#Britain

It was in the 1980s, almost forty years ago, that I first recall seeing clinical statistics estimating the prevalence of transsexualism. In those days it was claimed repeatedly that Male
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There's a lot of fascinating stuff in @TheBFPG's epic survey on British foreign policy, but I'm most struck by the split in Conservative voting base, esp following 2019 election43% of
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For the benefit of all our friends in the European Union who may be puzzled by the relationship between Britain and Ireland; the rule is that Britain demands that Ireland
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1/ Im devoted to the works of Paulette Jiles--*News of the World* is as fine a novel as has been written in the last decade--and am enjoying reading her poetry
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Reminder that while everyone is arguing over why a 60p bag of apples can't feed a family of 5, food banks have to make special boxes for people who don't
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ARGUMENTThe supposed continuity of the British establishment has actually been a disastrous run of utter failure since over a century......but foreigners & legacy of the empire hid this so well
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The consistent exposure by Starmer of Johnson's rank incompetence & abject dishonesty is made all the more remarkable by the fact that most voters remain unaware, because the popular media
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The British government has replaced £30 food vouchers with this, intended for a child for three days to a week. This is economic violence against the working classes’ children and
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However you look at it, today has been an utter shambles from the Labour leadership. Regardless of your thoughts about Jeremy Corbyn, you know he would’ve stood by teachers, parents,
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I think this passage, from Open Labour's Euston 2.0 pamphlet, should kill off the "walk and chew gum" formula once and for all. It's a perfect example of mealy-mouthed equivocation
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It's now looking quite likely that Brexit will coincide with both a third lockdown and - if the longterm forecasts are correct - severe flooding. Any one of these events
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Jeremy Corbyn I cannot vote for Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal today, which this Government will use to drive down rights and protections, and step up the sell-off of our vital
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thread:COD PEACE1. As certain European countries are claiming historic fishing rights in our waters, I'll do a thread on the legal position shortly, but first let's take a look how
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Not letting this go. This is riddled with factual errors, peddles dangerous stereotypes about the medieval Church and, most importantly, exonerates an elusive beast called „Western modernity“ as based on
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Lloyd Barton, head of global trade services at the global forecasting consultancy Oxford Economics. “I would stress that the U.K. services industry has benefited from being part of the single
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Mini sports comms/media thread. Wanted to flag a real & positive shift from media over past yr re the focus on the massive role grassroots sport & physical activity plays
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