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Guardian: Migrant Crisis Will Hit Working Classes Hardest

Working class families will bear the brunt of the migrant crisis, the Guardian has admitted in a guest post by a left wing academic. Lisa Mckenzie, an LSE sociology fellow and author has written that, while the wealthy make a show

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Green Party Offers Migrants Warm Welcome On Freezing Arctic Archipelago

Norway’s Green Party has floated proposals to open up a migrant reception centre – in the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, where polar bears outnumber people. The idea was first mooted by Norway’s anti-immigration People’s Party, but they quickly made

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Falkland Islanders to Corbyn: ‘Don’t Even Think About It’

Falkland Islanders have told new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn “We’re British… don’t even think about it.” Corbyn is well known for his opposition to the Falkland War, which took place in 1982, and his proposal to install a joint administration alongside

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UK Aid Cash Being Spent On Lobbying To Stop Death Penalty

British aid money is simultaneously being spent on lobbying countries to overturn their death penalty laws, and to assist Pakistani forces in capturing drug smugglers, who face capital punishment if caught. Tanzania, Belarus, Nigeria, Kazakhstan and South Sudan and China

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Scotland’s Sturgeon Admits GM Crop Ban Decision Not Based On Science

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has admitted that her government’s recent decision to ban the growing of GM crops in Scotland was “not based on scientific considerations.” Her admission came in a letter after she was quizzed on what scientific

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Fortress Israel: Work Starts on Fence Line Along Jordanian Border

Israel has begun construction on a wall along its eastern border with Jordan in order to keep out any illegal immigrants and terrorists wanting to infiltrate the country. The wall will eventually encompass Israel’s whole border, as far as possible.

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Putin: US to Blame For The Migrant Crisis In The Mediterranean

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the migrant crisis emanating from the Middle East on America. He also blamed European states for backing US efforts to spread democracy, which he said were responsible for the current exodus of people

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Norwegian Bank Prints Anti-Semitic Credit Card

A Norwegian bank has issued a credit card featuring an anti-Semitic cartoon. The bank allows customers to design their own card and suggested that in this case their system failed to detect and reject the insulting image. But the customer

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