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Together we can end NHS charging
NHS Charging, data sharing and the broader Hostile Environment are undermining the principles at the heart of our NHS, prioritising immigration enforcement above people’s health and destroying the idea that care should be available to all who need it. Continue reading
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Last Night in the House… By Philip Roddis
I enjoy schadenfreude as much as the next guy and for the millions of us who detest Boris, last night brought the stuff in spades. I was quite taken by Jeremy Corbyn’s comment. Too much the gentleman to refer to BoJo in person, Jezza’s was as neat a slice of alliteration as you’re likely to… Continue reading
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Cummings and goings – The danger that lies ahead
By TruePublica: Professor Tim Bale, the author of a modern history of the Conservative party said of Dominic Cummings – “This is someone who really believes in what he believes in,” he said. “He believes that what he wants to do will actually improve society. He’s in it for that, rather than any glory or… Continue reading
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Selected Stories: Political Outrage in Britain over No-deal Brexit
5 September 2019 — Global Research UK Parliamentarians Voted to Take Control of the Agenda. Majority UK MPs Oppose Johnson’s No-Deal Brexit By Stephen Lendman They want a measure debated to prevent Britain from leaving the EU without a deal with Brussels — either by the current October 31 deadline or later if it’s extended again. Read more… Continue reading
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Media blacks out Roger Waters’ performance in defence of Assange By Oscar Grenfell
On Monday evening, Roger Waters and John Pilger staged a powerful event in defence of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the British Home Office in central London. Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 5 September 2019
5 September 2019 • 14:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back UK government papers on suspending parliament could be made public http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/4XX1fBkpjkI/ Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen over suspension of parliament was ‘unlawful’, judges told http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/0KVUBVJZz7I/ Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 3-4 September 2019
4 September 2019 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Dude, Where’s My Majority? Brexit: MPs back bill to block no deal on first vote https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49580185 ‘Boris knows how to win’: Trump sure of his ‘friend’ Johnson,… Continue reading
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DWP Urged To Publish ‘Secret’ Brexit Impact Analysis
By Steven Preece: The SNP has called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish secret analysis that reveals the impact of different Brexit outcomes on poverty levels, wages and low-income households in Scotland and the UK. Continue reading
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What just happened? The death throes of Conservatism
By TruePublica Editor: The United Kingdom, a country once touted as a confident pillar of Western economic and political stability is committing an act of self-immolation in front of an international audience. These are the death throes of Conservatism. Continue reading
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When Rogues Prorogue Parliament By Wayne Madsen
Britain, which sees itself as governed by the mothers of all parliaments, Westminster, has received a bitter taste of what occurs when a small minority of domestic political forces, who are teamed up with likeminded foreign actors, manage to prorogue – suspend – parliamentary rule for extremist purposes. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who became… Continue reading
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‘Nothing!’ Media refuse to cover Roger Waters concert in support of Julian Assange
If most rockstars performed one of their iconic hits outside the British Home Office, the media would lap it up. Not so, if the star is Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters and he sings for jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Continue reading
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Film ‘Official Secrets’ is the Tip of a Mammoth Iceberg
A new film depicting the whistleblower Katherine Gun, who tried to stop the Iraq invasion, is largely accurate, but the story is not over, says Sam Husseini. Continue reading
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Roger Waters ‘Serenades’ British Home Secretary, Calling for Release of Julian Assange
Thousands of supporters gathered last night outside the British Home Office demanding to end to the unlawful detention and persecution of Julian Assange, who is currently being held in London’s notorious Belmarsh Prison. Continue reading
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Jewish Chronicle pays libel damages to Palestine charity By Asa Winstanley
Interpal, a British charity which aids Palestinians, has won $60,000 in libel damages from The Jewish Chronicle. The newspaper’s editors published an apology in August stating that they “accept that neither Interpal, nor its trustees, have ever been involved with or provided support for terrorist activity of any kind.” Continue reading
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Brexit – The Trajectory To A Public Uprising
TruePublica Editor: Eight months have passed this year and in that time the government petitions website has seen eighteen dedicated just to fighting for or against Brexit. Eleven have been against Britain leaving the EU in its various forms with a collective sum of signatures (as at 01/09/ – 0600 hrs) at 9,037,911 and seven… Continue reading
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The real reason Johnson prorogued parliament
TruePublica Editor: Just as I predicted last year, the Conservative party is now in its implosion stage. Continue reading
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Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance 2 September 2019
2 September 2019 — COPS It’s been a busy time for the campaign for truth about Britain’s political secret police. Here’s an update – feel free to share it. Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 1 September 2019
1 September 2019 — The New Dark Age As Swinson goes MIA, Corbyn proves he’s Leader of the Opposition in both name and nature http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/Z79eZqunBFo/ The sharing of Johnson’s Brexit tweets raises some interesting questions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/JFk3AFjUO0o/ Continue reading
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The Telegraph’s Brexit poll is bogus, but broadcasters seem not to have noticed
Opinion polls exude an aura of scientific truth. Those numbers and percentages are so reassuringly solid, especially when generated by one of the well-known names of the polling world, that for many people they represent hard evidence of the state of British public opinion. Continue reading
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Johnson puts UK establishment & Ireland in the firing line
The decision by British premier Boris Johnson to prorogue (suspend) parliament has caused an uproar throughout Britain and Europe and has thrown into sharp focus the role of the Westminster parliament, the monarchy, the unelected House of Lords and the country’s unwritten constitution. It has also, perhaps even more worryingly, heightened tensions within Northern Ireland… Continue reading
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