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  • Keir Starmer’s Speech Today

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis speech reminds us that English democracy is not gone, that there are moral people still around, and that we need to get the current Tory government out of power and go back to having leadership worthy of respect. When you are at events you listen to speech after speech, and…

  • An emotional BREXIT

    An emotional BREXIT

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe More I think about BREXIT and the more I think that those of us, like me, who see themselves as British Europeans the more the BREXIT referendum is painful. BREXIT is painful for us because we are born in one country but we are nationals of at least two or three…

  • Great Britain and the Fourth Estate

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I think of Great Britain I think of the BBC and I think of the Natural History Units. I also think of radio programs like In Our Time, From Our Own Correspondent and Hard Talk. I also think of BBC World and the quality of their news coverage. I mention these current…

  • Thoughts on British European Identity

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor several weeks or even months I was afraid that the EU Referendum, BREXIT, would result in a bad outcome. On Thursday the British people went to vote. On Thursday night I was watching. When I saw Gibraltar vote to stay in the EU I relaxed enough to manage sleep. On Friday Morning…