UK politics | UK politics
Jan.16.2012
THE IRON LADY a film review by Jeanne Powell
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher portrayed by Meryl Streep, yes – who else? Another bravura performance by one of the four greatest living film actresses in the western world. Compelling performances also are delivered by Jim...
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Feb.08.2011
Those of you who read my blog last week may already know that the UK is in a parlous state at the moment. The government is currently in the process of slicin' & dicin' any public service it can get to with a pair of indiscriminate, and overly-large, metaphorical shears. Over the last few...
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Feb.01.2011
A lot of people in the UK are very unhappy right now. Well, "unhappy" is probably understating the case: try angry, livid, rioting.
Last year, we had a general election. There was no clear winner, resulting in a hung parliament. The leader of the Liberal...
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