In July 1833, a Bill to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire passed in the House of Commons, followed by the House of Lords on … Why was Slavery finally abolished in the British Empire?Read more
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British aid scheme suspended amid allegations of payments to Syrian jihadis
The government has suspended a multimillion-pound foreign aid project amid allegations that money paid to a contractor in Syria was reaching the pockets of jihadist … British aid scheme suspended amid allegations of payments to Syrian jihadisRead more
Posted inPolitics / ToMl
The rising of britain’s ‘new politics’
Delegates to the recent Labour Party conference in the English seaside town of Brighton seemed not to notice a video playing in the main entrance. … The rising of britain’s ‘new politics’Read more
Posted inIraq / Multimedia / Surveillance
CDs that could track the locations of whoever watched them
A firsthand account of Bell Pottinger’s top secret work in Iraq
Posted inDictatorship / Indonesia / ToMl
Britain buries its bloody role in Indonesia
THE attempts to prevent a summit from going ahead in Jakarta on the massacres of 1965 show just how great a step was taken when … Britain buries its bloody role in IndonesiaRead more
Posted inIsrael Nazi / News
British MPs sponsor motion on Israel’s military detention of Palestinian children
Half a dozen British parliamentarians have launched a parliamentary Early Day Motion (EDM) condemning the military detention of Palestinian children at the hands of Israeli … British MPs sponsor motion on Israel’s military detention of Palestinian childrenRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl / Worker
Zero-Hours Contracts in UK
Even as the Tories brag that unemployment in Britain is at its lowest level since 1975, and has fallen by 3.5 percent since they came … Zero-Hours Contracts in UKRead more
Posted inNSA / Spying / ToMl
NSA’s Quiet Presence at a Base in England’s Countryside Revealed in Snowden Documents
Civil war was raging in Libya, and Col. Moammar Gadhafi was in hiding. Two thousand miles away, on the outskirts of a small village in … NSA’s Quiet Presence at a Base in England’s Countryside Revealed in Snowden DocumentsRead more
Posted inJustice / ToMl
Keyboard warrior: the British hacker fighting for his life
In October 2013, Lauri Love was drinking coffee in his dressing gown in his bedroom at his parents’ house in the village of Stradishall, Suffolk, … Keyboard warrior: the British hacker fighting for his lifeRead more
Posted inBank / Corruption / ToMl
UK at centre of secret $3bn Azerbaijani money laundering and lobbying scheme
Azerbaijan’s ruling elite operated a secret $2.9bn (£2.2bn) scheme to pay prominent Europeans, buy luxury goods and launder money through a network of opaque British … UK at centre of secret $3bn Azerbaijani money laundering and lobbying schemeRead more