Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists, being old-fashioned British patriots, didn’t want to stay in the EU or even settle for a soft Brexit. They didn’t want a hard border with the Irish Republic because business demands “seamless and frictionless” trade. They certainly didn’t want anything resembling a border in the Irish …
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It is not known whether Boris Johnson is an enthusiast for Louis Althusser’s critique of Antonio Gramsci’s idea of cultural hegemony, but it looks as if he might be. The prospect of Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, becoming the next chair …
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In 2014, as the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sought to take over AstraZeneca, the UK’s second largest pharmaceutical company, the British government insisted it would not intervene. David Cameron and George Osborne suggested that the bid was purely a commercial matter for shareholders and refused to apply a “public interest test”. …
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It is all very well for Twitter to ban Donald Trump after years of profiting from the millions of eyes drawn towards his frequently incendiary tweets. But the argument for making Twitter and other social media sites accountable for their content is compelling. They contend they are platforms or channels …
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Philip Collins writes that “sovereignty-obsessives” are “the sponsors of Brexit” (The Public Square, 4 December). One day after 1 January 2021, once we have left a trading partnership with the EU, they will wake up and look around. Hoping to find a free, unfettered England, they will see that Royal …
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As panic sweeps the UK, supermarkets are consistently running out of … the Royal Mail, which already has the necessary logistical infrastructure, … Source link
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For our union, Labour's plan to renationalise Royal Mail could not be more relevant given our current dispute with the employer. Whether it be the … Source link
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The Communication Workers Union, which represents two-thirds of Britain's 140,000 employees, is locked in a protracted dispute with the Royal Mail, … Source link
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And don't even get it started on its email inbox. … from grandma mole (big trust issues with Royal Mail, even bigger ones with online banking) to clear. Source link
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Public spending increased by an average of 1.1 per cent a year during her premiership, while, faced with the proposed sale of Royal Mail, the prime … Source link
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