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Socialist Courier (Today) - The SNP has announced its future programme to commemorate the First World War. Alex Salmond said :"By reflecting on these devastating events, and the consequences they had for communities the length and breadth of Scotland,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Madrid view: What would Monnet do?
The European Council on Foreign Relations Blog (Today) - Jean Monnet, the founding father of European integration, had a method: set aside abstract discussions on power, sovereignty and identities, and concentrate your energies on finding practicalRead more…... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- BBC 'very sorry' after John O'Dowd labelled 'SF/IRA!' on Question Time
Belfast Telegraph - Politics (Today) - The BBC has apologised after Education MinisterJohn O'Dowd was listed as a representative of 'Sinn Fein/IRA on Question Time last night.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Why is Sally Bercow trending? *innocent face*
Samizdata (Today) - …Because a backbiting and disingenuous woman has got her comeuppance. High Court: Sally Bercow’s Lord McAlpine tweet was libel A tweet published by Sally Bercow about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous, the High Court... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Britain scrambles fighter jets to escort Pakistani passenger plane
Reuters UK News (Today) - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying 297 passengers from Lahore after it was diverted from Manchester, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said.Related StoriesUK... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Does speculation really harm the world's poor?
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- Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team News - May 2013
Institute of Development Studies (Today) - Welcome to the latest News updates from the VPR Team... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- When ideology meets economic reality (part III): Germany squabbles over the Financial Transaction Tax
Open Europe (Today) - U-Turn? The SPD has traditionally endorsed the FTTThe Bundesbank, The Deutscher Aktieninstitute (DAI), and even EU civil servants from the 11 participating countries have all warned against the FTT in its current form. Today saw... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Support for Islamic Centre – Sinn Féin
Sinn Fein (Today) - Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has condemned the attack on the Belfast Islamic Centre at Wellington Park last night.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Eton entrance questions every 12-year-old future PM should be asked | Daisy Buchanan
Politics + Comment (Today) - 'You are the prime minister,' candidates were told, not implausibly. But how would they fare with these humdingers?Much is made of the fact that girls are expected to enter their teens in a state of... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- BA jet makes emergency landing after engine fire Reuters UK News (Today) - LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane with 80 people on board made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after the right engine burst into flames shortly after take-off and the casing... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- "Ironical" tweet was defamatory, context was key, court rules Reuters UK News (Today) - LONDON (Reuters) - A tweet by a British parliamentarian's wife that pointed her 56,000 followers to online traffic wrongly naming a retired politician as a paedophile was defamatory, even though it did not spell out... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- A truce in global currency wars?
Stephanie Flanders (Today) - Financial markets wobbled this week in response to a more than 7% fall in Japanese stocks in a single day.But investors seem now to have decided that the ructions in Japan are more a problem... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- EXCLUSIVE: London Student Paper Embroiled in Legal Action After 'Racist Tories' Story.
The Blue Guerilla (Today) - TWO STUDENTS & members of the Conservatives Society at University of London Union (ULU) have sensationally been accused of sexism and racism by the London Student newspaper.The Left-Wing paper claims to have under-hand voice recordings... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- How start-ups build loyalty
Robert Sharp (Today) - One thing I have noticed recently is the premium that small internet start-ups place on interacting with their users. Continue reading →... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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Wings Over Scotland (Today) - We don’t normally pick out individual stories from the Sealand Gazette and put them on the front page, but, well, you’ll see why we’ve done it today in a few seconds’ time. The piece below... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Reputation audit: Michael Gove
YouGov - Editor's picks (Today) - On leadership and name recognition, Michael Gove lags behind other prominent Conservatives, but he has credibility on Europe Last week Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said that Education Secretary Michael Gove “knows a thing or two... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Report card shows Council pledges on track, one year on
Andrew Burns' Really Bad Blog (Today) - Published Friday 24 May 2013 A review of pledges made to Edinburgh residents by the Council shows that the majority are progressing well. The ‘contract with the capital’, published after the 2012 local government elections, details... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- EU TRIES TO GRAB MORE POWERS FROM MEMBER STATES
Marta Andreasen MEP (Today) - The European Parliament debated the thorny issue of tax havens, with MEPs for the blacklisting of tax havens. No one denies that well funded companies and wealthy investors may be trying to avoid tax. The tax avoiders... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- In Defence of Wildlife…
Back Towards the Locus (Today) - According to a report by a coalition of British wildlife organisations, more than half of the animal species of our lands are in decline, and almost a third are strongly declining. Patrick Barkham writes engagingly... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Chester’s MP Backs Aspiring Homeowners
Stephen Mosley MP (Today) - Chester’s MP, Stephen Mosley, has welcomed new figures that show the number of people buying their council house has doubled. Launched in April last year, the new Right to Buy offers council tenants in Chester discounts of... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Religion Is A Propaganda Tool Of Racism.
Old Rightie (Today) - My Case Is This.My blog post of yesterday touched on the similarity of IRA terrorism and its modern counterpart, Islamic. However we see throughout history, as well as in today's world, terrorism employed fruitlessly everywhere.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Blue Plaque Unveiling – Julia Varley OBE Gisela Stuart MP (Today) - Recognising Julia Varley OBE (1871-1952) The Birmingham Civic Society unveiled a Blue Plaque in honour of Julia Varley today. The ‘unveiling’ ceremony took place at Selly Manor in the Minworth Greave building; the plaque will be put... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- How Polish nuclear boss commemorated Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Greenpeace Making Waves Blog (Today) - On the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, Aleksander Grad, the nuclear director of Polish utility PGE, sat behind his huge desk in his likewise huge office in Warsaw.What was he doing? Keeping two... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›