#Britain

Gowon legit took a 400 year old Benin Bronze out of the National Museum and travelled with it to dash Queen Elizabeth in England.What a complete and total IDIOT. If
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ExclusiveDonald Trump ordered the removal of UK ambassador Kim Darroch after his cables leaked. John Bolton tells @Telegraph the president called and said “get him out of here”.Thread...https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/04/reveal
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Some important questions for a Saturday morning:- IS there a review site for landlords? Like Glassdoor, but for landlords? - IS there a reality TV show called Britain’s Worst Landlords?
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Breaking: the key IT system to avoid border chaos will still be in testing mode on Brexit day 1/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-15/key-border-it-system-won-t-be-ready-for-brexit-industry-warns?sref=yMmXm5Iy Trade group Logis
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Okay… This is going to be a long thread as I lay out my case, but I would appreciate if you’ll bear with me:One of the most evil applications of
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Very interesting read. I swear I’ve been reading about how China’s been outpacing the West in Africa since the start of my undergrad, but nothing much ever seems to be
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Artoria Pendragon: The Burden of LeadershipLeadership is akin to being an island. All eyes are towards you as the people await their orders but all decisions made will fall squarely
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There’s a perfect economic storm gathering, and we’ve got new data that shows just how significant the decision to extend transition or not could be for this country and its
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I'm really interested in the emergent form of anti-landlord politics within Labour because anti-landlord stuff is absolutely a good thing but it can also be articulated to a very limited
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NEW: Like rebuilding Britain in 1948, the battle against #COVID19 has seen a generation of Black migrants asked to help. But after their experiences of racism, would they? I spoke
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India has set a global record for Covid infections.On Sunday there were 349,691 new infections and 2,767 deaths.The true mortality is thought to be up to 10x higher.Beyond the dreadful
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The United Kingdom has lost an extraordinary public servant in Prince Philip. Prince Philip dedicated his life to our country - from a distinguished career in the Royal Navy during the
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Today in Britain we expected to inflict ourselves with white guilt because a black lad died 27 years ago.So today I will mourn the loss of 15 year old Kriss
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When I was researching the Sweating Sickness of 1528, I found a line that just illuminated the virulent class prejudice still rife in Britain.The Sickness seemed to affect the very
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/1 Personal anecdote: my dad, who voted against Ireland joining the EEC in 1972 and against every EU treaty revision thereafter, confirmed to me during the week that he is
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THREAD:A FISHY TALE1. It was always thus. Those who disregarded our fishing industry did so out of ignorance of its importance, for it goes to the very heart of our
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