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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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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The Six O’Clock News: a Quick Lesson Borrowed from an Actual Lesson
As I hauled myself out of bed this morning the newsreader bloke mentioned that some higher-up in the EU had spoken out against the British government for spreading “myths” about immigration. I thought a few swearwords that are usually too foul for that time of day except I was late and did not need to Continue reading
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