Mar 20, 2017 11:14 PM
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Government warned of 'huge burden' of Brexit laws
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/con...rexit-laws
EXCERPT: The Government faces having to pass as many as 15 Brexit-related laws over the next few years, leaving "very little space" for other legislation, a report warns today....
New figures reveal intimidation and abuse of MPs since Jo Cox murder
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/gov...mps-jo-cox
EXCERPT: A special police unit set up to investigate harassment of MPs has recorded over 50 complaints in its first six months of operation. The Metropolitan police’s parliamentary liaison and investigations team was set up following the murder of Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox last June. Among its investigations so far have been 13 cases of theft, four of criminal damage and 33 of malicious communication such as Twitter trolling. Labour MP Rachael Maskell said the level of intimidation and abuse would particularly put women off standing for Parliament....
Theresa May vows to 'negotiate hard' as she announces when she will start Brexit
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/th...s-10064504
EXCERPT: Theresa May will trigger Article 50 next Wednesday and begin the formal countdown to Brexit , Downing Street has announced. It means Britain will be on track to leave the EU exactly two years later, on March 29 2019. Speaking in Wales as she tours the UK ahead of triggering Brexit , Mrs May vowed to “negotiate hard” once negotiations with Brussels get underway. “I want to ensure we get the best possible deal for the United Kingdom,” she said. “We are going to be out there, negotiating hard, delivering on what the British people voted for....”
Black Lives Matter in Britain, Too: A Protest Movement Takes Root Across the Pond
http://www.alternet.org/documentaries/bl...n-movement
EXCERPT: [...] Britain's black population is approximately 2 million in a country of 64.6 million. "That [1999] Macpherson Report accused the London Metropolitan police of institutional racism — and looking back, it was around that time that [British] media facilitators withdrew and kind of backed off race," explained British historian Stephen Bourne.
A 2016 report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission revealed widespread inequality in employment and safety in a divided Britain. "In Britain, significantly lower percentages of ethnic minorities (8.8%) worked as managers, directors and senior officials, compared with White people (10.7%). This was particularly true for African/Caribbean/Black people (5.7%) and those of Mixed ethnicity (7.2%)," the report stated.
Additionally, "Black people who leave school with A-levels typically get paid 14.3% less than their White peers," researchers found. Swaby's documentary includes interviews with a host of different subjects, all of whom have something to say about the #BlackLivesMatterUK movement. Some he meets on the street; others he's known for a decade....
Theresa May tells Vogue about 'gentleman' Donald Trump
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39333131
EXCERPT: Theresa May insists Donald Trump was "being a gentleman" when he held her hand during her US visit shortly after he became 45th president. In an interview with the style magazine American Vogue, she says: "We were about to walk down a ramp, and he said it might be a bit awkward." Asked what she made of Mr Trump, she adds: "I like to think we got on."...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/con...rexit-laws
EXCERPT: The Government faces having to pass as many as 15 Brexit-related laws over the next few years, leaving "very little space" for other legislation, a report warns today....
New figures reveal intimidation and abuse of MPs since Jo Cox murder
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/gov...mps-jo-cox
EXCERPT: A special police unit set up to investigate harassment of MPs has recorded over 50 complaints in its first six months of operation. The Metropolitan police’s parliamentary liaison and investigations team was set up following the murder of Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox last June. Among its investigations so far have been 13 cases of theft, four of criminal damage and 33 of malicious communication such as Twitter trolling. Labour MP Rachael Maskell said the level of intimidation and abuse would particularly put women off standing for Parliament....
Theresa May vows to 'negotiate hard' as she announces when she will start Brexit
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/th...s-10064504
EXCERPT: Theresa May will trigger Article 50 next Wednesday and begin the formal countdown to Brexit , Downing Street has announced. It means Britain will be on track to leave the EU exactly two years later, on March 29 2019. Speaking in Wales as she tours the UK ahead of triggering Brexit , Mrs May vowed to “negotiate hard” once negotiations with Brussels get underway. “I want to ensure we get the best possible deal for the United Kingdom,” she said. “We are going to be out there, negotiating hard, delivering on what the British people voted for....”
Black Lives Matter in Britain, Too: A Protest Movement Takes Root Across the Pond
http://www.alternet.org/documentaries/bl...n-movement
EXCERPT: [...] Britain's black population is approximately 2 million in a country of 64.6 million. "That [1999] Macpherson Report accused the London Metropolitan police of institutional racism — and looking back, it was around that time that [British] media facilitators withdrew and kind of backed off race," explained British historian Stephen Bourne.
A 2016 report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission revealed widespread inequality in employment and safety in a divided Britain. "In Britain, significantly lower percentages of ethnic minorities (8.8%) worked as managers, directors and senior officials, compared with White people (10.7%). This was particularly true for African/Caribbean/Black people (5.7%) and those of Mixed ethnicity (7.2%)," the report stated.
Additionally, "Black people who leave school with A-levels typically get paid 14.3% less than their White peers," researchers found. Swaby's documentary includes interviews with a host of different subjects, all of whom have something to say about the #BlackLivesMatterUK movement. Some he meets on the street; others he's known for a decade....
Theresa May tells Vogue about 'gentleman' Donald Trump
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39333131
EXCERPT: Theresa May insists Donald Trump was "being a gentleman" when he held her hand during her US visit shortly after he became 45th president. In an interview with the style magazine American Vogue, she says: "We were about to walk down a ramp, and he said it might be a bit awkward." Asked what she made of Mr Trump, she adds: "I like to think we got on."...