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BBC Bans Virtue Signaling - Guido Fawkes

BBC Bans Virtue Signaling - Guido Fawkes The BBC is prohibiting its on-air talent from "expressing a view on any policy which is a matter of current political debate or on a matter of public policy, political or industrial controversy,...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 2, 2020 9:42 PM

Proportional representation has trapped Israel in a ghost story - The Post

Proportional representation has trapped Israel in a ghost story - The Post Chris Medlock used to make the point that in America, coalitions are formed before the election, while in countries with proportional representation, they happen after the voters have...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 2, 2020 11:59 AM

How the Church lost its flock over Brexit - UnHerd

How the Church lost its flock over Brexit - UnHerd Anglican pastor Giles Fraser writes about "a gathering of 60 or so church leaders of various denominations... at Lambeth Palace to discuss the way forward for the churches after Brexit."...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 30, 2020 9:31 PM

Why Hasn't Brexit Happened? - Christopher Caldwell, Claremont Institute

Why Hasn't Brexit Happened? - Christopher Caldwell, Claremont Institute This is an excellent "explainer" -- not only in answer to the title question, but also about the constitutional impact of EU membership on the UK's constitutional arrangements, which included both...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 2, 2019 5:04 PM

Brexit and the death of the British sense of fair play | Coffee House

Brexit and the death of the British sense of fair play | Coffee House Konstantin Kisin writes: "The vote in 2016 was the product of decades of brewing discontent. One of the biggest drivers of the decision to leave was...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 11, 2019 7:46 AM

Stephen Laws: How attempts to postpone Brexit could create a constitutional crisis - and drag the Queen into it | Conservative Home

Stephen Laws: How attempts to postpone Brexit could create a constitutional crisis - and drag the Queen into it | Conservative Home Sir Stephen Laws QC, Senior Research Fellow at Policy Exchange and former First Parliamentary Counsel, writes: "So suppose...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2019 2:33 PM

Crawley New Town: Economic history | British History Online

Crawley New Town: Economic history | British History Online "Redifon Ltd., a subsidiary of the Rediffusion Organization and a manufacturer of flight simulators and advanced training devices, moved from Blackfriars, London, to Crawley in 1954 and occupied its present site...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 21, 2019 11:50 AM

Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online

Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online In order to provide for increasing demand for homes in the southeast of England after World War II, without encouraging further sprawl outward from London, the British government...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 21, 2019 11:38 AM

Music to our ears! Work choirs can ease job stress and loneliness | Daily Mail Online

Music to our ears! Work choirs can ease job stress and loneliness | Daily Mail Online "One in six were under high strain from their job. But the vast majority felt less stressed and isolated after attending a choir session....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 9, 2019 1:32 PM

Traditions such as Christmas celebrations will die out unless people stand up for British values, government review finds - Telegraph

Traditions such as Christmas celebrations will die out unless people stand up for British values, government review finds - Telegraph "British laws and traditions such as the celebration of Christmas are under threat and must be vigorously upheld to stop...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 15, 2016 12:58 PM

Has England voted leave or remain in the EU referendum?

Telegraph: Has England voted leave or remain in the EU referendum? Maps by region and voting district showing the outcome of the "Brexit" referendum....

Posted by Michael Bates on June 23, 2016 11:50 PM

Telegraph.co.uk: British Christianity isn't dying. It's sleeping. Evangelism can awaken it

Telegraph.co.uk: British Christianity isn't dying. It's sleeping. Evangelism can awaken it Tim Stanley says that the Christian faith was at a low ebb in the late 18th century. "Easter Day in St Paul's Cathedral in 1800: can you guess how...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 28, 2016 5:29 PM

Downton Abbey meets the Flintstones: England's Abandoned Rock Houses | Messy Nessy Chic Messy Nessy Chic

Downton Abbey meets the Flintstones: England's Abandoned Rock Houses | Messy Nessy Chic Did these centuries-old houses, built in the rocks near Kinver in Staffordshire, inspire J. R. R. Tolkien's notion of Hobbit holes?...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 1, 2013 12:37 AM

BBC - Radio 4 - The New Elizabethans

BBC - Radio 4 - The New Elizabethans Sixty profiles of men and women who shaped Britain during the first 60 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II....

Posted by Michael Bates on August 13, 2012 11:41 PM

BBC - Voices - The Voices Recordings

BBC - Voices - The Voices Recordings A collection of thousands of sound clips from all over the United Kingdom of people speaking their own various accents and dialects. (Via a comment from Courtney Milan on dearauthor.com)...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 4, 2011 7:47 PM