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Lost in a Brexit Maze: a Baffled Political Class Dreads the Prospect of Jeremy Corbyn By Alexander MERCOURIS
It is fair to say that Theresa May’s Brexit plan ( two years in the making and details still to be worked out), which proposes a relationship between Britain and the EU similar to those agreed by Ukraine and Moldova, satisfies no-one. Continue reading
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Statewatch 30 July 2018: Working for civil liberties in Europe since 1991
30 July 2018 — Statewatch Dear Statewatchers, Our civil liberties are continually under threat We provide all our services free. We have just launched a new Observatory on the Creation of a centralised Justic & Home Affairs database “a point of no return:” This Observatory covers the so-called “interoperability” of EU JHA databases which in… Continue reading
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Saudis Buy Former UK Prime Minister Blair for $12 Million
Tony Blair, fmr Prime Minister of the UK and an architect of the Iraq War, is a mercenary that Saudi Arabia hired to present themselves as modernizers and cover for their invasion of Yemen, says Medea Benjamin, the author of Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection (in. transcript) Continue reading
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IRR News (6 – 19 July 2018)
20 July 2018 — Institute of Race Relations Institute of Race Relations weekly digest – Against Racism, for Social Justice The lethal consequences of ‘hostile environment’ policies continue to be revealed in our regular calendar of racism and resistance. On 20 June, as Harmit Athwal reports, 23-year-old Mustafa Dawood was found dead after falling from a building… Continue reading
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The Magic Of Novichok – Deadly Agent Found In Perfume Bottle
One victim of the second ‘Novichok’ incident in Wiltshire, Matthew Rowley, is also on the path to full recovery. His friend Dawn Strugess, a drug addict with serious medical preconditions, died. Like with the Skripal case the details of the second incident raise lots of new questions. Continue reading
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Identification of Skripal suspects is ‘wild speculation’ – UK security minister
UK Security Minister Ben Wallace has dismissed claims police identified the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury as “wild speculation.” Continue reading
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Identification of Skripal suspects is 'wild speculation' – UK security minister
UK Security Minister Ben Wallace has dismissed claims police identified the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury as “wild speculation.” Continue reading
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Big Tech’s war on refugees and immigrants
Across the world, companies like Microsoft and Salesforce are helping ICE and Frontex lead their war against immigrants and refugees. Continue reading
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Labour HQ staff spent thousands ‘tricking’ Jeremy Corbyn about Facebook ads in election campaign
Labour HQ staff spent £5,000 on “tricking” Jeremy Corbyn and his team into thinking they were promoting “madcap” policies his own staffers thought were too left wing, a former party official has claimed. Continue reading
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British and Ecuadorian authorities in talks to evict Julian Assange from London embassy By Oscar Grenfell
The London-based Times newspaper reported yesterday that the British and Ecuadorian governments have been holding secret discussions on plans to evict WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange from Ecuador’s London embassy, where he sought political asylum six years ago. Continue reading
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It’s the Wrong Park! How the Ducks Raise Some Serious Questions in the Salisbury Poisonings By Rob Slane
13 July 2018 — The Blogmire According to the Metropolitan Police investigation into the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, here is a timeline of events on 4th March: Continue reading
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It’s the Wrong Park! How the Ducks Raise Some Serious Questions in the Salisbury Poisonings By Rob Slane
13 July 2018 — The Blogmire According to the Metropolitan Police investigation into the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, here is a timeline of events on 4th March: Continue reading
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The Holes in the Official Skripal Story By Craig Murray
If Russia really has a professional novichok assassin training programme, why was the assassination so badly botched? Surely in a decade of development they would have discovered that the alleged method of gel on doorknob did not work? And where is the training manual which Boris Johnson claimed to possess? Having told the world –… Continue reading
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Statewatch launch Observatory as interoperable Justice and Home Affairs databases morph into a centralised Big Brother database
“The time to ring the alarms bells is not when Big Brother is in place but when there are the first signs of its construction.” (Tony Bunyan, Statewatch Director) Continue reading
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Trump has just arrived in the UK. Will you join the Carnival of Resistance tomorrow?
12 July 2018 — SumOfUs Here’s what you need to know: Date: Friday 13 July 2018 Time: 14:00 – Meet outside the BBC Headquarters in Portland Place March to Trafalgar Square 17:00 – 19:00 – Rally in Trafalgar Square Continue reading
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“Nerve agent” death of Dawn Sturgess raises fresh questions over UK Skripal affair By Thomas Scripps
9 July 2018 — WSWS The tragic death of Amesbury resident Dawn Sturgess has raised questions surrounding the Skripal/ “novichok” poisoning events in the UK to a new pitch. Continue reading
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UK mounts fresh offensive against Russia following second alleged novichok poisoning By Chris Marsden
Britain’s Conservative government has used a second alleged novichok nerve agent poisoning incident in the Salisbury area of England to launch a fresh provocation against Russia. Continue reading
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Selected Articles: UK Russophobia: Novichok 2.0
6 July 2018 — Global Research The Skripals and a New Novichok Affair: No End in Sight? By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, July 06, 2018 There was another Novichok attack on a couple that was found unconsciously at their British home in Amesbury, UK, close to Salisbury where the Skripals were found sleeping on a park bench after… Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 6th July 2018
NHS Digital has not written to everyone who made a Type-2 objection (see below) – and NHS England, which is responsible for informing everyone else, still refuses to write to people who haven’t opted out about their new choice. Meanwhile, its virtually invisible ‘communications campaign’ stumbles on. Have you heard any of the radio ads… Continue reading
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British Government Peddles Warmed Over Novichok Muck
4 July 2018 — Moon of Alabama It seems that Theresa May felt a need to stoke some more Russia hate: Just as the World Cup had forced the British media to grudgingly acknowledge the obvious truth that Russia is an extremely interesting country inhabited, like everywhere else, by mostly pleasant and attractive people, we… Continue reading
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