Government and Politics
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A Magna Carta Retrospective
Do you think any of the onlookers at the Magna Carta signing actually thought it would be celebrated eight centuries later? Like did any watching peasants have a debate? Steve the Peasant Dude they’re signing that peace treaty so we won’t have to pay stupid taxes and the barons can’t get away with everything. Jimmy the… Continue reading
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Rise With the Lark, Sleep With the Smugness of Someone Who Gets Their Shit Done
You know those days where you wake up at twenty past five and realise pretty quickly that there’s zero chance of regaining peaceful sleep so you just get up and are therefore at your desk by 7am? Me too! Christ. My body thinks it’s ten at night. On the plus side, I’ve got loads done,… Continue reading
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Takin’ Liberties
I was considering a break from the news after the election, but then the new government went and announced new laws I’m not sure about and since I didn’t vote for them I feel like I’ve got a civic responsibility to moan talk about it… These laws are aimed at reducing and/or preventing radicalisation by banning… Continue reading
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Election Flu: Turns Out the Lib Dems are Running Here After All…
Here’s what they think they’ll do, along with the rest of the bumph that’s come through the door in the past week. That’s all the main parties done now, and I’m seriously hoping that’s it. Ali I’ve really decided from these is that I will never, ever, send out an A3 ‘leaflet’. I have MCR… Continue reading
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