Embed from Getty ImagesFrom today's Observer: The family of one of Britain's most famous prime ministers will travel to the Caribbean this week to apologise for its historical role in slavery. Six of William Gladstone's descendants will arrive in Guyana on Thursday as the country commemorates the 200th anniversary of a rebellion by enslaved people that historians say paved the way for abolition. Charles Gladstone, whose family will travel to the Caribbean this week to apologise for its slave-owning past. The education and career of William Gladstone, the 19th-century politician known for his liberal and reforming governments, were funded by ...
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MRP: what it is and why it may, or may not, be right at the next general election - The Week in Poll...
The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is out. As it says: This time I'm digging into MRP. What is it? Can you trust? Will it be right? And other easy questions. Find out more by reading this edition of The Week in Polls here, and you can sign up below to receive future editions direct to your email inbox:
"What the dickens am I listening to?" I hear you ask. Jakartajive, who posted this on YouTube, explains:With Peter Asher and Gordon Waller, you know you're getting classy pop music - that's a given. But you also know - at least you might expect - that, after sixteen albums between 1964 and 1967 (let's see today's groups produce like that) and hit singles like "A World Without Love" and "I Go to Pieces", you'll be getting squeaky clean, early British Invasion sounding pop music, and that's that. So by 1968, the Peter and Gordon sound would seem to be rather ...
Donald Trump Donald Trump will never see the inside of a prison. Neither will he be fitted for an orange onesie. Not because he is innocent. Based on the evidence I have read to date, he is guilty as Hell. And I am sure a lot more will come out during the numerous trials he faces. No, he will remain a free man for several reasons. One is that his lawyers will use every trick in their legal library to delay, delay, delay. They will appeal against the Washington venue for the trial there. They will also claim that the ...
I think we have established by now that the Tories abandoned any pretence at levelling up sometime ago, if, that is, they ever really do anything to achieve it. So, it is not a surprise to read in the Guardian that Tory MPs are demanding urgent explanations from ministers over the levelling up agenda after an official report said plans to move thousands more civil service jobs from London to Birmingham and Newcastle had been scrapped. The paper says that the Government Property Agency (GPA), which falls under the Cabinet Office, said in a brief reference in its recent annual ...
The Balgay Bowling Club Gala Day takes place next Saturday - 26th August - and Fraser has kindly been asked to do the official opening at 12 noon. It is on until 4pm and all residents welcome!
