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UK General Elections – The Smaller Parties
When next month’s UK general election is concluded, either the Labour or Conservative Party may have to rely on the support of seats won by their smaller rivals to form a government that functions effectively. Liberal Democrats It is hard … Continue reading
Posted in BREXIT, britain, British Labour Party, british politics, london, politics, uk politics, united kingdom
Tagged BREXIT, Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrats, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, politics, SNP, uk election, uk politics
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Some Takeaways from the Ongoing Windrush Scandal
What next for the Afro Caribbean community in the UK following the latest set of deportations? But here are some takeaways from the ongoing Windrush scandal. The Conservative Party is definitely back as the nasty party. The current Conservative government’s … Continue reading
May’s Russian Bluff over Salisbury
The political fallout from the alleged nerve agent Salisbury attack against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia should never have happened. The diplomatic mess caused by Prime Minister Theresa May is embarrassing. Not that the wider British … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, britain, British Labour Party, british politics, Current affairs, england, great britain, journalism, media, russia, UK, uk politics, united kingdom
Tagged Jeremy Corbyn, Nerve Agent, Putin, russia, Salisbury, Skripal, theresa May
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Cyrille Regis: One of English Football’s True Gentlemen
Yesterday we woke up to the sad news that former England footballer Cyrille Regis had died of a heart attack at just age 59. Cyrille is regarded as one of the trailblazing black footballers in English football from the late … Continue reading
UK General Elections: Winners and Losers
The UK electorate produced another fascinating election result to match those elections of 2015 and 2010. I did expect a hung parliament but never imagined the Labour Party to win in places like Kensington and Canterbury. (Thomas Beckett must be … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Boris Johnson, BREXIT, britain, British Labour Party, british politics, Current affairs, david cameron, england, great britain, jeremy corbyn, journalism, labour party, NEWS, politics, theresa May, UK NEWS
Tagged Amber Rudd, british politics, Diane Abbott, DUP, GE2017, General Elections, hung parliament, Jeremy Corbyn, LABOUR PARTY, NEWS, Ruth Davidson, theresa May, Tory Party, uk elections, uk politics
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Corbyn’s Escape to Victory?
Sometimes even when you have consistently underperformed at your job, an opportunity to finally shine presents itself that is too-good-to-be-true. British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has that chance thanks to Prime Minister Theresa May calling a general election for … Continue reading
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Tagged british labour party, british politics, Conservative Party, great britain, Jeremy Corbyn, justin trudeau, SNP, theresa May, uk politics
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Is Corbyn’s Time Up?
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn continues to have a rough time. Labour’s lost at the recent by-election in Copeland to the Tories was the bluntest of rebukes for Corbyn. Corbyn is fire fighting on so many fronts whether from his … Continue reading
WADA & Their Excuses for TUEs
When news broke that sports stars took banned substances with the blessing of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), I was not that surprised. As back in 2014 I saw a report from Kent Universty highlighted that… ‘70% of top UK swimmers … Continue reading
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Tagged anti doping, doping, drugs in sports, olympics, sports, Sports politics
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Theresa May: The Revenging Feminist?
What we learnt from Prime Minister Theresa May’s first cabinet is that she is loyal yet revengeful, a pragmatic feminist who is not afraid to humiliate those she has little time for. Loyal at Home Damian Green, Karen Bradley and James … Continue reading