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It's hard to believe but a whole swathe of the British population, still very much alive today, was legally beaten...
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Being told to stand still. The lights going up. The police entering in large numbers. Frisking. Individuals led away. Court...
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Coventry in 1981 was a tinderbox of a city primed to explode. Youth unemployment was skyrocketing as factories shut. The...
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Recently watched a 1983 report on racism in Liverpool clubs in the 1980s. Two groups of youth - one white...
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Over the last twenty years, it's been a frequent lament from Boomer gays who went through the AIDS crisis and...
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How British Prime Ministers like Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak must dream of getting the adoration by many journalists that...
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Shocking news this evening with the death of Terry Hall, lead singer in The Specials, at just 63. A great...
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As we head into 2023, the United Kingdom is doing what it does best - a thumping recession. I've lost...
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We are now seeing the return of the demon of inflation - a monster we thought had been slain thirty...
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I recently came across the record of a debate in the House of Lords on 18 December 1986 that took...
