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Fire destroys another residential tower block in London By Thomas Scripps
Another inferno has torn through a large block of London residential flats. Just over two years after the Grenfell Tower inferno, the raging fire completely destroyed an entire structure—this time in Worcester Park in the borough of Sutton, in the southwest of the capital. Continue reading
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UK: “Operation Yellowhammer” details savage austerity and confirms plans for state repression post-Brexit By Thomas Scripps
On Wednesday evening, Boris Johnson’s government was forced to release its forecast for a no-deal Brexit, codenamed “Operation Yellowhammer.” The six-page document affirms the social and economic catastrophe threatened by a no-deal Brexit and underscores the danger of authoritarian rule in the UK. Continue reading
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The Dogs in the Street Know By Craig Murray
There are some very obvious facts in British politics which nobody seems to be saying. Joanna Cherry stated in her successful court case that “the dogs in the street know” that the real reason that Boris Johnson had prorogued parliament was to prevent parliament from having an effective say on the outcome of Brexit. The… Continue reading
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The EU – do we stay or do we go? By Philip Roddis
For years I’ve called myself a peg-on-nose Remainer. While many fellow Remainers strike me as naive, deluded on the nature of the EU and frequently contemptuous to boot, my bottom line is that until Left Leavers show how Brexit can be a gain in the here and now for British workers,[1] I don’t see how leaving… Continue reading
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Brexit reveals Corbyn to be the true moderate By Jonathan Cook
If there is an upside to Brexit, it is this: it has made it increasingly hard to present Jeremy Corbyn, contrary to everything the corporate media has been telling us for the past four years, as anything but a political moderate. In truth, he is one of the few moderates left in British – or… Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 12 September 2019
12 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 Brexit legal challenge dismissed in Belfast High Court Brexit reveals Corbyn to be the True Moderate Continue reading
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HALLELUJA! – BBC Updates Editorial Guidelines to Improve Scrutiny of Think Tank Pundits
TruePublica Editor: At last, someone at the BBC has finally seen the light. It’s at the end of the tunnel there somewhere. For four years TruePublica has complained about the detrimental effects of organisations like the so-called Institute of Economics Affairs – one of the most opaque and secretive think tanks in Britain that swings… Continue reading
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Corbyn addresses Trades Union Congress in a display of cynicism and hypocrisy By Richard Tyler
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed the assembled union functionaries at the annual Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Brighton Tuesday in a vain attempt to boost his left credentials among workers. He did so, however, under conditions in which he has capitulated time and again to the Remain agenda of his party’s right-wing Blairites. Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 10-11 September 2019
11 September 2019 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back New poll suggests increasing support for break-up of the UK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/bTwkq4fSP24/ DUP politician indicates massive U-turn on the ‘backstop’ agreement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/U5Qf8h2lzlo/ Continue reading
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson prorogues Parliament By Robert Stevens
Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson prorogued Parliament Monday evening after opposition MPs voted to oppose, for a second time, his attempt to force a general election before the current Brexit deadline of October 31. Continue reading
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The Financial Times lays down the law to Labour’s Corbyn By Thomas Scripp
After running a series of articles under the general title “The Corbyn Revolution,” analyzing Jeremy Corbyn’s programme for a Labour government, the Financial Times (FT) has delivered its verdict. Continue reading
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Really a Right Wing Coup By Craig Murray
Just because it is not written in a single document does not mean the UK does not have a constitution. But it does mean it has a particularly bad one. Continue reading
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UK government to target “far left” in revised Counter Extremism Strategy By Laura Tiernan
A report published by the UK government’s Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) has branded large sections of the “left” in Britain as “extremist.” It claims the left’s “revolutionary workerist ideas” are associated with increased sympathy for “violent extremist tactics.” Continue reading
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Officials Ignore Pesticides and Blame Alcohol and Biscuits for Rising Rates of Disease by Colin Todhunter
Campaigner and environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has written an open letter to the Chief Medical Officer of England, Sally Davies. In it, Mason states that none of the more than 400 pesticides that have been authorised in the UK have been tested for long-term actions on the brain: in the foetus, in children or in… Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 10 September 2019
10 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 Boris Johnson Trips: Duvets, Toothbrushes And The House Of Lords https://orientalreview.org/2019/09/10/boris-johnson-trips-duvets-toothbrushes-and-the-house-of-lords/ Brexit: What happened on Monday? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49643861 Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 9 September 2019
9 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 Could a no-deal Brexit still happen on 31 October? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49612757 Today’s links 9 September 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/09/todays-links_9.html Continue reading
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“Ally” Jon Lansman wanted Jeremy Corbyn removed
Jon Lansman, a prominent figure in the UK Labour Party, advocated that Jeremy Corbyn be removed as party leader three years ago. The revelation challenges Lansman’s reputation as a key Corbyn supporter. Continue reading
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UK: Johnson hails police as “bedrock of society” as Brexit crisis intensifies By Robert Stevens
Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that tens of thousands of extra police would be the “absolute bedrock” of his government. He announced the measure Thursday in a speech in which a wall of police cadets were mobilised to provide a backdrop. Continue reading
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UK pensioners suffer massive increase in poverty By Thomas Scripps
The proportion of pensioners living in severe poverty, receiving less than 40 percent of median household income, has climbed to five times the level of 1986. This is an increase from 0.9 percent to 5 percent. It is the largest increase among western European countries, taking the UK from one of the lowest rates to… Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 6 September 2019
6 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 The Sun scores a massive own goal by openly treating its English readers like mugs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/vliWl4Ggcjc/ As his government falls apart, Johnson chooses to meet an alleged war criminal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/uwDWuhAOksg/ Continue reading
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