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Forgotten World (215): Council of Europe
July 16th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
The Council of Europe – headquartered in Strasbourg, France – is not to be confused with the European Union. The Council was formed in 1949 to promote human rights on the continent, while the European Union – as it is now called – was created in 1957 to encourage economic and political union. The EU [...]
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Forgotten World (214): Puerto Rico
July 15th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Puerto Rico (Spanish for ‘rich port’) is a Caribbean island that is almost part of the United States – it is technically a sef-governing, unincorporated territory of the USA. The US invaded and occupied the island during the Spanish-American War of 1898, ending centuries of rule from Spain.
Under American administration, Puerto Rico saw growth and [...]
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The Don Pacifico affair
July 3rd, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I was at a dinner party this weekend and met a lovely couple. He was a management consultant and Greek, while she was a lecturer in modern history and Jewish. The odd way that my mind works put this information about them together and came up with a memory of a school history lesson that [...]
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Why the budget is regressive rather than progressive (2)
June 24th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Further evidence is now emerging that the tough budget is not as fair as the Chancellor was pretending. The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has produced this analysis.
As explained in this “Guardian” editorial:
“As the IFS pointed out, the reason the measures looked so fair was because they took into account the announcements made [...]
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