British TV reporter explodes against the banks

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Thursday November 13, 2014 · 2:04 PM PST

2014/11/13 · 14:04

Paul Mason, the economics editor of Channel Four, the UK's alternative public broadcaster, says what everyone else thinks.

UK Landmark decision for gay rights

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Wednesday July 07, 2010 · 4:45 AM PDT

2010/07/07 · 04:45

Few people in the United Kingdom are aware that the country has a Supreme Court. In truth very few Brits have any real understanding of the constitution. After all it's hard getting your head round anything that isn't actually written down anywhere!

The Supreme Court is the latest addition to our unwritten constitution and was established by the last government. They had the bizarre idea that it actually wasn't a very good idea for the highest court of the land to be a part of the Upper Chamber of the Legislature. It was a revolutionary idea, or it would have been in 1776.

Today the new court proved its worth with a landmark decision for gay rights that will transform the lives of thousands of gay men and women.

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Monday March 29, 2010 · 2:47 AM PDT

2010/03/29 · 02:47

There's nothing particularly special about James Wharton who's 23 or Thomas Macaffrey who's 21. They're two ordinary guys from the small working class town of Wrexham in Wales. Just two ordinary guys who happened to fall in love and decided to show that love by entering a civil partnership.

Thom is an air steward- so far, so sterotypical. James on the other hand is a serving soldier. Not just that. He's a member of the Household Cavalry, better known as the "Blues and Royals". As well as carrying out ceremonial duties the regiment has recently been on active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Princes William and Harry, the second and third in line to the British throne are currently serving soldiers in the "Blues and Royals" and the regiment is amongst the most prestigious in the British Army having fought in most major battles from Waterloo onwards. So what was the regiment's reaction to the Lance Corporal's marriage?

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Friday December 11, 2009 · 12:02 PM PST

2009/12/11 · 12:02

For those unfamiliar with the UK press there is no more venemous publication than the Daily Mail. Think Glen Beck. With added vitriol. If there's an immigrant doing something dodgy the Mail will bash him. Muslims? Suspect. Gays? Undermining traditional values. Women? Stay at home!

All of which makes this headline and the story that follows remarkable.

Gay soldier serving in Afghanistan reveals moment he 'came out' to his Army comrades

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Monday May 11, 2009 · 3:30 PM PDT

2009/05/11 · 15:30

Ok, the United Kingdom's political class is hardly popular at the moment what with politicians claiming public money to repair their castle moatsand swimming pools. The voters are finding it hard to decide whether that is worse than claiming for wreaths laid for fallen heroes.

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