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Contagion death rates and doses of arrogance
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/04/2020
» Something has gone wrong in the "Anglosphere", as the English-speaking countries are known in some other parts of the world.
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Scans? What scans?
News, Postbag, Published on 28/01/2020
» My wife arrived from Taiwan yesterday at Suvarnabhumi airport at the same time as thousands of mainland Chinese with faces all covered with masks -- but to her surprise she could not find any health stations to scan arriving passengers for fever and other health concerns, especially with the coronavirus blowing freely around Asia.
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Brits can go back to their hot-water bottles
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/02/2020
» When Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016, a Newsweek columnist likened it to "a bored nation sticking its fingers into a tempting-looking electrical socket just to see what happens". What happened was far from electrifying, but more than three years of mind-numbing debate and verbal jousting that left most people fed up with the whole thing.
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What Brexit means for the EU and our partners
News, Published on 03/02/2020
» On Friday, the United Kingdom left the European Union. We lost a member of our family. It was a sad moment for us, for European citizens -- and, indeed, for many British citizens.
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Brexit doesn't mean the European project is dead
News, Published on 11/02/2020
» Brexit is a disaster for the United Kingdom. Given the risk that it will now lose Scotland and Northern Ireland to secession, the country seems to have accepted the idea of Great Britain turning back into "Little England". Britain is that rare lion that chooses to become as small as a mouse.
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One man holds Europe together as Brexit tears it apart
Published on 30/12/2019
» BRUSSELS: Michel Barnier, the European Union’s top Brexit negotiator, is the Brussels equivalent of a rock star. For three years, the unflappable 68-year-old Frenchman has been hashing out the terms of the UK’s departure while making sure the remaining 27 members stick together.
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When English turkeys vote for Christmas
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/12/2019
» Down on the turkey farm, the Scottish and Irish birds noticed that the smiling man in the festive costume was holding a hatchet behind his back, and hid. The Welsh turkeys looked confused and huddled together squawking. But the English turkeys marched bravely up to the chopping block, confident that this would be a Christmas to remember.
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It all began with 'Newsgirl Nan' in 1960
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/11/2019
» Switch on BBC World Service television and there is a good chance there will be a female news presenter. Among the more familiar faces these days are Lucy Hockings, Sally Bundock, Philippa Thomas and Karin Giannone. I'm always amazed how calm and relaxed they look in what must be such a stressful job.
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Brexit follows history's recurrent curve
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 29/11/2019
» The longer the time spent together, the more painful any breakup is likely to be. This reality dogs the United Kingdom more than three years after its referendum to exit the European Union, a process commonly known as "Brexit". Notwithstanding opponents who may wish otherwise, Brexit is now seen as irreversible, especially as the Conservative Party under Prime Minister Boris Johnson is polling well ahead of the Labour Party just a fortnight before polls on Dec 12. Brexit is likely to be viewed in hindsight as part of a de-integration process in a recurrent historical pattern increasingly manifesting in trade protectionism, anti-immigration, and curbs on international cooperation.
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