Labour’s confused plans for nationalising industry

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell. Do Labour’s plans for nationalisation stack up? Photo: Matt Crossick/Matt Crossick/Empics Entertainment Privatisation, Margaret Thatcher’s flagship domestic policy, is under attack, amid mounting public complaints about energy prices and rail fares, late and cancelled trains and alleged exploitation by rapacious and environmentally irresponsible water companies. Spotting …

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Battle for the Soul of Great Britain

The UK general election is less than 5 weeks away. The winner will change the face of the UK for decades. Nearly every pollster had Johnson in front, but no one is really confident of the numbers. Radical Marxist Corbyn In a forced distribution scheme, Labour Proposes Workers to Get …

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Profits at south Derry construction group rise four-fold

PROFITS at south Derry construction group Conway increased more than four-fold to £6.5 million last year, a new report produced by the company has shown. It followed a 12 month period where the Magherafelt-based contractor recorded a turnover of just under £22m, a 27.7 per cent rise on its 2017 …

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RSL blasts inquiry into veteran suicides

Scott Morrison is considering ordering a royal commission into veteran suicides, but the RSL has queried the “costly and unwarranted” idea. The prime minister floated the inquiry after meeting the mothers of six army veterans who took their own lives. “I haven’t ruled it out, it’s something that I am …

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Xmas stamps to feature the Nativity

THE nativity story is to feature on the Royal Mail’s Christmas stamps this year, depicting the story from the annunciation to the birth of Jesus and the journey of the Magi. The biblically themed stamps have been welcomed by the Bishop of St Asaph, the Rt Revd Gregory Cameron, who …

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Opposition anger over political mail-out

Sam Strangeways Sarah Lagan Published Nov 7, 2019 at 8:00 am (Updated Nov 7, 2019 at 9:45 am) Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz has accused the Government of “sleazy” and “Trumpian” behaviour for spending public funds on a flyer …

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