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Tag Archives: UK Politics
Britain and the EU
Today marks the beginning of the official British campaign on the European Union referendum of our continued membership of this pan-European organisation. I say the official campaign as in practice the debate has been raging pretty much since the day … Continue reading
Posted in history, Opinion, Politics
Tagged Britain and the EU, Britain and the European Union, EU Referendum, Europe, In-Out Vote, Life, News, UK Politics
6 Comments
20 of the greatest speeches of all time
I’ve always been interested in speeches and it always seems interesting how easy it is to pick out those that are naturally gifted orators with those who merely give it their best shot. Last night much if the U.K wS … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics
Tagged Battle of Britain, Churchill, Hilary Benn Speech, history, I have a dream, Jesus, Politics, President Kennedy, Speeches, Syria, Theodore Roosevelt, UK Politics, war
3 Comments
Jeremy Corbyn – Power to the people!
I don’t often write about politics unless something exception is happening and at the moment something very exceptional is definitely happening in the U.K. and to differing degrees across Europe and the USA. Before General Election in May, I penned … Continue reading
Posted in News, Opinion, Politics
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Conservative, Democrats, Donald Trump, General Election, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Media, News, Opinion, Politics, Republicans, UK Politics
6 Comments
The British Schindler Sir Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport
Not many people have heard of Sir Nicholas Winton even in his own country but his actions undoubtedly mean that thousands of people are alive today that would not have been without him. The Kindertransport has its origins on 15th … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, WW2
Tagged BBC, charity, Geertruida Wijsmuller, history, Jewish, Kindertransport, Life, refugees, Sir Nicholas Winton, Trains, UK Politics, war, WW2
3 Comments
The full text of The Magna Carta
The Ancient Greeks were amongst the first to enjoy very limited freedoms and some found themselves to live without a master. Their great rivals the Persians similarly had equal rights for men and women and all races were free … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Britannia, history, Politics
Tagged Danelaw, Freedom, history, King John, Liberty, Life, Politics, The Magna Carta, UK Politics
5 Comments
Who to vote for when all the political parties suck?
In the U.K. we have our General Election on 7th May 2015 and whilst I don’t generally blog on politics I thought I’d make an exception given how this election seems to be even more important than usual. I could have … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Conservative, Culture, General Election, Labour, Libdem, Life, Long reads, News, Politics, SNP, UK election, UK Politics, UKIP
11 Comments
The Hidden Horrors of People Trafficking &Domestic Slavery
As regular readers to my blog will know, we open up our house on the Airbnb website and have been doing so now for more than a year. I even wrote a Kindle book on how to create a successful … Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics
Tagged Airbnb, charity, Domestic Slavery, Human Trafficking, Life, Politics, Slave Trade, Slavery, UK Politics, Unchosen
5 Comments
Margaret Thatcher, her life and legacy
Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher was born the daughter of a Grantham grocer in 1925. Never has a politician so split the country like Mrs Thatcher and as such it will be rather a challenge to give a neural account of … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics
Tagged Cold War, Falklands War, history, Margaret Thatcher, Miners Strike, News, Politics, Ronald Reagan, Thatcherism, UK news, UK Politics
60 Comments
Strange and unfair taxes
This post was written on the day I lost my dearest Mam and so may not be quite up to my usual efforts but as the saying goes, time and chance happeneth to all so here it is. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Funny & Humour, history, Politics
Tagged history, Life, Tax, UK news, UK Politics
25 Comments