britain

  1. Agent67

    Local elections 2023: Labour eyes power after crushing Tory losses

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65503082 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/05/local-elections-2023-results-live-council-england
  3. Vorastra

    UK joins Asia-Pacific CPTPP trade bloc that includes Japan and Australia

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/31/uk-joins-asia-pacific-cptpp-trade-bloc-that-includes-japan-and-australia
  4. Agent67

    Election results 2022: Boris Johnson admits Tories faced tough night in local elections

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61343355
  5. Agent67

    NI election results 2022: Sinn Féin tops first preference vote in NI election

    https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/europe/2022-05-06-northern-ireland-elections-may-see-historic-political-shift/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-61333297
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    British MP apologises for playing Candy Crush

    British MP apologises for playing Candy Crush A British lawmaker snapped playing the Candy Crush Saga children’s game on his tablet during a pensions debate apologised Monday, saying his conduct was unbecoming for a member of parliament
  7. Kevin Lancaster

    Britain launches “Google tax”

    Britain launches “Google tax” The British government on Wednesday slapped a new tax rate on multinational companies that seek to avoid paying their fair share to Treasury coffers
  8. QuintonB

    Free Wifi terms and conditions: give up your first born

    Britons will give up children for free Wi-Fi Several Britons agreed to give up their eldest child in return for the use of free wifi, in an experiment to highlight the dangers of public Internet
  9. Kevin Lancaster

    Liberty takes British spy agency to task

    Rights group takes British spy agency to court Civil liberties group Liberty said there was “a reasonable likelihood” that GCHQ, MI5, and MI6 spied on its members
  10. LazyLion

    UK Prison Guards Hurt in Attack 'Inspired by Soldier Murder'

    Two prison officers have been injured in an attack at a British maximum security jail, officials said Tuesday, with media reports claiming the assailants were Muslim inmates inspired by the brutal murder of a soldier. The prison officers' union told AFP one of the guards had been held hostage...
  11. LazyLion

    Tea Still Reigns Supreme as Britain's Queen of Drinks

    Britons drink 166 million cups of tea every day, with a cuppa still comfortably holding off the challenge of coffee, according to a survey published on Tuesday. A new census of Britain's tea-drinking habits shows that 11 million gallons are drunk every day, and almost a quarter of people have...
  12. LazyLion

    Britain Urged to Stop Recruiting Minors to Armed Forces

    Two campaign groups on Tuesday called for Britain to stop recruiting 16 and 17-year-olds to its armed forces, a practice that has been abandoned by most countries. Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch said Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) wasted up to £94 million ($143 million, 110...
  13. LazyLion

    Rolf Harris charged with sexual assaults, making child porn

    British media say veteran entertainer Rolf Harris has been arrested as part of a police investigation into sexual abuse allegations stemming from the Jimmy Savile scandal. Britain's major media outlets followed The Sun newspaper Friday in identifying Harris, an Australian-born artist...
  14. LazyLion

    Argentine Leader Refuses to bow over Falklands

    Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, her approval rating plummeting, has refused to recognize the results of a referendum in which the people of the disputed Falkland Islands voted to remain British. The vote in the sparsely populated South Atlantic archipelago that triggered a war between...
  15. LazyLion

    Falkland Islanders Vote Massively in Favour of Remaining British

    Falkland Islanders on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a British oversees territory in a referendum designed to send a strong message to Argentina, which earlier derided the poll as illegal. Some 92 percent of the islands' 1,672 eligible voters turned out to deliver a 99.8...
  16. LazyLion

    Falklands to Vote on Last Day of Referendum on Future Status

    Falkland Islanders were to vote Monday on the final day of a two-day referendum designed to make clear their staunch desire to remain British despite Argentina's increasingly bellicose sovereignty claims. In a move instigated by residents themselves, 1,672 eligible voters are being asked...
  17. LazyLion

    UK's 'Naked Rambler' Arrested for Nudity, Again

    A British man who has spent most of the past decade naked - and in jail - is back behind bars after defying an order to cover up. Stephen Gough, known as the "Naked Rambler," was arrested Thursday as he left a court in Southampton, southern England, wearing only boots, socks and a knapsack...
  18. R

    Three UK updates SIM-only uncapped data plans

    Uncapped mobile broadband @ R203/month anyone? http://www.androidcentral.com/three-update-their-sim-only-plans-and-give-customers-better-value-money Included in this price is 600 airtime minutes and 5000 sms.
  19. L

    British Spy Rock Was Genuine.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/19/fake-rock-plot-spy-russians The old story from 2006 is here. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/23/AR2006012300738.html I bet the guys who said this was a made-up story are feeling foolish.
  20. Lycanthrope

    Zuma is wrong to blame the West

    Source: Telegraph Hit the nail on the head. Excellent reminder of where we stand now. I quite admire the British press' eloquence.
  21. Nod

    Britain's new Internet law

    Source: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/20/britains-new-interne.html
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