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Border Force is braced for 22,000 migrants to cross the Channel in small boats this year with thousands more expected to be smuggled over in lorries. More than 8,900 migrants have already reached...
When anti-vaxxer rallies begin to look like
The Nuremberg Rally, should we be concerned:
https://twitter.com/marclister3k/status/1418907451190038533?s=21
If not, why not?...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57971381 So we had flooding a couple of weeks ago, heatwave last week and now more flooding. Do you think this is to do with climate change or other...
Sorry I haven't got a link. I heard on the radio and BBC telly that TR has been judged on the wrong side in a court case against him for falsely accusing a teenager (who was filmed being beaten by...
After UK Officials had offered to escort migrant boats back into
French Waters...... Wheres the Royal Navt then.... I thought Britain ruled the waves.?...
130,000 have died, 1 million active cases, thousands in hospital. Javid is fortunate to get a mild dose so he is telling people not to cower over covid. Even if he doesn’t give a toss about people who...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/son-of-antivaxer-urges-prosecution-over-speech-at-rally-dwxvm7cqf https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszvsf How can such a complete nut job give birth to such a...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1466050/e-scooter-toddler-injured-london-park They should be registered as proper vehicles with all the attached regs. Madness to let these things ride around on...
Uncle Sam still supporting this vile woman's efforts to escape her responsibilities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-57954208...
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-uk-economic-rebound-slows-sharply-as-pingdemic-takes-toll-12361895 Freedom day should have marked the start of a economic recovery, but no, we have hammered a new...
An interesting piece from Andre Pierce and it doesn't really look good for labour at all. Broke and with no clear leadership and now potentially having the last big cash cow removed what will happen...
OK, its only a poll but.. The data gave Johnson's government only 38 per cent support, down from 44 per cent the previous week. By comparison, Labour had gained three points for 34 per cent support....
From todays Telegraph, by Charles Moore: "I am not sure people understand that the current, bad situation will soon get much worse. M&S and hundreds of businesses are wrestling with problems which...
Too late now . But should the games have been cancelled altogether given the restrictions to people from other countries etc ? I may be wrong , but as I understand it the stadias are going to empty...
Use your sociological imagination to discuss social capital. Why/how does Putnam's argument that we are bowling alone and the implications of this phenomenon demonstrate a sociological perspective?...