#JeSuisCharlie was one of the most viral hashtags in history – here’s why it wouldn’t happen today: conejota/Shutterstock It will be nine years on January 7 since a shooting at French weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo killed 12 and injured 11 of its employees. The attack led to an immediate and unprecedented outpouring of solidarity …
Liberal Democrats: why a coalition with Labour wouldn’t cause electoral annihilation like their deal with the Tories: Both Labour leader Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey deny that there is any prospect of them forming a coalition government if the next election produces a hung parliament – despite that currently looking like a …
House prices: why a fall isn’t certain and wouldn’t help first-time buyers much anyway: Shutterstock/GrandeDuc The UK remains a nation of homeowners, with two-thirds of all dwellings belonging to the people who live in them. But as interest rates swiftly rise, there are fears that many of those households will soon find their mortgage payments …
Why you really wouldn’t want to have blue blood: Blood is red and there is no debating that, right? Wrong. Crabs, lobsters, spiders and octopuses all have blue blood. There are even tales of the blue people of Kentucky. The term “blue blood” has been used since 1811 to describe royal families and the nobility. …
South Africa in the news: France series the priority but ‘why wouldn’t RA want Springboks-Lions?’: Rugby Australia has reaffirmed interest in hosting the Springboks and Lions for a series, but only after the governing body has set in stone the Wallabies’ series against France.: “South Africa” – BingNews How the UK went from one Covid-19 …
South Africa in the news: France series the priority but ‘why wouldn’t RA want Springboks-Lions?’: Rugby Australia has reaffirmed interest in hosting the Springboks and Lions for a series, but only after the governing body has set in stone the Wallabies’ series against France.: “South Africa” – BingNews How the UK went from one Covid-19 …
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We predicted banning legal highs wouldn’t work – and a new review shows it’s as bad as we feared: Use of novel psychoactive substances may have shrunk, but the harms have widened. GreenZeb, CC BY-SA The trade in “legal highs” was banned in 2016 when the UK government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Act. Two years …
South Africa in the news: South Africa: ‘I Wouldn’t Do That’ – Malema Over Assault Claim At Winnie Burial: EFF leader Julius Malema on Sunday denied allegations that he was involved in an assault at the Fourways Memorial Park, where Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was buried. “I wouldn’t do that,” Malema told News24 when asked about claims …
Why Rwanda’s development model wouldn’t work elsewhere in Africa: Paul Kagame has exercised firm personal control over Rwanda's politics since becoming president in 2000. EPA/Phillip Guelland Rwanda is often touted as an example of what African states could achieve if only they were better governed. Out of the ashes of a horrific genocide, President Paul …
If the Brexit-addicted government were a small business it wouldn’t last a year: The march towards Brexit seems relentless. Theresa May urged people to vote to stay in the EU but she knows the political cost of rowing back back from the referendum result at this stage. When a High Court judgement appeared to put …