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Book: ‘Officious – the rise of the busybody state
Officious – Rise of the Busybody State starts with people’s everyday encounter with busybodies in public spaces – then analyses the logic of the busybody state, explains its origins, and calls for a popular alliance defending the free realm of civil society. Continue reading
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The NHS Opt-out is worthless!
Over 1.2 million people, just like you, opted out of their hospital records being sold. The opt out has begun to work, but NHS confirms hospital records are still being sold. Continue reading
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NHS Hospitals in Crisis!
Exposed: hospital beds across England are dangerously full. And now Jeremy Hunt’s plans for our NHS mean thousands more hospital beds could be cut. Asthma attacks, bad falls, or car accidents could put any of us in need of a hospital bed – and the idea of turning up to an overcrowded hospital in an… Continue reading
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Where are Britain’s armed drones? And why it matters we are not allowed to know By Chris Cole
At the first stage of what is likely to be a lengthy appeals process, the Information Commissioner has upheld the Ministry of Defence’s refusal to reveal to Drone Wars UK the number of Britain’s armed drones currently deployed. Continue reading
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The Snoopers Charter passes into law
Last night the Investigatory Powers Bill – or Snoopers’ Charter – passed through Parliament. It is a sad day for British liberty, but the fight does not end here. The new Act is overtly incompatible with human rights law and, we think, ripe for challenge. Our message to the Government: see you in Court. Continue reading
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US, British ‘Clean House’ to Delete Syria Terror Links By Finian Cunningham
US President Barack Obama has just given the Pentagon orders to assassinate commanders of the Al Nusra terror network in Syria. American media reports over the weekend say the new urgency arises from US intelligence fears that al Qaeda-affiliated groups are preparing to mount terror attacks against Western targets from strongholds in Syria. Continue reading
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CPNS – THE CRIME OF CRYING IN YOUR OWN HOME
Our new report found that CPNs have been used to order people to cut their lawn or clean their windows, as well as to target the homeless and prevent them from sleeping or entering certain areas. CPNs have even been issued banning people from crying or arguing in their own home. Continue reading
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How the left can win By Jeremy Gilbert
Labour Party membership is at a record high. Momentum now has more than 15,000 paid up members. There’s no question that this is a significant political movement. But is it really, as many of its advocates claim, a ‘social movement’? Jeremy Corbyn has expressed desire for the Labour Party itself to ‘become a social movement’.… Continue reading
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The NHS is hanging by a thread
Jeremy Hunt doesn’t want you to watch this video – it proves the NHS is hanging on a thread. Millions of us are reading this email today. And if we all watch the video and share it with our friends and family, we’ll get the word out: Continue reading
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Media Lens: Yemen Vote – The Responsibility To Protect- Profits
At first sight, compassion appears to loom large in ‘mainstream’ politics and media. When the American and British governments target countries like Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, ‘compassion’ is always at or near the top of the agenda. Continue reading
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Unless we move fast, local NHS bosses say that one in three A&Es in England could close
1 November 2016 — 38 Degrees Unless we move fast, local NHS bosses say that one in three A&Es in England could close. It’s part of Jeremy Hunt’s plan to make big cuts, closures and changes to our NHS without our say. [1] It doesn’t matter where you live – we all need emergency care… Continue reading
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Councillors must look before they leap into secret NHS cuts plans By John Lister
Theresa May has not taken kindly to the NHS boss’s belated admission that he had originally asked for considerably more than £8billion “extra” for the NHS (even as that £8bn figure was itself criticised as “misleading” by Sarah Wollaston MP, who points out the true amount given to the NHS is considerably less than the… Continue reading
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Making the NHS a “hostile environment” for migrants demeans our country By Erin Dexter
Three years have passed since Theresa May, then home secretary, committed to creating a “hostile environment” for so-called “illegal” migrants in the UK. Since then the UK has reinforced and multiplied its inland borders, making border guards of teachers, landlords, and healthcare workers. Continue reading
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The NHS – is it all about the money, money, money? By Paul Hobday
As Jeremy Hunt and Simon Stevens appear before the Health Select Committee in an emergency session on NHS finances, Paul Hobday explains why ‘where’s the money coming from’ is the wrong question. Continue reading
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The Tories just tried to sneak out the biggest EVER privatisation of the NHS By Steve Topple
The Conservative government has quietly announced one of the biggest sell-offs in the entire history of the NHS. On Friday 14 October, the government’s website released details of nine NHS contracts that are up for sale. And they are worth a staggering £7.9bn; 7.3% of the total NHS budget. Continue reading
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Big Food and the Politics of Diabesity By Dan Hind
The UK is in the midst of a public health crisis. According to the NHS’ most recent Health Survey for England 24% of men and 27% of women are obese; 41 percent of men and 31 percent of women are overweight. Obesity has increased markedly over the last twenty years. In 1996 only about 15… Continue reading
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Last Chance to Stop the Privatisation of the National Discrimination Helpline
The government wants to privatise a national discrimination helpline – and hand it over to G4S. Anti-discrimination groups have launched a legal challenge to stop them. A judge decides tomorrow on whether that challenge can go ahead. Continue reading
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Video: ‘Don’t Lecture Me From London About What’s Happening In Syria’
Bouthaina Shaaban is a Syrian politician and is currently the political and media adviser to the President of Syria. Continue reading
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The NHS is ‘Hanging by a Thread’
If things go Jeremy Hunt’s way, he’ll get the ball rolling on his plans next month. [2] But we’ve got a plan to push them into the spotlight. If enough of us chip in, we can make a powerful documentary to expose the real impact of his NHS cuts – and then get everyone in… Continue reading
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David Cameron, Libya And Disaster: The Findings Of The Foreign Affairs Select Committee By Dr Binoy Kampmark
16 September 2016 — CounterCurrents The UK Foreign Affairs Committee was a long time coming with this judgment, but when it came, it provided a firm reminder about how far the 2011 intervention against the Gaddafi regime was not merely flawed but calamitous in its consequences. There had been no coherent strategy on the part… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 