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We are in danger of creating an abandoned generation »
Posted by: berkeley 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The recession has been an equal opportunities destroyer. It began with a culling of City financiers and moved out to take the livelihoods of builders ...
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Unless we are decisive Britain faces bankruptcy »
Posted by: berkeley 10 months ago in Business & Finance
Britain's problem is threefold. We have an American-scale property crisis and a credit crunch in our own banking system. But on top, we were ...
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Yoo For The Defense »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
John Yoo is at it again. In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, the indefatigable advocate of crushing the testicles of small children to extract actionable ...
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We need to repeal 12 years of vile laws attacking our liberty »
Posted by: berkeley 2 months ago in Political Opinion
It takes 100 years or more for some species of tree to grow to full size but a few minutes to cut them down. The ...
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Britain's bizarre reaction to war crimes allegations: investigations needed - Glenn Greenwald »
Posted by: berkeley 8 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Binyam Mohamed is the British resident who, two weeks ago, was released from Guantanamo and returned to Britain after seven years of detention, often in ...
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England wasn't built on babysitting bans »
Posted by: berkeley 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
What would Orwell make of a nation in which mothers are investigated for looking after each other's children?
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For 300 years Britain has outsourced mayhem. Finally it's coming home »
Posted by: berkeley 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The past 15 years have produced the cash-for-questions racket, the Hinduja and Ecclestone affairs, the lies and fabrications that led to the invasion of Iraq ...
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'Will you open fire on UK citizens' Army personnel being asked »
Posted by: berkeley 7 months, 1 week ago in Political News
In a stunning conversation with a friend, who is a serving member of the Armed Forces, over the weekend, it was revealed that transfers to ...
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13 doctors demand inquest into Dr David Kelly's death »
Posted by: berkeley 4 months ago in Political News
Dr Kelly's body was found six years ago this week in woods close to his Oxfordshire home, shortly after he was exposed as the ...
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UK to appeal order demanding publication of US torture docs »
Posted by: tehranchik 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Political News
Britain will appeal against a court ruling ordering it to publish secret US intelligence documents related to the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo Bay ...
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Critics Assail British Police for Harsh Tactics During the G-20 Summit Meeting »
Posted by: berkeley 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
More than 180 protesters, some suffering from concussions, broken bones and other injuries, have formally accused the police of excessive force and unprovoked assaults.
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The greatest moral failure of Tony Blair's premiership »
Posted by: berkeley 9 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Britain's silence when George W Bush sanctioned the use of torture is to the enduring shame of the former prime minister.
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Frank lloyd's blog: Stay in the UK, and stay somewhere with a difference - mirror.co.uk »
Posted by: kevinstith2 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
We're locked up in the grounds of Dover Castle which, on the face of it, might seem an odd choice for someone whose bombs ...
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British Lawyer Convicted In Case Tied to Berlusconi »
Posted by: berkeley 8 months, 4 weeks ago in News
An Italian court convicted a British lawyer Tuesday of accepting a $600,000 bribe in exchange for false testimony in corruption trials involving Italian Prime ...
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U.S. Loses 'Most Competitive' Title. Which is Next No. 1? »
Posted by: luvuobama2 2 months, 1 week ago in News
Switzerland knocked the United States off the position as the world's most competitive economy as the crash of the U.S. banking system left ...
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