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The Depleting Oil Inheritance
Chapter 3 — The depleting oil inheritance Why time is running out faster than most realise RICHARD LYON This is Chapter 3 in a series walking through the core arguments of my forthcoming book “The […]
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Genuine British Homeless People Are Trafficked to Remote Cheap ‘Digs’ Away From Support
While criminal ‘economic migrant’ rapists, murderers ad all round bad guys are housed in HMO’s and hotels – genuine British homeless people are trafficked to more remote cheap ‘digs’ and lose contact with their social […]
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The BAFTA Tourette’s Meltdown Thing
The BAFTA Tourette’s meltdown thing The fatigue is real. SPIFF I was going to ignore the incident outlined below. I assumed it was a minor hiccup, a media-driven moment and to some extent that’s what […]
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Sheikhspeare
JAMES ALEXANDER Hegel said everything important in world history happens twice. Marx added, grimly: “The first time as tragedy, the second as farce.” And here is my thrupenny bit. Everything important said by anyone in […]
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How Do I Gaslight Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
How do I gaslight thee? Let me count the ways ROGER WATS(N SOME maintain that the expression ‘gaslighting’ is over-used these days. I don’t agree. I maintain that the process is more intense than ever; […]
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On Freezing Rail Fares
Saturday Read: On freezing rail fares Taxpayers left to cough up even more to subsidise relatively well-off travellers LEN SHACKLETON AND INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS This week, boasting of the government’s achievements in combatting inflation, […]
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Water Firms Treated Our Rivers Like Sewers. Now They’re Facing an Almighty Backlash
Water firms treated our rivers like sewers. Now they’re facing an almighty – and deserved – backlash Pollution in Britain’s waterways is at appalling levels, yet those responsible are getting filthy rich. Now campaigners are […]
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The Low Alcohol Era is Now Upon Us – and It Will Bore Us Silly
JOANNA GRAY Bridget Jones era women cackling over a bottle of Chardonnay, men in quarter zips knocking back the negronis, highlighted blondes ordered vat-like glasses of rosé or ‘lady petrol’, groups of lads downing pints […]
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How Many Commonwealth Citizens Are Voting in British Elections?
How many Commonwealth citizens are voting in British elections? Reform UK’s recent pledge to abolish commonwealth voting is a long overdue correction PIMLICO JOURNAL This article was pitched to Pimlico Journal before the announcement of […]
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The Case Against Ritual Slaughter
The case against ritual slaughter Britain has tolerated the abuse of animal welfare for too long LUCY WHITE There has been a wave of heated discussion around halal and kosher meat since Rupert Lowe MP launched Restore […]