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Dioclese (Today) - But ding, dong. Her legacy lives on...Margaret Thatcher's legacy became that much more tangible last week when it was announced that there is to be a scholarship fund set up in her name to bring... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The rightwing consensus on shale gas is about to be torn apart
Conservative Home - The Deep End (Today) - The prospect of a British shale gas revolution attracts broad support across the centre-right. As well it might do, because unlocking this potential resource bonanza would have major benefits. For a start, the economy would... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Haras Rafiq: Is the Government doing enough to combat Islamist extremism?
Conservative Home - Comment (Today) - Haras Rafiq is a Director of CENTRI, an organisation that specialises in countering extremism It is clear that the horrific murder of a solider yesterday in Woolwich was an Islamist-inspired terror attack. A terrorist is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Kindling by the pool – the changing face of holiday reading
Spectator Coffee House (Today) - I’m writing this by the pool in Greece. It’s not a pool I own, you understand (though give it a couple of years and we might all be able to… Continue readingThe post Kindling by the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- In 2015 Nick Clegg may be in the right place at the right time again | Martin Kettle
Guardian Comment is Free (Politics) (Today) - He's holding the coalition together. And given the increasingly four-party message from the polls, he may be called on againSpring came very late this year. Summer, if it comes at all, will likely be even... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich: Terrorists Will Never Win - Cameron
Sky News Politics (Today) - Security is stepped up at army barracks around the UK as the Prime Minister vows the terrorists will be beaten back once more.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- In 2015 Nick Clegg may be in the right place at the right time again | Martin Kettle
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - He's holding the coalition together. And given the increasingly four-party message from the polls, he may be called on againSpring came very late this year. Summer, if it comes at all, will likely be even... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Blogs (Today) - A former US Governor-General of the Philippines Leonard Wood is famous – perhaps infamous – for saying that “the Filipino woman is the best ‘man’ in the Philippines”. The 1921 statement, in which he described... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Lisburn City Council funds Unionist Forum meeting using Good Relations money Slugger O'Toole (Today) - Lisburn City Council has used ratepayers money to pay for a meeting of the Unionist Forum in the Lagan Valley Island centre, cynically using the Council’s Good Relations programme as cover to enable them to... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Terry v Leighton – Battle of the Giants
Cambria Politico (Today) - Terry Mackie’s verbal bombardment of the Minister for Education continues. One of his verbal bombshells (well … you know what I mean …) has landed on target. Please make the effort to watch his column... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Tuition fee 'could be cut to £6,000'
BBC News - Politics (Today) - Tuition fees in England could be limited to £6,000 per year and remain cost-neutral to universities and the Treasury, research suggests.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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The Diplomat (Today) - The U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath of 9/11 have increased the strategic significance of the Indian Ocean, transforming the region into a center of geopolitical rivalry. The two wars accelerated what was already a trend: South Asia, a... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- EU leaders spearhead global clampdown on tax fraud (News) Albion Alliance (Today) - EU leaders committed to seek a broad global agreement to share data on foreign depositors to stymie tax-shirking companies and individuals at a summit in Brussels yesterday (22 May). Austria lifted its opposition in principle... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Berlin takes youth unemployment fight to Southern Europe (News) Albion Alliance (Today) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Portugal’s Vítor Gaspar inked an agreement on Wednesday (22 May) to fight youth unemployment in the debt-laden Southern European state. A similar deal was signed with Spain last month... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Intelligence archive: Cross dressing spy who caused a headache for British masters
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - As one of Britain's top spies in the Second World War, being arrested in Spain dressed as a woman caused a major headache for his political masters. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Community Relations and British identity
Ian Parsley (Today) - I am speaking later today at an event in Toome on community relations, particularly with reference to my British identity. So what is it?... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Target to decarbonise power sector by 2030 could save every British family over £1,000
Left Foot Forward (Today) - New analysis published today by the independent Committee on Climate Change shows that every family in Britain could save at least £1,131 and as much as £4,525 if the government adopted a target to decarbonise... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›