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Fifth Floor, Christmas Day
The heating had been on long enough. Long enough to warm the walls. He switched it off and put his coat on. Outside, the cold was bitter
Category: Britain
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Economics
What the City’s Debt Debate Forgets: Ordinary People Have Savings Too
A City-facing broadsheet warns that rising public debt will soon meet “market discipline”. What it ignores is a…
Britain
Property Rights, Sanctions and the Abramovich Test for Britain
Britain’s push to force the release of £2.5bn from Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea sale tests a principle older than…
Britain
When ‘As Safe as the Bank of England’ Stops Being True
Britain once sold trust to the world. That trust was forged in power, then refined into a services…
Further reporting
Economics
The Frozen Assets Dilemma: Why the City of London Is Warning Against Using Russia’s Frozen Money
World
Britain’s New Migration Model: Fewer Brains, More Bills
Economics
Europe on a Death March to a War Economy
World
America walks away while Ukraine bleeds and Europe pretends nothing has changed
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Britain
Tucker Carlson, George Galloway And Britain’s Security State Drift
George Galloway tells Tucker Carlson how he and his wife were stopped by counter terrorism police at Gatwick, told they were not under arrest…
World
The Information Cartel: How Britain’s Richest Shape What You Think
A small cluster of media groups and global platforms now acts as editor in chief of public reality in Britain.…
Economics
Rachel Reeves UK Budget 2025 : a critical view of the Autumn Budget 2025 and what it really means for Britain’s inequality
Rachel Reeves’s first Budget does not end Britain’s time as a polite tax haven, but it finally leans against the…
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Business
Crime, Access and Growth The Truth Behind the Oxford Street Fight
London is about to decide whether Oxford Street exists for traffic or for people. One residents society in Marylebone has been treated as the referee, yet it speaks for one of the richest corners…
World
New Nationalism: From Dresden to Doncaster to Dallas
Populist energy has moved from the street into the state. Alice Weidel in Germany and Nigel Farage in…
World
Britain Is Spending the Interest on Russia’s Frozen Money. Some call it theft
Britain is spending the income on Russia’s frozen reserves, a move critics call theft. Once London’s trust premium…
World
Why Britain Feels So Bitterly Divided and Why the Explanations Are Wrong
https://youtu.be/y5NP9PBwj40 YouTube embedded video under license. Uploaded by No Comment TV. Aerial and ground footage showing the crowd…
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World
Shadows Behind Closed Doors: How Labour Together Rose From Defeat to Power
Labour Together began as a quiet project after Corbyn’s shock leadership win. A decade later, it stands at the heart of Starmer’s government.
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Britain
Anna Netrebko’s Triumphant Return to London
World
Britain’s Carefully Orchestrated Flattery of Trump
World
Chandeliers in Windsor, Drizzle in London: Britain’s Theatre of Power Meets the Reality of Decline
World
The Betrayal Dividend: How Labour Lost the Working Class — and Lit the Fuse for a Two-Front Revolt
World
Tommy Robinson March Live
Atmosphere and Key Moments Right Now • Peaceful but charged: Drums, anthems, and chants like “Patriotism is the future” and…
World
The Streets Fill: Tommy Robinson’s Long-Planned Rally Collides with Britain’s Fault Lines
https://twitter.com/trobinsonnewera/status/1966828686092415410?s=61 Under the banner “Unite the Kingdom,” Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) has mobilised a mass of supporters, casting the demonstration as…
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World
Unite the Kingdom: Tommy Robinson has turned Kirk’s death into a rallying cry in London Streets
https://twitter.com/trobinsonnewera/status/1965891285652484132?s=61 Tommy Robinson has been laying the groundwork for months. The rally that London is seeing today did not appear out of thin air. It was seeded in encrypted chat groups, cultivated…
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Paying for Our Own Brainwashing? The BBC’s Coverage Under Fire
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From Roundabouts to Lampposts, St. George’s Flag Becomes Symbol of Britain’s Coming ‘Civil War’
World
Britain’s Fractured Left: How Corbyn and Sultana’s New Party Threatens Labour’s Hold
World
Britain’s Shoppers Get the Best Deal at Aldi—According to Latest Reports
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World
London Crawls as Tube Strike Unfolds: Commuters Wrestle with Gridlock and Frustration
Londoners faced one of their most chaotic mornings yet today, as a London Underground strike entered its first full day in force. With almost…
World
London Faces Days of Gridlock as Tube Workers Launch Four-Day Strike
LONDON — London is bracing for days of severe disruption on the Underground as members of the RMT…
World
The Unquiet Country: Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana and the Bid to Build a Party for Unequal Britain
LONDON — On the afternoon of 24 July 2025, a bare-bones website suddenly lit up with traffic. Its…
World
Immigration Crisis and Digital ID Proposals Ignite Britain’s Online Tempest
LONDON — Immigration is once again Britain’s most combustible political issue, and this week it spilled into the…
World
Musk and Rowling Posts Drive Twitter Storm Over Arrest of Father Ted Creator
LONDON — The arrest of Graham Linehan, co-creator of the sitcom Father Ted, has erupted into a global flashpoint after…
World
Arrest of Father Ted Creator Sparks Free Speech Storm in Britain
LONDON — Graham Linehan, the Irish writer and co-creator of the cult sitcom Father Ted, was arrested at Heathrow Airport…