Britain

Something Strange Emerges When Looking Behind The “Brexit” Bookie Odds

(ZHETwo days ago Zero Hedge pointed out something surprising: according to Ladbrokes’ head of political betting, Matthew Shaddick, the key catalyst that moved bookie odds on Monday morning, the first day after the suspended campaign in the aftermath of Jo Cox murder was resumed, “we took a £25,000 bet on Remain this morning which he

British MP Jo Cox Gunned Down in Street, Brexit Campaigns Suspended

(ANTIMEDIA) United Kingdom — A British MP has died after being shot and stabbed during an attack in her constituency. Jo Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two young children, was attacked at lunchtime on Thursday outside Birstall library in North Yorkshire, where she had been holding a surgery, or face-to-face meeting, with constituents. After being left bleeding on the ground, Ms. Cox was airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary, where she succumbed to her injuries.

Nuclear Hype: Russian & British Relations ‘Are in Dangerous Place’

21st Century Wire says…
Is the hype real?
In the following excerpt from Going Underground, Afshin Rattansi interviews the head of Britain’s Foreign Affairs Committee on the state of British-Russian relations Crispin Blunt.
Blunt believes the state of relations between the two nations is in a ‘dangerous place’, and does not appear to rule out the possibility of open war between them.

Survey: U.S. Prison Inmates go Outside more than 33% of Kids in the UK

Kids in the United Kingdom (UK) are the ultimate couch potatoes, according to a recent survey funded by laundry detergent brand Persil, which found that 1 in 3 children in the UK spend less time outside than inmates in maximum security prisons. Persil conducted the research as part of its “Dirt is Good” marketing campaign.