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EU, to UK: We’re probably keeping those vaccines

28 Jan 2021
Liverpool Central Library, 11March2015, Photo: Anthony Moretti The Guardian has the details. Should the UK become reliant on home-produced vaccines, securing herd immunity through the vaccination of 75% of the…
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Two words: Facebook News

26 Jan 2021
The Guardian explains why Facebook News might — or might not — be a good thing for multiple UK mainstream media organizations. The deal, which will earn leading publishers millions,…
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Reuters wastes a headline and a story

2 Jan 2021
Reuters has distributed the most boring headline possible to a story that really isn't one. The report suggests a new poll indicates that British prime minister Boris Johnson could lose his…
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An ode to 2020

30 Dec 202015 Apr 2021
Twenty twenty A year unlike no other That’s what people say Historians wink and nod They’ve got stories for another day Twenty twenty Those many days at home We certainly…
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An ode to Brexit

24 Dec 202015 Apr 2021
It’s official The divorce is done The EU and the UK Are no longer one They go their own ways For better or not Good riddance to the posturing Adieu…
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British schools ordered to not use any anti-capitalist resources

27 Sep 202015 Apr 2021
St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 13March2015, Photo: Anthony Moretti According to the Guardian, Department for Education (DfE) guidance issued on Thursday for school leaders and teachers involved in setting the relationship,…
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UK PM: Not singing “Land of Hope and Glory” “Rule, Brittania!” Is bollocks!

25 Aug 2020
Liverpool, 9March2015, Photo: Anthony Moretti British prime minister Boris Johnson has ripped the organizers of the BBC “Proms” event for its plan to perform two prominent British anthems — “Land…
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British academic: “So many damn Blacks” proves slavery wasn’t genocide

2 Jul 20203 Jul 2020
The Guardian has the details. Discussing the debate surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, Starkey told Grimes: “Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many damn blacks in Africa…

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