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offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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offsite link The Sugar Tax Sums Up Our Descent into Technocratic Dystopia Thu May 08, 2025 19:00 | Dr David McGrogan
The sugar tax sums up Britain's descent into a technocratic dystopia, says Dr David McGrogan. While our Government does almost nothing well, it remains a world-leader in passive-aggressive, surreptitious nudging.
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The US-UK trade deal announced today is a clear win for Trump, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes, leaving the UK worse off than in March and opening up UK markets in exchange only for reducing recently imposed tariffs.
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offsite link Australia?s Liberal Party Only Has Itself to Blame for its Crushing Defeat by Labour Thu May 08, 2025 15:30 | Dr James Allan
As in Canada, so in Australia, the crushing defeat of the conservative Liberal Party by Labour has been widely blamed on Trump. But in truth, Peter Dutton and his team only have themselves to blame, says Prof James Allan.
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offsite link Sun-Dimming Quango has ?800 Million of Taxpayer Money to Blow ? and a CEO on ?450k Thu May 08, 2025 13:28 | Sallust
The quango behind the mad and dangerous plan to dim the Sun has a budget of ?800 million of taxpayer money to blow on speculative projects ? and a CEO on ?450k. What an extraordinary misuse of public money.
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offsite link Voters Reject Net Zero, Opinion Poll Shows Thu May 08, 2025 11:13 | Will Jones
Voters reject Net Zero when asked whether it is more important than cutting the cost of living, an opinion poll has shown, with nearly 60% picking cutting costs and just 13% cutting carbon emissions when asked to choose.
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UN report on Irish poverty level shows Govt policies are bereft of equity and fairness

category national | anti-capitalism | opinion/analysis author Tuesday July 08, 2003 17:08author by Richi - LP Report this post to the editors

The Labour Party Spokesperson on Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Willie Penrose has said the latest report from the UN, which shows that Ireland has the second highest level of poverty in the western world, is proof that the present Government’s policies are bereft of equity and fairness.

He said that Ireland is at the same level of poverty as it was this time last year and the Government seems to be completely out of touch with the reality facing many hard-pressed families on the breadline.

“The report of the United Nations Development Programme makes for sobering reading after a period of unprecedented economic buoyancy in this country. That Ireland continues to have the highest level of poverty in the western world, outside of the United States, is a shocking verdict on the iniquitous policies of this socially divisive Government.

“The evidence to show that it is the wealthy who benefited disproportionately from the boom under Fianna Fail and the PDs is mounting. We already know from a report from the Combat Poverty Agency that in his six budgets to date Charlie McCreevy has allocated six times more resources to the top 30% in our society than to the bottom 30%.

“The reality is that the erosion of consistent poverty is not a priority for this Government. Too many of its social and economic policies are geared towards the higher earners – made to order tax breaks can be added to Finance Bills at the last moment.

“Those on the breadline who rely on social welfare and who are facing further difficulties in a Government-induced economic decline have little to hope for from a Government that has talked tough on poverty but failed miserably to do something constructive about it. The rising tide has certainly not lifted all boats”, Deputy Penrose concluded

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   What do you expect under FF/PD...     Ray down under    Tue Jul 08, 2003 18:03 
   Correct but...     Ex-stick    Tue Jul 08, 2003 18:19 
   To Ex(?) Stick     Magneto    Wed Jul 09, 2003 13:51 
   More in sorrow....     Ex Stick    Wed Jul 09, 2003 14:55 
   Kathleen Lynch     Janus    Wed Jul 09, 2003 15:26 
   KL     Hebe    Wed Jul 09, 2003 15:31 
   What Do You Stand For?     Magneto    Wed Jul 09, 2003 15:42 
   Politics, Magneto, Politics     Ex Stick    Wed Jul 09, 2003 16:22 
   Dont Misquote Me     Magneto    Wed Jul 09, 2003 16:46 
 10   magneto is a drooling simpleton and does backup trolling for Durutti     meat packer    Fri Jul 11, 2003 20:05 
 11   I Will Accuse You Of Nothing     Magneto    Mon Jul 14, 2003 12:31 


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