Britain Just Redefined Sexism
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 05/29/2022 - 4:30pmCalling a man "bald" is now considered sexual harassment, rules a judge in England
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UK STILL has not admitted that they overthrew the Iranian democracy in 1953!
Submitted by zed2 on Sat, 12/11/2021 - 9:10pmIsn't that just ridiculous? Why not?
https://unredacted.com/2017/07/17/new-documents-about-1953-iran-coup-enl...
Britain's election and Labour's thin ray of hope
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 4:56pmThe polls for next month's general election do not currently look good.
Labour is far behind.
However, there are reasons to hold out some hope.
Reason #1: Look at the last election.
No Confidence
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 11:17amThe Theresa May Tory government in the U.K. faces a no-confidence vote in just a few hours.
The Emmanuel Macron government in France faces a no-confidence vote tomorrow.
That's where the similarities end.
Assange situation about to come to an end
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 10/26/2018 - 1:13amSix days ago Julian Assange, apparently frustrated by being cut off from the outside world for months, made a mistake.
Excellent Summation of Skripal Poisoning Debacle
Submitted by Linda Wood on Sat, 04/07/2018 - 2:35pmJames O’Neill, at a site called OffGuardian, has written an intelligent piece on the Skripal poisoning. I have bolded the parts that have real significance with respect to our foreign policy.
https://off-guardian.org/2018/04/07/the-rapidly-evolving-skripal-story-e...
British Preparations for War with the United States, 1861-1863 EXPANDED
Submitted by Tony Wikrent on Sun, 12/10/2017 - 12:13amCross-posted from Real Economics.
Britain's Suddenly Vanishing Racists
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 07/03/2017 - 9:28pmDo you recall how just last year Britain was being overwhelmed by racism?
The mainstream news media, particularly the center-left leaning media, insisted that just one thing, and only one thing, could explain the Brexit vote.
Anti-Capitalist Meetup: On the Corbyn Phenomenon
Submitted by ny brit expat on Sun, 10/23/2016 - 4:45pmA couple of days ago, I was discussing with some friends how would we describe the situation in the Labour Party; was it a movement, a revolution, how could we describe it? I am not comfortable with the term “revolution” as I think it plays into false usage of the term; it is a much misused term being used to describe almost any change that occurs.
Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Thoughts on the Universal Basic Income
Submitted by ny brit expat on Sun, 08/14/2016 - 2:42pmOne of the hottest discussions we are seeing is the one surrounding the universal basic income (UBI) or citizens’ income (CI); in Britain it has been advocated by the Trade Union Unite (it was adopted at the last convention), it has been incorporated into the Green Party of England and Wales’s manifesto for a sustainable economy, the Labour Par
