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    Doesn't Project Fear ever take a day off?

    Project Fear hasn’t missed a beat since Boris got the job. Yesterday’s World At One on Radio 4 was a collector’s item, a veritable cornucopia of Scare Stories ‘R’ Us...
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    Hot property: Devon volcano goes on sale for £50,000

    A piece of scenic Devonshire countryside hiding a 250-million-year-old volcano has gone on the market for just £50,000. Posbury Clump, near Exeter, pre-dates the existence of dinosaurs and...
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    Little Ireland's ridiculous leaders have landed it in a Brexit crisis

    It's embarrassing enough that the Republic of Ireland is the EU's little lapdog, but it's also crazy that Fine Gael, a party that was founded to secure freedom and independence for Ireland, are trying to deny those same rights to the British...
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    Europeans have started to change their minds on Brexit

    Boris Johnson turning the tables on Leo Varadkar, putting the Irish Taoiseach under great pressure, has shifted European public opinion on Brexit...
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    Woman sentenced to minimum of 32 years for murdering her children

    A mother who killed her two daughters because they "got in the way of her sex life" has been jailed for life. Louise Porton denied killing three-year-old Lexi Draper and 17-month-old Scarlett Vaughan, who died...
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    Boris Johnson visits stricken Whaley Bridge dam

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited crews working to repair a damaged reservoir that threatens to flood a Derbyshire town. Some 1,500 residents of Whaley Bridge have been evacuated in case the dam...
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    It's not just the backstop

    Boris Johnson needs to get rid of more than just the Irish backstop to achieve full independence for Britain... It’s not just the backstop The Withdrawal Agreement is a betrayal of Brexit. It must be scrapped entirely. BRIAN MONTEITH, Brexit Party MEP 1st August 2019 Spiked Remainer...
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    It's time for David Lammy to join the Tories

    At Guardian HQ last week, they actually seemed upset that the Johnson cabinet contains more BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people than any other in history — how dare he! Bloody Tories, coming over here, taking our ethnic minorities — because Labour, as surely as any pukka sahib...
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    British Government to create Office for Veterans' Affairs

    The Prime Minister visited Edinburgh today and vowed to end the witch-hunt against Northern Ireland veterans, which was supported by the May administration . A new Office for Veterans' Affairs...
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    What Brexit and the 2012 London Olympics have in common

    Everyone remembers the glorious Opening Ceremony and the summer of sport that follows. But hardly anyone remembers the run-up... What Brexit and the Olympics really have in common...
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    Let’s abolish the Lords. For good

    Now that Leavers have taken over the British government, isn't time they abolished the undemocratic Brexitphobic House of Lords? 2. Let’s abolish the Lords. For good It's time we finally put an end to this anti-democratic institution. Tim Black 22nd July 2019 Spiked If the people...
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    Hadrian’s Wall pilgrimage attracts more than 200 people

    More than 200 people have taken part in a pilgrimage along Hadrian's Wall. Every ten years archaeologists and enthusiasts spend a week travelling the wall finding out about its latest discoveries...
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    Alistair Campbell must apologise to Darren Grimes and the Brexiteers

    The founder of the youth-focused pro-Brexit campaign group BeLeave has won his appeal against a £20,000 fine imposed by the elections regulator. Darren Grimes was punished by the Electoral Commission last year, after being accused of breaching spending rules during the 2016 EU referendum. Now...
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    Sorry Geldof, Lineker, Blair and co: You can't stop Brexit

    FUTURE historians will record that, in the end, the British establishment could not stop Brexit. Not the democracy-denying weasels in the House of Commons. Not the civil service nor the BBC. Not the House of...
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    Roman iron stylus unearthed in the City of London bears 'welcome gift' inscription

    It's a familiar slogan you’ve read on any number of cheap modern-day tourist souvenirs: ‘My dad went to wherever and all he got me was this lousy...’ But a remarkable...
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    It's time to secure Britain's borders, says new Home Secretary Priti Patel

    "We are shaking up the immigration system to make it work for our country and to bring confidence to the public...
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    British Government says it now "assumes" a No Deal Brexit

    The government is now "working on the assumption" of a no-deal Brexit, Michael Gove has said. Mr Gove said his...
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    Revoke Article 50 or stop complaining about No Deal Brexit, Jacob Rees-Mogg warns

    Jacob Rees-Mogg last night dared Tory rebels to revoke Article 50 - or stop complaining about the prospect of No Deal. The new Leader of the House of Commons - responsible for...
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    US and UK working on 'very substantial' trade deal

    US President Donald Trump has said talks about a "very substantial" trade deal with the UK are under way. He said a bilateral post-Brexit deal could lead to a "three to four, five times"...
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    The casual authoritarianism of Remoaners

    Victorious and triumphant Leavers may today have completely taken over the British Government, with their leader having become Prime Minister, but the beaten and bloodied Remainers still refuse ro admit defeat.... The casual authoritarianism of Remoaners Jo Swinson and Caroline Lucas...