Flight of fancy
With very little, if anything left to lose, the Goverrnment is playing a numbers game in the hope that we’re
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What are they playing at?
Two things happened last Wednesday which perfectly encapsulate the sorry state of British politics. At 10.30am, the Supreme Court of
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It happened today – this day in history – July 15
971: According to legend, English saint Swithun is reburied inside Winchester Cathedral (against his wishes), whereby a terrible storm proceeds
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It happened today – this day in history – July 5
1295: Scotland and France form an alliance against England. 1596: The English fleet captures Cadiz. 1687: Isaac Newton’s great work
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I fought the law and the law won… so far
Rishi Sunak is insisting that his hideous plan to send migrants who enter the UK by leaky dinghy off to
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It happened today – this day in history – June 30
1520: Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernan Cortes. Aztec emperor Montezuma
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It happened today – this day in history – June 14
1381: Richard II meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. 1645: The Tower of London is stormed The “New
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It happened today – this day in history – April 18
1480: Birth of Lucretia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI. 1506: The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is
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It happened today – this day in history – April 6
46BC: Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus. 1199: Death of Richard
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It happened today – this day in history – January 28
814: Death of Charlemagne aged 71. 1099: Siege of Hosn-el-Akrad, Syria, during the First Crusade. 1225: Birth of St Thomas
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