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As world loses faith in democracy, leaders of vision are desperately needed
Feb 05, 2020 11:12In 2005, at the end of Tony Blair’s second term, levels of democratic dissatisfaction in the UK stood at 32.8 percent, despite the Iraq War. A quick recap of the intervening period between then and now helps explain why that figure today is 60.3 percent — the past 15 years weren’t exactly liberal democracy’s golden age.
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Blue innovation in the Commonwealth
Jan 27, 2020 12:22The garment and accessory industries are among the most polluting and wasteful in the world. There has been a surge of interest in how their negative impact can be reduced through the use of marine materials to develop bio-alternatives that are more sustainable and which also add value.
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UK’s poorest adults in worse health now than older generation
Jan 24, 2020 07:05Nearly, 32 percent of the poorest third of UK’s women born in 1968-1970 reported a limiting long-term illness when aged between 30 and 59, compared with 12 percent of the richest third. In those born in 1920-22, the prevalence was 23 percent among the poorest and 13 percent among the richest.
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New car registrations in UK fall to seven-year low
Jan 10, 2020 14:02New figures out recently reveal Britons bought fewer new cars in 2019 than at any point since the post-recession low of 2013. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), new car sales fell by -2.3% to 2.3 million units as buyers stayed away from showrooms.
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Reuters' unfounded claims or lies on Iran
Dec 29, 2019 07:14Reuters a globally known world news agency requires all its journalists to supposedly show full respect for its strict rules stated in its handbook on precise quotations from sources with known and verifiable identity when giving out reports on sensitive world developments.
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Why Corbyn lost UK election and what role anti-Semitism played
Dec 18, 2019 10:53Proof enough that the anti-Semitism claims were nothing but a political tool to be used by the opposition to UK's Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn’s political aspirations, is that there was no such mention of Conservative Party anti-Semitism.
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Study reveals how UK intelligence works with media to smear Corbyn
Dec 12, 2019 10:09New research from Matt Kennard, a former Financial Times journalist, has shown that the British military and intelligence establishment have gone into overdrive to stop the threat of a Corbyn government.
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Great uncertainties in UK election polls suggest fight against Brexit isn’t over
Dec 10, 2019 10:22A poll for the Independent newspaper suggests a much smaller Tory lead, with the likelihood of a hung Parliament, meaning that no single party would command a majority after the election, and the main parties would set off on a scramble for coalition partners, presumably with two rival camps coalescing around support for and opposition to Brexit.
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House of Commons or house of corruption
Nov 09, 2019 16:38Most people will remember the parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009 in which hundreds of British MPs were proven to be improperly claiming expenses. Once the investigation into the full scope of the scandal was completed, it was revealed that more than half the House – 389 MPs in total – had improperly claimed expenses.
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The US destruction of the British Empire
Nov 07, 2019 11:50In the 1770s the 13 New England colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of Northern America had rebelled against the British crown and successfully declared independence as the United States of America, after a war lasting several years.