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Election days: 1779 - Save Britain from crisis!
History & The Arts

Election days: 1779 - Save Britain from crisis!

...money (which has, alas, been too disgracefully lavished away, in company with our national honour) are greater than were made to support the full glory of conquest in Mr Pitt's administration; although those immense inlets to wealth which then were open are now shut up. Add to these considerations, that fatal precipitancy, whereby we seem hastening to unavoidable ruin,...
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Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...money. Writing at the Institute For Government, Oliver Ilott suggests the main barrier to cross is the tariff barrier: A trade deal between the US and UK may attempt to remove tariffs in areas where they are high. These are almost all in agriculture. On the US side, there are 22 import duty rates above 100%, all on agricultural products. This makes some agricultural goods...
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Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...money to the strike fund. Eleanor Marx (daughter of Karl Marx, revolutionary philosopher) taught several of the strike leaders to read! So, though it might look as if, 30 plus years later, the Dockside branches were beaten back down, the 1920s banner does portray a strong well set up worker, a worthy heir to those who struggled to have a bigger share of the profits they...
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Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...money) (RGS, 2020) in damage and lost income to the city. The economic importance of London is a central factor in the government response to this issue. How has London adapted to the challenge? In 1953 the decision was taken to protect the city with a barrier downstream at Woolwich which could be closed when high tide was forecast. The Thames Barrier was completed in...
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The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
Society, Politics & Law

The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018

...money she could start a new life.” (Letitia McGowan, UNISON steward, 2021) Post-strike job evaluation (JE) Trade unions and the employer endorsed an appropriate JE scheme, and a joint JE team, consisting of GCC staff, trade union representatives from Unison, Unite and GMB, was established in June 2019. Extensive training was undertaken by the team and the aim was to...
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A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter
Science, Maths & Technology

A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter

...money you wanted, what big questions would you like to tackle next? Rachael: For me, the big question is about habitability. Are Enceladus and other icy moons, such as Europa, Ganymede and Titan, habitable or potentially habitable? Do they have the prebiotic chemistry; the sugars and organic compounds, the chemistry that life needs to get kick-started? Do they have a...
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Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...money, knowledge and information, it can be helpful to think about how contemporary cities are permeated by all kinds of different relationships and connections with places elsewhere. And yet, the remaking of cities in the name of economic growth is far from politically uncontested. One area where this has become acutely contentious is housing. Transformed over recent...
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A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...money tanning their skin all year round? Do people not risk skin cancer to jump on a sunbed?). Am I missing something? It becomes more difficult when my friends and I are targeted on a night out by the bouncers on the door. Or when I’m booking holidays on a scale of “how racist” the place is to visit. If you know, you know. I remember being on my way to Uni and...
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