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How Britain keeps people homeless
Almost all two-bedroom homes available for rent across England, Scotland and Wales are too expensive for families on housing benefit, extensive research by the Bureau has found. Our reporters collected the details of more than 62,000 rental listings and found that less than 6% were affordable when mapped against the local housing benefit rates, which have been… Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 4 October 2019
4 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Brexit: Boris Johnson will send extension letter – court document https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49936352 Trumpenstein Must Be Destroyed! https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/trumpenstein-must-be-destroyed/ Continue reading
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Elite UK military unit secretly trained by leftist regime-change advocate Gilbert Achcar and other academics
Government documents show scholar Gilbert Achcar and other pro-regime change academics have given training sessions to UK Ministry of Defense soldiers, helping the British military enhance its counter-insurgency tactics. Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 3 October 2019
3 October 2019 • 21:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan: EU ‘open but unconvinced’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49927186 An extraordinary court case in Scotland could make Boris Johnson behind bars a reality http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/wYF-gd0iDds/ Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 2 October 2019
2 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Boris Johnson: No-deal only alternative to Brexit plan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49906702 Campaign group beautifully takes the Tories down, with the words of a Conservative icon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/cQyTI-6lNNQ/ Continue reading
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Dangerous Detentions: Julian Assange And Remaining In Bel-marsh By Binoy Kampmark
Much ink has been spilt in textbooks describing situations where autocratic states can behave badly. They abuse rights; they ignore international law and they ride roughshod over conventions. Liberal democracies may boast that they follow matters to the letter of the law, and make sure that citizens are given their fair and just cause in… Continue reading
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Corbyn holds pro-Remain party discussions over leading “caretaker” administration or stepping aside to allow “government of national unity”
Labour’s Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell yesterday publicly opposed plans for a “government of national unity” and insisted on Jeremy Corbyn’s right to head a “caretaker government” to prevent a no-deal Brexit. Continue reading
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Tory Conference: Priti Patel demonstrates Tory ‘law and order’ priorities
Home Secretary Priti Patel has claimed that the Conservatives are “the party of law and order once again”, as she unveiled a number of measures designed to present the Tories as tough on crime. The home secretary continued: “As we renew our place as the party of law and order in Britain, let the message… Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 1 October 2019
1 October 2019 18:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Will Boris Johnson become a ‘Brexit martyr’? http://infobrics.org/post/29423/ Boris Johnson: UK offering EU ‘very constructive’ Brexit proposals https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49893963 Continue reading
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Is Johnson really going to ‘rein in’ NHS privatisation? Don’t you believe it!
The Guardian reported last week that Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock plan to “rein in” NHS privatisation in a new NHS Bill to be published next month. NHS England (NHSE) has released a document detailing “22 key changes it believes will be included” in such a bill, and the Guardian tells us their proposals are “likely”… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Prison Updates
There have been no noticeable changes to Julian Assange’s prison conditions or treatment since his bail sentence ended on 22 September and his imprisonment on remand for the United States’ extradition request began the following day. He remains in effective solitary confinement within healthcare, spending 21-23 hours in his cell every day and with “controlled… Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 30 September 2019
30 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Britain’s Political Crisis: Problems and Possibilities for the Left https://www.globalresearch.ca/britain-political-crisis-problems-possibilities-left/5690615 Accusations that Disaster Capitalists Are Piling the Pressure on Johnson to Pursue No-deal Brexit https://www.globalresearch.ca/accusations-disaster-capitalists-pressure-johnson-pursue-no-deal-brexit/5690605 Continue reading
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EXCLUSIVE: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army ‘psyops’ soldier
30 September 2019 — Middle East Eye Head of editorial for MENA is part-time officer in the 77th Brigade, an ‘information warfare’ unit which has worked on ‘behavioural change’ projects in the region The head of the British Army has described the 77th Brigade’s talents as including “social media, production design, and Arabic poetry” (British… Continue reading
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Accusations that disaster capitalists are piling the pressure on Johnson to pursue no-deal Brexit
30 September 2019 — True Publica By TruePublica Editor: “For the first time in 35 years, I am not packing my bag to travel to the Tory party conference tomorrow. The party I joined as a student and first campaigned for in the 1979 general election is suffering a convulsion that makes it — for… Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 29 September 2019
29 September2019 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back No 10 denies Boris Johnson ‘thigh squeeze’ claim PM ‘model of restraint’ amid Parliament language row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49868344 Johnson can promise the world, but Corbyn nails why we ‘can’t… Continue reading
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Julian Assange’s lawyers were placed under surveillance. But that’s not the whole story
A private security company organised 24/7 surveillance of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his stay at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. This included confidential meetings between Assange and members of his legal team. The surveillance was provided directly to the CIA. These revelations could possibly jeopardise the viability of the US extradition case. Continue reading
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Boris Johnson plans to spend billions to help the rich get richer
A new report from an independent think tank, has found that Boris Johnson’s “desire to radically overhaul” the tax system will cost us billions of pounds every year. And it will only benefit the very richest people. It also seems confirmed that Johnson hurtling the UK towards a no-deal Brexit is down to pressure from… Continue reading
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The mounting human cost of the Thomas Cook collapse By Richard Tyler
The international scale of the crisis, with devastating economic and social implications, has rapidly become clear. The collapse means that the firm’s entire 22,000-strong global workforce have lost their jobs. Some 9,000 of these are employed in the UK, with 6,000 already laid off. The firm was headquartered in Manchester, with 3,000 previously employed in… Continue reading
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Spanish security firm spied on Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy for US intelligence By Kevin Reed
A Spanish defense and security contractor hired to protect the Ecuadorian Embassy in London spied on Julian Assange on behalf of US intelligence while the WikiLeaks’ founder and editor was living there. Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 27-28 September 2019
28 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back UK’s Johnson Plays Court Jester for Trump to Wreck Iran Deal https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/28/uks-johnson-plays-court-jester-for-trump-to-wreck-iran-deal/ Boris Johnson no-confidence vote ‘next week’, says SNP MP Stewart Hosie https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49863544 Continue reading
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