A statement by Twitter’s head of public policy to the UK Parliament appears to finally admit that the narrative focused on Russian interference on Twitter to influence the Brexit vote was completely without merit.
Much like many other parts of the world at that time, the North of Ireland was undergoing a process of profound political change in the early 1970’s. By the time January 1972 came around the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) had already been holding peaceful protests and marches for close on 4 years.
“Mock on; thou hast a place of refuge; I am alone, an exile soon to be.” —Euripides, “Medea”
The 29 November Russo-British Business Forum (RBBF), held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, hallmarked continued efforts to mend Anglo-Russian business ties.
We’re back in the studio for another episode of UK Column News, covering everything from the world’s economic situation (hint: it’s all about China), to what’s really happening now in Iran, Syria, Libya, Israel, Palestine and more. Then we circle back to UK domestic news with an update on the Grenfell enquiry, IOPC and the Cities Agenda.
New year's manure, good Lorde taketh and mock trials + this day in history w/IBM and the Holocaust and our song of the day by The Vaccines on your Morning Monarchy for January 8, 2018.
Greg Clark, British Conservative MP for Tunbridge Wells and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has been sitting on the Barclays (trading as Third Energy) application to frack Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire, England going on eight weeks now.
Ian R Crane, a prolific anti-fracking activist and ex-oilfield executive says Greg Clark is “not up to the job,” citing his continuous delays as a dishonest attempt to avoid making a decision.
The TPP has not been popular among many Republicans and some sectors of the US workforce, giving Trump the ammunition to proceed with withdrawal.
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NEW YEARS DAY SPECIAL
Looking forward into the New Year, here are but a few breaking trends to look for, as well as some predictions for the year in 2018.
By Maximilian Forte | Zero Anthropology | August 3, 2016 Immigration, rightly or wrongly, has been marched to the frontline of current political struggles in Europe and North America. Whether exaggerated or accurate, the role of immigration is situated as a central factor in the Brexit referendum in the UK, and the rise of the […]
