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A B Sanderson has ten years experience working in EU politics both in Brussels and Strasbourg and here in the UK.

Articles by A.B. Sanderson

Recruit Female Spies from Mumsnet, Security Agencies Told

Security services have been told to recruit agents from sources such as Mumsnet in order redress the gender balance in these government departments, a group of MPs has said. The Intelligence and Security Commission’s report into diversity in the security services

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Pubs Could Be ‘Nationalised’ By 2020 Warns Think Tank

Pubs could essentially be nationalised by 2020 if campaigners against Pub companies continue to lobby for more state regulation, a think tank has warned. Chris Snowdon said the “real problem” for the pub industry was the lack of buyers and not,

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Scrap BBC Trust – Says Head of BBC Trust

The Head of the BBC has called for the Trust, which is responsible for the strategic direction of the left leaning public service broadcaster, to be scrapped. Rona Fairhead made her speech at a media conference in Oxford where she

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Too Fat To Fight: Army Catering Results in Platoons of Porkers

Senior Army Figures have highlighted the growing crisis of obese military personnel in the British Armed Forces as they are forced to set up an ‘Obesity Working Group’ to combat ballooning battalions. An article in Soldier Magazine, an MOD-funded publication

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Labour Councillor Claims Putin Controlled By Aliens

Russian President Vladimir Putin is being advised by aliens called the Nordics, following a battle for supremacy between them and some reptiles, a Labour Party councillor has said. Cllr Simon Parkes told an audience of around 30 people in North

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Ofcom Launches Investigation Into UKIP ‘Mockumentary’

The communications regulator Ofcom has announced that it will be launching an investigation into the programme ‘UKIP: The First 100 Days’ after it was deluged with complaints. The programme, which was set in the future after UKIP had won the

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French Jews Turning To Le Pen After Muslim Attacks

An increasing number of French Jews are turning to Marine Le Pen’s Front National, despite the party’s past reputation for anti-Semitism, as they now see Muslims as a bigger threat. Roger Cukierman, the Chairman of the Representative Council of Jewish

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‘This Is A Black Area So F*** Off’ Young Mother Told

West Midlands have confirmed they are investigation a racially aggravated attack against a white woman who had recently moved to a flat in Coventry. Sammie Sunter, 24, received a note saying ‘This area is black so f*** off’ after racist

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Euro Architect Says Greece Should Quit Currency

Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing has said that Greece should leave the euro so it can devalue its currency and increase its economic competitiveness. Giscard, who notably presided over the Convention on the Future of the European Union that

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Government’s Defence Strategy Slammed By Senior Officers

The Government has been issued with a stark warning from Senior Army figures who warn that the UK’s defences have been “decimated” and Britain cannot defend itself against the military threat posed by Russia, the Telegraph reports. The RAF had

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Labour Pledges to Nationalise Railways

Labour has proposed putting railway ownership into public hands in a declaration described as “woolly ideas” that would “create chaos”. In an interview with the New Statesman, shadow Transport Secretary Michael Dugher promised that should his party be elected in

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Islamic State Lures Women To Caliphate With ‘Nutella and Kittens’

After weeks of shocking publicity about the life women have to lead in the so-called Islamic State ‘caliphate’, including covering themselves from head to toe, being property of the jihadi fighters they are married to and having virtually no rights,

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Danish Cartoonist Slams Police For Lax Security At Copenhagen Event

The Swedish cartoonist who is believed to have been the target of the deadly Copenhagen shoots has criticised the police, saying they “had not caught onto” the Modus Operandi of terrorists following last month’s Paris attacks. Lars Vilks, who has

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Ofcom Confirms Over 2000 Complaints for ‘UKIP: The First Hundred Days’

The controversial Channel 4 programme ‘UKIP: The First 100 Days’ appears to have spectacularly backfired on the broadcaster as regulator Ofcom reveals it has had over two thousand complaints since the programme was aired on Monday evening. The “mockumentary”, screened while the

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Study: Many Alternatives to EU Membership for Britain

A leading think tank has released a report on the opportunities Britain will have if it votes to leave the European Union. The Institute of Economic Affairs has published the document detailing four different choices following independence, now that “Brexit”

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Greek Debt Talks Collapse But Support At Home Never Been Stronger

Greece is on a collision course with senior  officials of the Eurozone after refusing to be bullied during debt financing talks. The newly-elected leftwing Syriza government reacted with fury to demands that the country stick to the austerity plan which were

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Director of UKIP Smear ‘Mockumentary’ In Court For Tax Fraud

The director of a controversial spoof documentary on Nigel Farage and UKIP will be appearing in Southwark Crown Court on Friday of this week, charged with cheating the public revenue. Chris Atkins, a journalist and film-maker who gave evidence to

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Miliband Needs A Shrink Says Alistair Campbell

Former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell has said in his latest book that all party leaders should be seeking psychiatric help. In his latest book, one of the masterminds of ‘New Labour’ said consulting mental health professionals would improve how

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EU Money Spent on ‘Tree Of The Year’ Competition

This years host of the European Tree of the Year contest has contacted fellow MEPs and their staff to participate in the latest competition to be funded by Brussels. Socialist Euro MP Pavel Poc contacted colleagues to urge them to

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British Doctors Told to Prescribe Sex as Exercise

Medical experts have recommended that exercise is something which GPs should be prescribing more often, describing it as “a wonder drug” which is important in the prevention of many common diseases. The report from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

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Pork Removed From Primary School Menus In North London

Primary children in Islington are being denied pork sausages, bacon and ham because of problems checking the diets of Jewish and Muslim children. Pork has been off the menu since 2011 across the London borough of Islington because schools found

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