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Family breakdown a symptom of the sickness in Britain UK

Missing Marriages: Evaporated Empire
March 9, 2010 | From theTrumpet.com
What happens when a nation obsoletes the traditional family structure?

Robert Morley

Can a nation survive without strong families? You need to know the answer to this question, because strong marriages and families in Britain are devolving to unprecedented levels. But if we reach back into antiquity, [...]

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Political correctness is damaging our society and must be stopped UK

To arms!

You probably haven’t seen this story before, but you’ve seen a dozen like it – overzealous, over-the-top prosecution of law-abiding person by authorities which chase politically correct agendas rather than target criminals.
Jim Railton is an auctioneer. He was given a lot to sell – a little wooden cabinet with some 19th century eggs in [...]

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Pope to unleash ” hell ” on Labour and the socialist liberals

Pope could give Labour Party ‘hell’
catholic leader responds to Jim Murphy’s speech appealing for religious voters’ support
By Katrine Bussey
The Pope could give Labour “hell” over its record on family matters, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland said yesterday.
Cardinal Keith O’Brien hit out in [...]

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Brown now appears to bully head of charity for speaking out

PM claims by bullying charity challenged by Labour

Gordon Brown his said any anger is usually directed at himself

Labour has gone on the offensive over Gordon Brown’s temperament after an anti-bullying charity said it had been contacted by staff from his office.
The prime minister’s Parliamentary aide called for evidence of the calls from the [...]

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Alan Blackwood, Corus Redcar steel worker – “We are dead, gone, finished. There is absolutely no way it can be saved!”

Corus workers’ anger over government ‘platitudes’

Work to partially mothball the plant could take up to six months

Corus workers on Teesside have accused the government of talking “platitudes” over the future of Redcar’s plant, which is being partially mothballed.
The shutdown of the blast furnace at Teesside Cast Products (TCP) begins later, with up to [...]

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Conservative policies and the future of our families

I believe that the future of our children and our families is at stake. That sounds a little dramatic but in reality I believe it to be true. Surely encouraging parents to stay together and assisting families to grow together and to actually have a safe future for our children is uppermost in the mind [...]

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Lib Dem political chicanery on Inverness by-pass

I attended a meeting at the Inverness Town House regarding the debate of the Inverness by-pass. Some excellent comments were made by community councillors with some good discussion regarding the way forward.

Mary Scanlon MSP
Mary Scanlon Conservative MSP spoke particularly well and also made the point that despite LibDem MP Danny Alexander calling the meeting she [...]

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Labour have failed to achieve the best for the people of the UK

I found the following article to be of great interest and one that clearly shows how Labour have failed to achieve the best for the people of this country.
Every person should read this and in particular people who voted Labour the last time around. They need to understand the feckless mismanagement of our economy, health [...]

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Labour will tax the dead

Gordon Brown’s death tax

Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says that ministers are secretly planning a “death tax” of up to £20,000 per head to pay for their plans for a National Care Service.
“Gordon Brown needs to come clean with the public and say how he will fund his new National Care Service”, Lansley said.
“Behind closed [...]

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Some MP’s expenses are legitimate but are they worth it?

Danny Alexander LibDem MP
MP’s and their expenses are under ever greater scrutiny than ever before and rightly so. Some are legitimate expenses and others are bordering on outright fraud.
I found it interesting to note from the article in the Press and Journal the amount of expenses claimed by a number of Scottish MP’s which were [...]

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