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Pope Aide: 'UK 3rd World Country'
As if the Pope's visit was not surrounded by enough controversy over his trip to the UK, one of Benedict XVI's aides was reported stating in a German magazine, that landing in the UK was like landing in a 3rd world country, before coincidently dropping out of the trip due to health problems.
September 17th, 2010 at 04:27pm
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Queens Bans BNP Leader from Buckingham Palace
After complete humiliation and failure in the 2010 United Kingdom elections earlier this year, Nick Griffin, leader of the anti-immigration British National Party, was again nationally embarrassed, after being controversially refused entry to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party, from claims he had abused his invitation for political purposes.
July 23rd, 2010 at 11:51am
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The Costs of War
An article discussing the growing costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
July 1st, 2010 at 08:25am
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Sell Out Lib Dems for Unfair Budget
Last Tuesday, 22nd June, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered, arguably, the most significant Budget in over a decade. In an extremely politically brave move, it is unfortunate that the Budget, with an opportunity to rebuild the economy in a benevolent way, actually presents itself as regressive and unfair. But, importantly, it also highlights how far the Liberal Democrats have come from their original policies before the election outcome.
June 26th, 2010 at 09:38pm
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'There's No Money Left'
David Laws, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, arrived at his office for the first time last week, only to find a one-line letter written by his predecessor, Liam Byrne, left for him. It simply read: ‘I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left’.
May 18th, 2010 at 09:55am
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Cameron PM of Lib/Tory Coalition
With David Cameron becoming the new prime minister of Great Britain last night, many are wondering if the Conservative coalition with the Liberal Democrats will last. How can two parties, so dissimilar, ever cooperate together? More importantly what will the Liberal Democrats ever get out of such a coalition, as you can bet a lot of Liberal voters will not be happy with this outcome.
May 12th, 2010 at 09:58pm
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Brown Steps Down
Gordon Brown has announced he will be resigning his position as prime minister of Great Britain, following the Liberal Democrats pressure for him to step down.
May 10th, 2010 at 07:57pm
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All Eyes on Kingmaker Clegg
Following the hung parliament result, Nick Clegg holds the balance of power. What will he do next?
May 9th, 2010 at 03:23pm
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Vote Tory, Vote Recession
Analysis of the BBC leaders' debate, and why the Conservative's economic policy will be likely to cause the UK a double dip recession.
April 30th, 2010 at 04:34pm
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Sky Debate Confirms Three Horse Race
Analysis of Sky's leaders' debate on foreign affairs.
April 23rd, 2010 at 08:23pm