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    The cattle class Prime Minister

    The cattle class Prime Minister: 'Low profile' Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds save the taxpayer tens of thousands by flying economy on £1,300 British Airways tickets to their Caribbean New Year break...
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    The Tony Blair Institute sought EU funding as the former PM attempted to stop Brexit

    So Blair, like many Remainers, had vested interests in stopping Brexit... Tony Blair 'was bidding for contracts with the EU for his 'institute for global change' as he campaigned against Brexit'...
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    Olivia Newton-John and England's Cricket World Cup winners on New Year's Honours list

    Singer Olivia Newton-John has been made a dame in a New Year Honours list that recognises four members of England's 2019 Cricket World Cup winning squad...
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    Don’t worry, Frans, Britain loves Europe back

    Britain is leaving the EU at 11pm on Friday 31st January 2020, but that doesn't mean Britain hates Europe. Britain is, after all, IN Europe. It's just the EU it doesn't like...
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    Civil servants had their own way for years… but not under Boris Johnson

    Getting Brexit done should only be the start of the changes made by a Government that at last has the chance to be radical and ambitious... MARK WALLACE Civil servants had their own way for years… but not under Boris Johnson...
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    Should we have just waited for the EU to die?

    Britain outside of the EU would not be immune to serious troubles within the EU. Indeed, anything as big as the collapse of the Eurozone would be an economic shock of global proportions. Nevertheless, a UK in full control of its borders and trade policy would be in a better position to...
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    Norman Conquest fugitives built their own version of England on the Black Sea

    A New England on the Black Sea was created more than 500 years before its American successor, naming towns after their homeland like the Pilgrim Fathers...
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    Watkin's Wembley folly: London's 'Eiffel Tower' that never was

    Before Wembley got its world famous football stadium, a Victorian railway magnate had even grander plans to turn the borough's marshy fields into London's answer to the Eiffel Tower... Watkin's Wembley...
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    Irish Taoiseach: Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge 'worth examining'

    Ireland's premier Leo Varadkar has said he will not dismiss the idea of building a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland, but insisted the UK must pay for it. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the...
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    French economy doesn't overtake Britain's as forecast

    BRITAIN’s economy has defied forecasts predicting it would be overtaken by France as a new report reveals we have cemented sixth place in the world... OOH LA LA Britain’s economy defies forecast that...
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    29 things Rod Liddle would do if he were Prime Minister

    What follows is a list of the stuff I’d like the Government to do. Some of them, as you will see, are very specific to me and might not find accord nationally...
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    The year the people defeated Gina Miller

    In 2019, we witnessed an epic battle between the law and politics. Pro-Remain campaigner Gina Miller, tax lawyer Jolyon Maugham and others became famous for launching cases that sought to slow down or halt the Brexit process. They succeeded for a while, but only until the voters made their...
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    Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts found near Coventry Airport

    "Breathtaking" Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts have been discovered in burial sites near the edge of an airport. Pots, jugs and jewellery were found in Baginton, next to Lunt Roman Fort and Coventry Airport in Warwickshire. Archaeologists believe two of the graves contained a "high status"...
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    Thousands celebrate Winter Solstice at Stonehenge

    Colourful crowds welcomed the winter solstice at Stonehenge this morning as the sun rose for the shortest day in the year. Hundreds of people gathered at the prehistoric monument in...
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    Big Ben will bong for Brexit, says new Commons Speaker

    The new House of Commons Speaker has said that Big Ben can ring out for Brexit, marking a change in direction to his predecessor John Bercow...
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    Thanks to its anti-Brexit bias, the BBC's licence fee days are numbered

    There is little point in trying to persuade the BBC to change its spots. Far better is to do what the Government is contemplating doing — by abolishing the licence fee when its charter next comes up for renewal in 2027...
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    Johnson's enemies aren't laughing anymore

    They have called him a buffoon, a toff, a racist, an adulterous fraud. They once dismissed his EU scepticism as a political deceit to propel his naked ambition; they have joked about his competence and his work-rate...
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    The end of Remain

    One by one they have fallen. They’ve admitted defeat – to varying degrees – and vacated the battlefield that they dominated for so long... The end of Remain The people have defeated the anti-democrats, and that’s really worth celebrating. BRENDAN O'NEILL EDITOR 20th December 2019 Spiked...
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    MPs back Boris Johnson's plan to leave EU on 31 January

    Brexit: MPs back Boris Johnson's plan to leave EU on 31 January MPs have backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. They voted 358 to 234 - a majority of 124 - in favour of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which now goes on to further scrutiny in...
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    Johnson looking to rule for a decade

    In today's Queen's Speech, rather than simply focus on what his government would do in the five-year term he won last week, the Prime Minister talked about longer term change. This chimes with what Johnson allies privately hope for – a fifth term for the Tories. This would be unprecedented – no...