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NHS charges – the Zombie policies walking into Downing Street? By Caroline Malloy
Reform – the think tank that provided David Cameron with his lead health advisor – is trying to resuscitate discredited policies on NHS charging in England and introduce some dangerous new ideas to boot. Continue reading
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UK Prime Minister Covers Up Crimes Against Humanity By Felicity Arbuthnot
Last week a little more was learned as to the circumventions in Whitehall and Washington delaying the publication of the findings of Sir John Chilcot’s marathon Inquiry into the background of the Iraq invasion. Continue reading
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Criminalising nurses doesn’t make sense By Julius Marstrand
Proposals to crimalise NHS staff for ‘wilful neglect’ will be ineffective at best, and may actually make our health service less safe. Continue reading
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Britain accused of collusion in torture in Somalia By Robert Stevens
Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, a 27-year-old British citizen of Somali descent, was allegedly tortured in Somalia with the complicity of UK authorities. He was then flown to Britain, where his democratic rights were further abused. Continue reading
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Unrestrained jingoism to characterise UK’s marking of World War I anniversary By Julie Hyland
Who would believe that anyone, save a sociopath, would propose that the upcoming 100th anniversary of World War I should be cause for national celebration? Cameron’s proposal is extraordinary even by the jingoist standards of Britain’s ruling elite. While World War II has long been a patriotic staple in Britain, 1914-1918 has occupied a different… Continue reading
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Police State UK: UN envoy ‘shocked’ by UK’s ‘unacceptable’ persecution of The Guardian over Snowden leaks
A senior United Nations official responsible for freedom of expression has warned that the UK government’s response to revelations of mass surveillance by Edward Snowden is damaging Britain’s reputation for press freedom and investigative journalism. Continue reading
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‘Suspicious things going on’: UK, US aiming to block Iraq war inquiry
The US and Britain are trying to block the inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the invasion of Iraq, anti-war activist Lindsey German told RT. Conversations between former British PM Tony Blair and former US President George W. Bush remain unattainable. Continue reading
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‘Suspicious things going on’: UK, US aiming to block Iraq war inquiry
The US and Britain are trying to block the inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the invasion of Iraq, anti-war activist Lindsey German told RT. Conversations between former British PM Tony Blair and former US President George W. Bush remain unattainable. Continue reading
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The insidious role of the BBC in the Syrian conflict By Rinaldo Francesca
It did not take long before several international commentators and observers pointed out the many implausibilities in the video and the story in general. Among them, Italian author Francesco Santoianni, showed how incongruent the whole story was, sparking the suspicion that the entire video might have been a fabrication. What follows is his analysis. Continue reading
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A new John Pilger film, Utopia, is now showing in UK cinemas
Utopia is a vast region in northern Australia and home to the oldest human presence on earth. “This film is a journey into that secret country,” says Pilger in Utopia. “It will describe not only the uniqueness of the first Australians, but their trail of tears and betrayal and resistance – from one utopia to… Continue reading
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Police State UK: Police recruit activist to spy on Cambridge students, secret video reveals
UK security forces wanted to launch a covert operation to spy on political activists among Cambridge University students, footage obtained by the Guardian reveals. Police contacted a young activist and promised him money for spying. Continue reading
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US has ‘no veto’ over disclosure of Blair-Bush communications – UK
Reports that the US will veto the disclosure of conversations between former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former US President George W. Bush have been denied by the UK Cabinet Office, which stated that the US does not have a veto. The communications between the leaders are seen as key pieces of evidence in… Continue reading
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War Criminals Hide Evidence: US Blocks Publication of Chilcot’s Report on How Britain Went to War With Iraq By James Cusick
Department of State’s objection to release of key evidence may prevent inquiry’s conclusions from ever being published, except in heavily redacted form. Washington is playing the lead role in delaying the publication of the long-awaited report into how Britain went to war with Iraq, The Independent has learnt. Continue reading
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Police State UK: Britain’s Surveillance State By Stephen Dorril, Tom Mills
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has revealed the existence of an international network of mass surveillance in which Britain’s GCHQ plays a central role, working closely with European partners, but subordinate to the United States. Stephen Dorril is the founding co-editor of Lobster and a lecturer at the University of Huddersfield. He has worked as… Continue reading
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The realities of outsourcing: court interpreters mean miscarriages of justice By Joel Sharples
Since court interpreting has been outsourced, wages have plummeted, quality of interpreting has dropped to a dangerous level, and the justice system has often ground to a halt. A foretaste of what to expect from outsourced services across the country? Continue reading
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Mutualise the private sector, not England’s NHS By Dexter Whitfield
As the government pushes the ‘mutualisation’ of the NHS, Professor Dexter Whitfield argues all such transfers are privatisation. Continue reading
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Does the NHS need a ‘new broom’ from the private sector? By David Zigmond
New NHS boss Simon Stevens will inherit an NHS in crisis. Will his outsider status and private sector experience be just the new broom the NHS needs – or is that part of the problem? Continue reading
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Hiding behind the Cenotaph, Cameron will seek to re-write history By Adam Ramsay
The First World War plays a key role in our national story: a warning against violence, to be wary of our leaders. With his 100th anniversary events, David Cameron is seeking to change that. Continue reading
