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- Racism isn’t what it used to be
Alexander Boot (Today) - As our sensibilities become more acute and our sense of propriety more heightened, we refine and broaden our notion of racial slurs.What in the recent past would have been considered an innocent joke is well... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Wunderbar: in praise of the German way of doing things
Faisal Islam on Economics (Today) - With two German football teams meeting in the Champions League final on Saturday, it is time to list the country's many achievements.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- News story: Battle of the Atlantic 70th anniversary events
Ministry of Defence (Today) - Liverpool will take centre stage as the UK commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (BOA 70) this weekend.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- G4S contract to run sexual assault referral centres damned
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - Campaigners criticise 'sell-off' of sensitive services to private company that bungled Olympics security contractG4S, the controversial private security company, is to run services providing medical examinations and counselling for victims of rape and sexual assault... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Therese Welcomes Local Schools to Parliament
Therese Coffey MP (Today) - Therese welcomed pupils from the Edgar Sewter School and Ilketshall Saint Lawrence school to Parliament this week as they enjoyed a tour of the Palace of Westminster.Therese said: I was delighted to welcome the pupils... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Time to ban the word community
Iain Martin (Today) - Tune into any BBC London programme at the moment and one word dominates. That word is community. Even on a normal day on the capital's airwaves you will hear it a great deal, but in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- "Logan's Chicken Run"
Mark Wadsworth (Today) - From Wiki and Wiki In the year 2274, The Tweedys are a troubled middle-aged couple who run their own chicken farm in a sealed domed city, a utopia run by a computer that takes care of... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich
Peter Cranie (Today) - Firstly and foremost, my thoughts are with family of the soldier killed in Woolwich today. The death of a loved one is hard enough, but to have to hear about the brutality with which his... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Nick Clegg: Woolwich attackers wanted to spread fear - video
Guardian Politics Videos (Today) - Nick Clegg emphasises the importance of community cohesion in the wake of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Torbay locals and MP get busy saving iconic bee
Adrian Sanders MP (Today) - Adrian Sanders MP with Friends of the Earth's bees Torbay MP, Adrian Sanders praised local residents’ work to save the Scabious Bee – the area’s ‘iconic’ bee Bee-lovers have taken over 93 actions to save... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Making financial products True and Fair
Touchstone blog (Today) - Delivering a fair deal for savers and pensioners [...]... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Towards a National Fiscal Council
Hopi Sen (Today) - Politics is bad at setting the right boundaries, but good at choosing priorities within boundaries. Why not change the terms of the fiscal debate by abandoning the pointless fight over the Comprehensive Spending review in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Bercow agrees libel settlement with McAlpine
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - Speaker’s wife made a single Twitter post following a BBC ‘Newsnight’ report that falsely implicated Lord McAlpine in allegations of sexual abuse... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Arrests made on plane from Pakistan
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - Fighter jets have been scrambled to intercept a flight from Pakistan to the UK having been alerted by an emergency call from the pilot... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Fifth arrest over Woolwich attack
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - Government to consider whether it needs further powers to track suspected terrorists after the killing of a soldier on a London street... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- My Rugby Obvserver letter: Warwickshire Fire & Rescue school pamphlet doesn't provide female role-models & stereotypes women
Slinger Blog (Today) - Dear Sir,StereotypicalI was delighted to see that Warwckshire Firefighters had visited my daughter's school and that she had filled out the activity book they provided. However my delight turned to concern as it dawned on... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Corporate report: Government major projects portfolio data for DECC 2013
Department of Energy and Climate Change (Today) - Publication of Quarter 2 2012-13 Government major projects portfolio (GMPP) data as part of the Major Projects Authority Annual Report.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Steve McCabe MP pledges his support to protect vital services for deaf children
Steve McCabe MP (Today) - Stephen McCabe MP with Savannah Elliot NDCS Paul Tanner May 2013.JPG NDCS The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) invited MPs from across England to support a call for a Parliamentary debate to protect specialist services,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Chloe Smith MP visiting City of Ale Festival
Chloe Smith MP (Today) - Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North will on Saturday 25th May 2013 be celebrating the Norwich ‘City of Ale’ Festival by visiting the ‘Brewers’ Fair’ at the Forum for a lunchtime...[[ This is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Pensioners Get Their Say
Pamela Nash MP (Today) - I recently welcomed my colleague, Gregg McClymont MP, Shadow Pensions Minister, to a public meeting in Airdrie Town Hall which was attended by over forty people. In January the Government published a white paper and... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Nick Clegg: Woolwich attackers wanted to spread fear - video
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - Nick Clegg emphasises the importance of community cohesion in the wake of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Book reviews roundup: Edmund Burke, Inferno and Five Days in May
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - What the critics thought of Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman, Inferno by Dan Brown and Five Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew AdonisJesse Norman's Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Domestic violence victim seeks bedroom tax judicial review
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - Woman who lives with son in three-bedroom house with fortified loft has been told she will lose some of her benefitsA victim of domestic violence who faces losing her council home which has a secure... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Beyond enemy images: politics and the Other – a retrospective
Open Democracy (Today) - Jeffrey Stevenson Murer reflects on openSecurity's collection of articles, which have explored the creation of the other as 'enemy', externally and in ourselves. This series, exploring the imagesof the enemy-other, began last year in the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- An open letter to Tim Farron on unpaid internships
Liberal Democrat Voice (Today) - Dear Tim, We are writing to you to express our feelings on the subject of unpaid internships. There can be all sorts of barriers for people who wish to undertake internships and it is crucial... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›


