#Britain

The UK government (via Rees Mogg) has said they will not consider any petitions unless they go through their official petition site. This means all the Change. org petitions that
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PUBLICATION DAY!We Need New Stories is out in paperback today and has had a reception I never dreamed of with extremely generous reviews in, among others, the FT, the Irish
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The 12th-century font is original to the church at Castlemartin. The scalloped design is identical to the font in Hinton Blewitt, Somerset, over 100 miles away. At this time, fonts
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So I guess we've just decided to let supposed originalists weigh in on the constitutionality of an out-of-office impeachment without paying any attention at all to what the term "impeachment"
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COVID has exposed a fault line in British society, centred around the level of responsibility people believe government should take for the welfare of the people of this country, and
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The @mashagessen essay itself was no worse than what passes for common opinion, in my view. What is really striking, and truly disgusting, is the degree to which puberty blockers
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Thread - an open letter to @Keir_StarmerDear Keir,I write to urge you to at least ask your party to abstain from the Brexit Trade deal vote. Many people are surprised
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I have no issue with people disliking the Canary—it's never been my cup of tea, either. But I've never seen any coherent argument to explain why left figures should no-platform
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Britain at the court of Atse Tewodros.1/7) The skirmish at the Ethio-Sudan border has its root from the period of Atse Tewodros in the mid-19th century. As soon as he
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Reflecting on Health and people unit noting it is for the most part a “white man” topic. I’ve started to correct this with more female voices. Now trying to prevent
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Long, long thread, but please bear with me. It's kind of a 'what if' thread about fascism...Now, historically fascism has appeared and re-appeared under different guises... with very different leaders...
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So this afternoon I was upstairs writing a lecture, and the post dropped through the letterbox. The most astonishing thing arrived. Hidden in amongst the bills and junk mail was
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The picture of President Jackson behind @POTUS - is it a CLUE or omen? Both men faced opposition after taking office. Was this the beginning of DS/Cabal issues in US?Nat'l
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THREAD: We tend to think of @EUErasmusPlus in the UK as a scheme only for young middle people, & about university exchange. It is much more than this and impacted
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2020 was an incredibly tough year, but in @bhamCityCouncil we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to plot our recovery and renewal as a City. Hope! In 2021 we look
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It's fascinating (if deeply disturbing) to see how corruption works in a UK concept. I'm accustomed to seeing it in developing countries, and essentially the mechanisms here are the same:
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