#Northern

This piece by @aarondmiller2 is remarkable for its admission that he and the whole foreign policy establishment got Arab-Israeli peace wrong, but it struggles to admit that they didn’t get
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A lot of young folk in Shetland don't have a lot of pride in where they come from which I feel is a shame, I still struggle with it as
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Part of me thinks we should ignore the kerfuffle around the royal family. Not dignify it with comment. Except for one thing. The monarchy is the cornerstone of the class
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If you ever wonder "Why is 'The Brexit Party' a limited company rather than a Political Party?"Well here's a big clue: Maybe a thread, maybe I'll do some real work.
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The CARES Act included a massive new initiative, the Paycheck Protection Program, to protect workers and keep small businesses afloat with loans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. PPP launches tomorrow morning.Tonight
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(1/10) The first French attack of the day comes not against Wellington’s main line, but here at the chateau of #Hougoumont. This farm complex is typical of the area: multiple
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One problem with the "demand suppressed by the pandemic" story is that no prior pandemics created even close to this degree of suppressed demand, and none of the economic papers
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EXC: UK-US trade deal talks have been postponed indefinitely. Were to begin w/c March 23 but delayed (rightly for obvious reasons). Creates fresh doubt about getting deal before US election.
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After discussing the topic of Kurdish independence with some friends, I've realised how little information is out there, about the war crimes Kurdish people did, and why they DO NOT
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"There is no second wave." "What we are seeing now is normal for this time of the year." "Sweden did it right because they didn't go into full lockdown." "People
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Detailed positive tests thread. Rolling weekly comparison of totals up to 2 days ago. This is like the charts drawn from the weekly surveillance report, but updated daily in a
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1. THE SOTHO - TSWANA PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWEA thread......SeSotho & SeTswana are recognised as official languages in Zimbabwe. The Sotho-Tswana groups came to the Zimbabwe plateau with Mzilikazi. However, some
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Monarch butterflies need help! I’m frustrated to see tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) for sale at my local nursery. This is my open letter to ask people to stop planting it
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So fascinating. “...DNA of participants from the US showed a significant amount of Nigerian ancestry — far more than expected based on the historical records of ships carrying enslaved ppl
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Both right and wrong. Hindutva IS a Marathi phenomenon. The Hindutva practiced elsewhere is provisional Hindutva of convenience, the Marathis obviously over the course of time do intend to destroy
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The stereotype that our black siblings here in the US "really like watermelon and fried chicken and sitting on the stoop" only exists in the *North*. Anyone who'd actually been
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