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January Ramblings #4 – UK Today in Coronavirus, Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Crackdown and US Senate Elections

UK Today in Coronavirus Stationary chain Paperchase is on the brink of collapse into administration. Sales have been impacted by pandemic store closures. 1,500 jobs are at risk. The chain was already financially struggling since March 2019 but its recovery plan was scupered by the coronavirus pandemic. Currently as it stands the Prime Minister has […]

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January Ramblings – New Year, Coronavirus, BREXIT, elections and More

Quiet New Year – 2021 New Year’s Eve was very muted and different this time around due to the Coronavirus. A number of countries did still put on displays such as Taiwan, North Korea, New Zealand and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Australia also still held a number of firework displays including the […]

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BREXIT Day

Today is BREXIT Day or the day the United Kingdom leaves the European Union… well… kind of. We effectively leave as a member and can no longer participate in its institutions such as the EU Parliament and Council once the clock strikes 11pm. Featured Photo: By Colin from Wikimedia. License. But… the Withdrawal Agreement includes […]

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The Conservative Leadership Election – Candidates – Part 3

Featured Photo: Photo source. License. I edited a title on to the photo. Note: James Cleverley pulled out of the Leadership race on 4th June and so has been removed from this blogpost.  Mark Harper Harper has been Conservative MP for Forest of Dean since 2005. Currently he holds no notable positions within government, simply serving […]

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The Conservative Leadership Election – Candidates – Part 2

Featured Photo – Photo source. License. I edited a title over the picture.  UPDATE: Conservatives have changed their leadership election rules. MPs now require the backing of at least 7 MPs to stand (although it says 8 MPs, candidates count one as themselves) and also require to have a certain number of votes from MPs […]

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The Vote of No Confidence – UK Politics

Featured photo: by Dominika Gregušová from Pexels With the possibility of a vote of no confidence happening some time in the near-future against current Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May due to the handling of the BREXIT debacle, I thought I would go over what a Vote of No Confidence is and how it works as well […]