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- Assistance sought of competent or semi-competent number cruncher
Mark Wadsworth (Today) - Because, to be fair, I am not either, but there I was reading this piece - Why isn't a global tax on multinational profits on the agenda for G8? by Ben Chu in the Indy... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Unless Qatar improves its treatment of workers, the World Cup vote must be re-run, unions tell UEFA Congress
Trades Union Congress (Today) - Delegates attending the UEFA Congress in London today (Friday) will be lobbied by unions as part of the campaign to secure better treatment for migrant workers employed on the construction of stadiums for the 2022... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Joyce McMillan: Politics of hate achieve nothing
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - Our reaction to the events in Woolwich must not mirror the mindset of the criminals, writes Joyce McMillan... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Where Is The Counter Narrative?
Biased BBC (Today) - ‘The far right is here. In our midst. And we see it not. Or worse still, we care not.’ Colonel Mike Dewar told us today on Nicky Campbell’s show that we tiptoe... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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Frank Davis (Today) - I still have a high opinion of some doctors. Dr Ian Dunbar is one. He contributed to the CATCH debate a couple of years or so back. Here, writing about the exploitation of family doctors... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Cabinet office to fly rainbow flag during Pride week
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - Francis Maude to show commitment to equality agenda by allowing flag to be flown from cabinet office next monthFrancis Maude is to show the government's commitment to the equality agenda by allowing the rainbow flag... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Cabinet office to fly rainbow flag during Pride week
Nick Watt (Today) - Francis Maude to show commitment to equality agenda by allowing flag to be flown from cabinet office next monthFrancis Maude is to show the government's commitment to the equality agenda by allowing the rainbow flag... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Colorado River, The High Plains Aquifer And The Entire Western Half Of The U.S. Are Rapidly Drying Up The Economic Collapse Blog (Today) - What is life going to look like as our precious water resources become increasingly strained and the western half of the United States becomes bone dry? Scientists tell us that the 20th century was the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Church speaks our against bedroom tax evictions
Ekklesia (Today) - The Church of Scotland says people should not be evicted from their homes because of the new changes to housing dubbed the ‘bedroom tax’.The Church of Scotland says people should not be evicted from their... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Thermal radiation balance at Chilbolton Observatory Tallbloke's Talkshop (Today) - Since mid February 2013 I have been capturing high time resolution data from the Chilbolton Observatory web site, done for the previous day. This is processed from .PNG files into numeric data here. [1] Data... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- The truth is disgraceful. Underdogs Bite Upwards (Today) - I don’t see why this interview is labelled as ‘disgraceful’. Seems to me he is right in at least a sense. If we stop imposing our ‘better way’ on other countries they will either stop... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- 'It was a joke!' Schofield makes feeble apology following backlash against Cumbria swipe
Ephraim Hardcastle (Today) - EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: TV presenter Phillip Schofield called Cumbria ‘cold, dull and miles away’ on his current ITV show, All Star Mr & Mrs, prompting the inevitable complaints.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- William Hague: Israel Losing Support In UK
Sky News Politics (Today) - On a visit to Israel the Foreign Secretary urges Israelis and Palestinians to "really commit" to the peace process.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Tories should not be prisoners of tradition
Philip Collins £ (Today) - I can still remember the shock when I realised that Thomas Paine was wrong about the French Revolution and Edmund Burke...... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Mehdi Hasan: Woolwich Attack: Demonising Muslims Won't Help
Huffington Post UK Politics Blog (Today) - When Anders Breivik, self-styled member of an 'international Christian military order', massacred 77 innocent Norwegians, most them children, in July 2011, did we indict Christianity? Sadly, we hold Islam and Muslims to a separate standard...... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Godfather, Serpico to Argo: Hollywood has never matched the gritty masterpieces of the 1970s
Jenny McCartney (Today) - James Caan had a point when he took modern cinema to task in Cannes, says Jenny McCartney ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Hollywood has never matched the gritty masterpieces of the 1970s
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- Together We Stand, But Apart We Sit…
Back Towards the Locus (Today) - 22nd May. No, do not blame Muslims. Muslims are our colleagues; our schoolmates; our taxi drivers; our takeaway restaurateurs and our favourite footballers. They tend to have no more of a desire for bloodshed than... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Assessing the Kirk's report on theologies of land in the context of Israel/Palestine
- The case for 4% inflation
Vox.eu (Today) - Since the double-digit inflation of the 1970s, central banks have sought to reduce inflation and keep it low. This column argues that recent history teaches us that inflation has fallen too low. Raising inflation targets... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- We have abandoned the real soft power
Your Freedom and Ours (Today) - On Tuesday I attended a talk at CRCE (Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies) given by Masha Karp, formerly of the BBC Russian Service Features Department (do they even have such a department nowadays?) on what... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- New curriculum workload 'too high'
BBC Scotland - Politics (Today) - More than 80% of nursery and primary school teachers in Scotland have warned of high workloads as a result of the new curriculum, a union claims.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- World's End Dance Battle
John Ward (Today) - Here is a visual feast throughout, from when Miku's group takes on Luka's (and although it's close, if you study it closely, Luka wins narrowly, I think) to when they shake hands and join up,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›