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The attraction makes more sense when you realize Steve Bannon looks a lot like a Serbian war criminal.
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Mr O'Connell didn't serve his country so he can be abused like he is in the replies
Puzzled by the number of MPs who are speaking out to protect jury trials, who are almost universally the same MPs who want to scrap the ECHR, which guarantees jury trials.
The stink of hypocrisy.
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The ECHR, Art.6 of which guarantees the right to a fair trial, does not require jury trials.
equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/h…
researchgate.net/publication/39…
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So now we know. Your Party’s entire valid membership is 21,035. Nowhere near the 50k we have been told. And less than 9k voted in the leadership model decision. 8831 to be precise.
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What about when you claimed to have been a WO2 “S/S” in 42Cdo John?
Did we ever clear up if that was true?
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If you're a ward of the state (pensioner, on benefits, refugee) any reduction in your living standards is treated as a grave injustice. But reduction in the living standards of taxpayers to pay for this is not viewed as an injustice, since they're not the state's responsibility
"We think we deserve compensation... Many of us only had two years notice."
Angela Madden, chair of the Waspi women campaign, responds to the news that the government will rethink a decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age.
#R4Today
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The announcement for changing the pension age was in the 1993 white paper titled ‘equality in the state pension age’ qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachment… and was covered widely in the press before it was finally put into law in the 1995 pensions act. legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/26/…
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St George - Indian.
Think about it:
A Major shrine in India his honour - Indian.
Saint's feast conducted from April 27 to May 7 year in India - Indian.
Fort St George is in India - Indian
Venerated by Muslims - Indian
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City University offered Professor Ben-Gad paid leave, & has given him extra security for his lectures.
That's admirable, but these are ultimately defensive measures that do not address the root cause of the problem.
Unless these students are expelled, this issue will continue.
Two days ago @JewishNewsUK specifically asked the university whether the students responsible for this campaign of targeted harassment would face any consequences.
The response we received did not give any sort of answer to this question.
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Nelson's Victory crew included, 2 Indians, oh, and 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English too
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Popular comedians James Acaster and Nish Kumar have been intervening in housing - leading an attempt to block plans for 800 new homes to be built in Peckham, SE London.
Onward director Sir Simon Clarke says this "luxury belief" is hitting savers and potential first time buyers.
Read more at the link in the bio 🔗
#comedian #jamesacaster #nishkumar #housing #news #politics
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Jahjah is a friend of Corbyn.
teapawt.net/TimesCorbyn/status/114…
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How fortunate for BBC One’s The Traitors that BBC News considered a celebrity contestant’s experiences sufficiently newsworthy to task two BBC News staff with writing a long-form piece for BBC In Depth.
Otherwise this might read like a BBC puff piece.
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I cannot do this clip justice. You have to see it for yourself m.youtube.com/shorts/1Ww5v_F…
