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Nearly half of UK’s independent petrol stations still lack fuel
Petrol Retailers Association say fuel is being bought faster than it is getting restockedNearly half of all independently owned petrol stations in the UK were still dry or out of one type of fuel on Thursday, as motorists continued to panic buy and sol…
The Guardian view on silence about Brexit: time to talk turkey | Editorial
Labour and the Conservatives have both been happy to stay quiet about Brexit during the pandemic. That has to stopSince the 2019 general election, there has been a mutually convenient conspiracy of silence between Britain’s two main parties about Brexi…
Treasury minister branded ‘ridiculous’ after claiming HGV driver shortage nothing to do with Brexit – live
Simon Clarke, chief secretary to the Treasury, tells BBC: ‘The idea that this is somehow just a British problem is fundamentally wrong’100,000 renters in England ‘risk eviction’ when universal credit is cutDitching furlough will add to UK economic woes…
‘The woke’ are just the latest faux enemies of Englishness conjured up by the right | Patrick Wright
The myth of a silenced English majority betrayed by a liberal metropolitan elite goes back decadesPatrick Wright is the author of The Village That Died for England: Tyneham and the Legend of Churchill’s PledgeLike some of the emeritus professors who ha…
中国は台湾のTPP加盟申請を「事前に知っていた」。台湾の加盟歓迎する日本は「地域紛争の源」との指摘も
中国が9月16日に環太平洋連携協定（TPP）への加盟を申請し、その1週間後に台湾も加盟申請を発表した。この両国の動きの背後に、米中関係の変化、さらに日本を含む関係国の位置づけの変化が見え隠れする。
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Dominic Raab ‘open-minded’ about allowing asylum seekers to work in UK
Justice secretary says move could help people waiting for claims to be processed to make a contributionDominic Raab, the new justice secretary, has said he would be “open-minded” about allowing asylum seekers to work to help tackle the UK’s labour shor…
Architect of £9,000 tuition fees calls for faster loan repayments
David Willetts says taxpayers footing too much of the bill for university students’ unpaid loansThe government should build universities in places such as Blackpool to help regenerate local economies, and boost higher education funding by making gradua…
UK drug laws used as tool of systemic racism, says ex-No 10 adviser
Simon Woolley says failure of drugs legislation is having a devastating impact on public healthBritain’s drug laws are racist and cause “high levels of mental health harm” among black people, a former No 10 race adviser has said.Simon Woolley said drug…
東京五輪の辞任連鎖とはなんだったのか。ハッシュタグ・アクティヴィズムを考える
2021年の東京五輪を巡っては、Twitter上のハッシュタグで集まった声を契機に、辞任や解任が続きました。#MeTooに象徴されるようなこうしたハッシュダグ・アクティヴィズムは、近年日本でも盛んになっていますが、そこに浮き上がる課題とは。
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