) - Here is the latest newsletter from the Friends of Churchtown Library (FoCL).If you would like to join the Friends of Churchtown Library, please email me - Cllr Nigel Ashton, Acting Chair of FoCL, and I... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Hamish McRae: Tech revolution will run and run – but where to next is the question
Hamish McRae (Today) - A holiday weekend and a chance for reflection on what really changes our lives and what merely trims it at the edges. Those of us who write about economics inevitably focus on what is happening... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Sue Helliwell (Community Activist) – Exit Interview
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- Even for liberals, Obama has crossed a line
Janet Daley (Today) - Those who have spoken out against the President's expansion of government power have been investigated and intimidated, says Janet Daley ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Generations are divided on feelings about Muslims after London attack | Matthew Goodwin
Politics: Opinion polls (Today) - YouGov poll after Woolwich killing shows no evidence of a sharp increase in prejudice, and more positivity among the youngEvents such as the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby can often act as lightning rods... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Effective aid in conflict zones
Vox.eu (Today) - Can foreign aid help countries emerge from civil war? This paper presents new research that suggests that injecting lots of money into conflict zones may in fact encourage corruption and violence. The aid community should... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Tory backbenchers warn “Cameron may have to break up the coalition to remain leader”
Political Betting (Today) - The Sunday Times is reporting that (££) “A growing number of the talented 2010 intake of MPs, who could play a key role in deciding Cameron’s fate, now believe their party should withdraw from the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- New bid to muzzle the preachers of hate
Patrick Hennessy (Today) - A high-level task force is to be set up in a fresh attempt to muzzle Islamist clerics who radicalise young men through extremist preaching. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich attack: New bid to muzzle the preachers of hate
Patrick Hennessy (Today) - A high-level task force is to be set up in a fresh attempt to muzzle Islamist clerics who radicalise young men through extremist preaching. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Syria: Not Our Fight
Dominic Raab MP (Today) - I have written a column for the Sunday Times tomorrow, arguing that the civil war emerging in Syria is not our fight.You can access the article here.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Few will mourn the passing of George Videla.
Organised Rage (Today) - "As many people as is necessary will die in Argentina to protect the hemisphere from the international communist conspiracy" - Jorge Videla 1975.Being a former prisoner I tend never to derive pleasure from learning of... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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A Brief History of Liberty (Today) - medicalschool:In this photograph taken on April 17, 2013, fifteen month old Roona Begum is tended to by doctors and family at a local hospital in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi. Doctors have successfully... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - German is such a beautiful language…
A Brief History of Liberty (Today) - German is such a beautiful language…... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Andrew Wilson: Need to let go of Nurse London’s hand
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - IF YOU haven’t read the poem Jim by Hilaire Belloc I recommend that you give it a try.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Drumlanrig: Hassan | Yousaf | Stevenson
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - IT appears that degree snobbery is a widespread phenomenon – even affecting Iranian presidential candidates.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich murder: The political aftershock
Politics.co.uk (Today) - The British public is responding to last week's politically motivated murder in Woolwich by demanding tougher laws to curb incitement to terrorism.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Holyrood in new air passenger duty call
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - THE Scottish Government has issued a fresh demand for air passenger duty to be devolved to Scotland after bosses at Flybe said the “penalistic and ludicrous” charge was a key reason for it selling off... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The NHS: don't pick on GPs, Mr Hunt. Develop a vision | Observer editorial
Guardian Comment is Free (Politics) (Today) - Jeremy Hunt should have engaged politically with the problemsAneurin Bevan, the architect of the National Health Service, would have been alarmed at the escalating blame game played out between the secretary of state for health... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Cameron To Crack Down On Preachers Of Hate
Sky News Politics (Today) - A taskforce of senior politicians including Nick Clegg and Theresa May will tackle the radicalisation that can lead to violence.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Why should Apple have access to consumers if it refuses to pay its fair share of taxes?
Guardian Comment is Free (Politics) (Today) - Countries are competing to provide the biggest tax breaks, the cheapest labour and the easiest regulation to attract the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon, to the disadvantage of their own citizens. But there is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- If there's any justice, prisoners must get the vote | Kevin McKenna
Guardian Comment is Free (Politics) (Today) - Nationalists who would deny prisoners a vote in the independence referendum are being craven and dishonestThe social responsibility contract that many leftwing unionists would like to conclude with the Scottish nationalists is as yet unwritten.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›


