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- Squeezing the Poor: The Economic Consequences of Mrs Thatcher
Think Left (Today) - “Squeezing the poor” By alittleecon This post by @Ramanan_V prompted me to seek out Nicholas Kaldor’s “The Economic Consequences of Mrs Thatcher”. Kaldor was an eminent Cambridge economist and member of House of Lords at the time when Margaret Thatcher came to power... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #326
Liberal Democrat Voice (Today) - Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 326th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (12-18 May, 2013),... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- 55 Hours Part Four: Wednesday 8 July 1981
Slugger O'Toole (Today) - A day-by-day account of the events of early July, 1981. Sunday ● Monday ● Tuesday ● Wednesday Using the timeline created with documents from ‘Mountain Climber’ Brendan Duddy’s diary of ‘channel’ communications, official papers from... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Life versus art
Libertarian Alliance (Today) - It has been reported that pressure groups representing the survivors of rape, sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse have called upon the BBC to remove a statue by the sculptor Eric Gill that adorns its... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Refugees resisting state oppression, and solidarity activism in the Netherlands: hunger strikes and more
Libcom.org Blog (Today) - Protest and resistance by refugees and solidarity activists in the Netherlands is meeting serious repression. This is now getting media attention, and provoking new protest as well. Asylum seekers in a detention centre in Rotterdam... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Sudan – an odyssey
Lords of the Blog (Today) - A few weeks ago I went to Khartoum for the first time, as part of a delegation from the House of Lords on the invitation of the University of Khartoum to attend their peace and reconciliation conference.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The end of the (Great River) Road
Last Ditch (Today) - Vicksburg One of many memorials at the Military Park in Vickburg - paid for by the gentleman's family. The Steamboat Natchez at New Orleans Louisiana Welcome Center The early hours of the morning in the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- One tax law for us and another for the 1% puts democracy itself at risk
Tax Research (Today) - Nick Cohen had a great article in the Observer this morning saying: If you want to understand any society, look at its tax system. If one man or a clique can tax at will, you... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- It’s going to be challenging for Cameron to appeal to both 2010 LDs and Ukip supporters at the same time
Political Betting (Today) - The issues voters told YouGov would impact on their vote.How do Tories appeal to both 2010 LDs &Ukip supporters? twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 19, 2013 Above is a fascinating chart showing the issues... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Eurovision – The Good Old Days
Zelo Street (Today) - Every year since 1997, the UK has turned up at the Eurovision Song Contest, participated, expected to do half decently, and most of the time come away with zilch, with pundits asking if we should... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- NEWSLETTER – Standing up for Tesco workers
Robert Halfon MP (Today) - HIGHLIGHTS – Standing up for Tesco workers Standing up for Tesco workers: I held an adjournment debate in the House of Commons and made Business Secretary Vince Cable aware of Tesco’s shocking decision to close the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- King warns Osborne over mortgage scheme
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - The Bank governor used a interview to say that Mr Osborne’s Help To Buy scheme was “too close for comfort” to the US mortgage guarantee schemes... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- An audience with Cass Pennant
Marple Leaf (Today) - Well, when I started on my own I wanted variety – to be involved in live events beyond just business. I also wanted to work with different festivals and different events companies to learn new... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Combat Veteran Players
Jason McCartney MP (Today) - Jason spent an inspiring evening watching the Combat Veteran Players performing Shakespeare’s “Henry V” at the Lawrence Batley Theatre. The Combat Veteran Players are a theatre company comprised entirely of Veterans performing Shakespeare while overcoming... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- shopping for others
Blood & Treasure (Today) - Central Salford food bank were collecting outside Tesco yesterday. They way they do it is to hand shoppers who will take it a list of things they are especially short of. This obviously makes sense;... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Barnet Casino - the video
John's Labour blog (Today) - Watch this clever YouTube cartoon video on the consequences of the privatisation of Council services in Barnet, London.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- One Spirit, One Body
David Lindsay (Today) - The whole Church was baptised with the Holy Spirit on this Day of Pentecost, and She manifests that baptism through a rich plurality of gifts, the charisms. The whole Church, and thus every member, is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Temporary closure of Selby Avenue: 2 June
Chris White (Today) - TEMPORARY CLOSING OF Selby Avenue, St Albans during a ‘Big Lunch Street Party’ NOTICE is given that the Hertfordshire County Council intend to make an Order under Section 16(A) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- 'Gay Marriage Has Made It Impossible For Tories To Win The Next Election'
Huffington Post UK Politics News (Today) - Tory activists have attacked David Cameron's support for gay marriage, claiming it has made it impossible for the party to win the next general election....... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- 'Stop Demonising Bankers'
- Deputy Speaker Faces Thirds Allegation Of Sexual Assault
- Farage's Scotland's Visit Ukip's 'Pish' Mocked In Scots Ballad
- Breaking news: Yahoo buys Tumblr
Simon Goldie (Today) - The Wall Street Journal is carrying the story on its website.Google long ago incorporated Blogger (that publishes this blog) into its services. Now Yahoo will offer a similar service.The battle of the new media conglomerates continues... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- A blood libel is born: Fisking the Guardian’s original report about Mohammed Al Durah
CiF Watch (Today) - Today, an Israeli Government Review Committee published a long-awaited report on the Mohammed Al Durah incident, and came to the stunning conclusion that the Palestinian boy was not harmed by Israeli forces and did not die in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Modern Day Fairy Tales
Mark Wadsworth (Today) - Appearing in the comments exchange on an issue of great import to hopefully bring a smile - seeing as it's Sunday sassysdad 19 May 2013 5:16pm Recommend 0 @FrankLittle - Join his local Party, lets... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›