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    How Brexit could destroy nationalist hopes of a United Ireland

    There is one event that really could expose the democratic illegitimacy of the Euro: a Northern Ireland border poll... The EU’s Ireland problem A Northern Ireland border poll could expose the democratic illegitimacy of the entire European project. PATRICK MALLEN 23rd September 2019 Spiked...
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    Emily Thornberry’s political wardrobe malfunction

    These days everyone in politics is obsessed with ‘optics’, with making sure they never do or say anything that might look bad to the public. Which makes Emily Thornberry’s European Union outfit all the more extraordinary... Emily Thornberry’s political wardrobe malfunction Brendan O'Neill 23...
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    An A-Z guide to the history of executions

    An alphabetical guide to the history of executions in Britain... An A-Z guide to the history of executions For centuries, capital punishment was part of everyday life, as shown by this alphabetical guide to a very British way of death. Writing for BBC History Revealed...
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    Boris will have to break the law to deliver Brexit. And it'll be justified

    It has become increasingly clear that to fulfil his promise to leave the European Union, Boris Johnson will have to break the law – and, specifically, the new ‘Benn Act’...
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    The EU are laughing at us and refusing to budge. Boris has only one option - No Deal

    Boundless optimism is one of Boris Johnson’s greatest assets. And after the dour, grinding pragmatism of Theresa May, a more upbeat, confident demeanour from the Prime Minister is something to be welcomed. But this morning it’s time to park the optimism and face reality... DAN HODGES...
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    The Lib Dems have revealed the extreme side of modern liberalism

    Perhaps one day soon, when the entire liberal edifice comes crashing down, wrought apart by its own manifest contradictions and lack of logic, we will see a change in our teachers — who were once, remember, solid Tory voters. Until then we will be churning out a procession of slack-jawed...
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    2019 Rugby World Cup about to start

    The 2019 Rugby World Cup gets underway tomorrow, with hosts Japan taking on neighbours Russia. New Zealand and England - the two finalists of this year's Cricket World Cup - are the favourites, with New...
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    Gina Miller and the destruction of democratic equality

    In a true democracy, Gina Miller’s cleaner would have the same political power as Gina Miller... Gina Miller and the destruction of democratic equality Remainers have created a world in which money counts for more than votes. BRENDAN O'NEILL EDITOR 18th September 2019 Spiked In a true...
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    Welsh independence just isn’t going to happen

    Brexit will make Welsh nationalism even more unpopular and impractical than it already is... Welsh...
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    The day when Luxembourg and Remainers embarrassed themselves

    The childish and embarrassing behaviour by Luxembourg and a group of yobbish Remainers only highlights how Britain is right to leave this bullying empire... Save us from our fellow citizens! It wasn’t Boris who behaved embarrassingly in Luxembourg – it was the Remoaner protesters. BRENDAN...
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    It’s Remoaners who are nostalgic for empire

    ‘The world of tomorrow is a world of empires, in which we Europeans and you British can only defend your interests, your way of life, by doing it together in a European framework and a European Union’, declared Guy Verhoftstadt, the EU Parliament’s Brexit spokesman, to rapturous applause at the...
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    Remoaners need to stop feigning outrage at the Lib Undems' Revoke pledge

    In the past 24 hours, the British chattering classes seem to have woken up to the fact that the Liberal Democrats are not actually in favour of democracy. What a clever, perceptive bunch they are... At least the Lib Dems are being honest Remoaners need to stop feigning outrage at the Revoke...
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    A lesson in how NOT to be reelected, by a Remainer MP

    If you are a member of parliament and DON'T wish to be reelected at the next election, just do what this (Remainer) MP has done... Lib Dem candidate’s excruciating Brexit interview...
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    Britain’s political system is broken. America’s isn’t

    The 2016 presidential election result was not contested. No matter how ferociously Trump’s detractors reviled the man, no matter how fiercely they believed with all their being that this nincompoop was the worst thing to happen to their country in their lifetimes, no one seriously argued...
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    David Cameron is a smug elitist who still doesn't get it

    In attacking Leavers - most notably Johnson and Gove - in his new memoirs, David Cameron is showing himself to be a smug elitist and a sore loser... Smug elitist who didn't get it then and still doesn't now: MATTHEW GOODWIN says David Cameron should remember what the British people asked for...
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    Britain will break free of its 'manacles' from the EU like the Hulk, Boris tells EU

    Boris Johnson today tells Brussels that Britain will break out of its 'manacles' like The Incredible Hulk if a Brexit deal cannot be struck by October 31...
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    Toilet is stolen from Churchill's birthplace

    Blenheim Palace's security measures "need to be challenged" after an 18-carat gold toilet was stolen from the stately home, its chief executive said. Dominic Hare said a gang "mounted a very...
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    Virtual reality recreates Owain Glyndwr's Sycharth home

    Virtual reality is being used to help people take a look inside the home of the Welsh prince Owain Glyndwr...
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    Land of hopeless Tories!

    Just imagine the reaction if a bunch of pro-Brexit English MPs had got onto their hind legs in the Commons and started singing Land Of Hope And Glory...
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    Britons may have been soaking in baths BEFORE the Romans

    Bathing may not have been a strictly Roman introduction to Britain, according to archaeologists. Baths and bathhouses have long been top-of-the-list of what the Romans did for...