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Jamaica will petition the Queen for slavery reparations; and Britain should pay up
Jul 13, 2021 03:27Recently, Chief of the United Nations Human Rights Council Michelle Bachelet emphasized that countries once involved in the slave trade and slavery, which have since failed to root out demonstrable structural racism, should stop denying it and ‘start dismantling it’.
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In echo of Trump, Boris Johnson says UK must “learn to live with” rising COVID
Jul 09, 2021 14:47It was deeply disquieting to learn that Great Britain, under the leadership of Trump clone Boris Johnson, is preparing to lift virtually all COVID safety strictures and leave the British people wide open to the caprices of the virus.
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COVID death risk ‘almost four times higher’ for poorest in England
Jul 09, 2021 14:45People under 65 living in the most deprived areas of the UK were more than 3.7 times more likely to die with COVID than people in the richest areas.
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UK’s immoral role in war on Yemen
Jul 07, 2021 09:25We now have fresh evidence of how intimately arms dealers are embedded in the British military-diplomatic machine when it comes to Yemen. The Cameron government supported King Salman when he declared war in March 2015, with then-Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond declaring Britain would “support the Saudis in every practical way short of engaging in combat”.
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PM to confirm 19 July end to COVID rules despite scientists’ warnings
Jul 07, 2021 09:05Boris Johnson is to announce that the lifting of most remaining COVID-19 restrictions in England will go ahead on 19 July amid a backlash from government scientific advisers who have warned that doing so would be like building new “variant factories”.
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UK scientists caution that lifting of COVID rules is like building ‘variant factories’
Jul 06, 2021 03:35The new UK Health and Social Care Secretary, Sajid Javid said the best way to protect the nation’s health was by lifting the main COVID-19 restrictions. He said “Rules that we have had to put in place have caused a shocking rise in domestic violence and a terrible impact on so many people’s mental health.”
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Queen statues toppled amid outrage over unmarked graves of Indigenous children
Jul 04, 2021 15:41A group of demonstrators gathered at the Manitoba legislature on July 1st as the country marked Canada Day, and pulled down a statue of Queen Victoria.
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Case for Brexit was built on lies. Five years later, deceit is routine in UK politics
Jul 02, 2021 02:50After five years, the biggest casualties of Brexit are in plain sight. Integrity and decency in public life are crumbling.
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UK and Brussels near deal on COVID passports to boost holiday hopes
Jul 01, 2021 14:48Hopes have been raised of summer holidays in Europe for fully vaccinated Britons as a deal with Brussels on COVID passports neared completion and Germany failed to convince popular destinations to pull an “emergency brake” on UK visitors.
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Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens ‘scrabbling’ to attain post-Brexit status before deadline
Jun 30, 2021 12:23EU citizens are struggling to apply for post-Brexit settled status as the Home Office reaches “breaking point” coping with a last-minute surge in applications.