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Although East europeans in the UK do attend church, it's as much to meet fellow countrymen as to attend religious service. And the British community's beliefs, religious and secular practices are having a major influence
More »Everyone loved Blair in 2000. The more you love someone, the more you are going to hate them when they let you down. And Iraq is the biggest of all letdowns for Labour supporters.
More »This argument is short sighted. Is it fair to cut public services many children depend on? Is it fair to make their parents unemployed? Is it fair to restrict their chances at school due to them being raised in poverty?
More »There was no "cause" of the industrial revolution. There was a series of necessary, but individually insufficient, conditions. Britain was the first to meet these but several other societies possessed many of them.
More »The relevant fact is that houses in the UK have consistently outstripped returns from almost every other forms of investment accessible to ordinary people for decades.
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