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COLUMN: Britain's hateful politics
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has prompted reactions from Britain's far left that takes bad taste to new extremes. During its Top 40 music countdown Sunday night, BBC Radio 1 was "forced"...Tags: Addiction, Health and Safety at School, Politics, Heads of State, National Government
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The lady was a champ
MANCHESTER, England -- There is a story about Margaret Thatcher that is probably apocryphal but speaks volumes about the strength of Britain's first female prime minister, who died Monday at age 87. Following her election in 1979, the story goes that...Tags: Politics, Periodicals, United Kingdom, Jimmy Carter, Elizabeth II
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British lawmakers pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher
LONDON -- British lawmakers interrupted their Easter vacation Wednesday to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday at 87. At a special session of the House of Commons, Prime Minister David Cameron called Thatcher "an...
Tags: Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, United Kingdom, Human Interest
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Margaret Thatcher death: Tributes, criticism from around the world
In Britain and around the world, supporters of the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher celebrated her legacy Monday. Even some of her sharpest critics said she defined an era in British public life -- if not always for the right reasons. Among those...Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, United Kingdom, Justice and Rights
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Morrissey offers more thoughts regarding Margaret Thatcher
In a thoughtful Pop & Hiss post on Monday, Reed Johnson included Morrissey's "Margaret on the Guillotine" in a long list of songs by British musicians inspired -- if that's the word for it -- by the late prime minister, who died in London on Monday at the...
Tags: Entertainment, United Kingdom, Jake Bugg, Music, BBC
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Thatcher funeral to be at St. Paul's Cathedral
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is to be given a ceremonial funeral with military honors. The service will be held in St. Paul’s Cathedral, an honor reserved for great figures of state. One of Thatcher’s...Tags: Labour Party (UK), Politics, United Kingdom, Conservative Party (UK), Government
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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies at 87
LONDON -- Margaret Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter who punched through an old-boy political network to become Britain’s first female prime minister, stamping her personality indelibly on the nation and pursuing policies that reverberate...
Tags: Politics, Obituaries, United Kingdom, BBC, Conservative Party (UK)
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Scotland to vote on independence in September 2014
LONDON – Voters in Scotland will head to the polls in September 2014 to decide whether to go it alone as an independent country or remain in Great Britain with England and Wales. The referendum could lead to the biggest political shakeup in the...
Tags: Labour Party (UK), Scotland, Politics, Elections, Parliament
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Thatcher, even in death, divides world opinion
Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death. Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain's industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes...
Tags: Labour Party (UK), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace, National Government, United Kingdom
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Prime Minister Cameron argues to keep Britain's nuclear arsenal
LONDON – Amid international alarm over saber-rattling by North Korea, British Prime Minister David Cameron made an impassioned defense Thursday for maintaining his country’s independent nuclear deterrent, despite growing domestic complaints of...
Tags: Labour Party (UK), North Korea, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kim Jong Un
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Corgi fired for disobeying Helen Mirren in 'The Audience'
One of Helen Mirren's four-legged co-stars in the new play "The Audience" apparently has been fired after it failed to obey the actress' royal commands in her role as Queen Elizabeth II. Britain's Telegraph reported that a female corgi by the name of...Tags: Theater, Helen Mirren, Peter Morgan, Entertainment, London Theatre
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Bucket!
Change of Subject“It is time for the British people to have their say,” [British Prime Minister David] Cameron said, acknowledging that support for the EU is “wafer thin” in Britain....from the Toronto Star's coverage of Cameron's speech I can't...
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