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Restoring devolution under Blair Every British prime minister of modern times has ended up dealing to some extent with "the Irish question", usually because political violence has forced it on to their agenda. The tone of their engagement has usually been reluctant, if not downright resentful. Politicians are bound to be suspicious of the demands of an issue where there are few, if any, British votes to be had, and whose roots stretch back to the reign of Henry II, who died in 1184. Falklands anniversary: Cameron repeats self-determination pledge The British navy frigate HMS Antelope explodes in the bay of San Carlos off East Falkland during the Falklands war. Photograph: Getty Images David Cameron is to mark the 30th anniversary of the invasion of the Falklands with a reaffirmation of Britain's determination to uphold the islanders' right to determine their own future. Three decades after Argentinian troops seized the islands' capital, Port Stanley, Cameron paid tribute to the task force sent by Margaret Thatcher to take them back. However, in a gesture of reconciliation, the prime minister said it should be a day to remember both sides' losses: the 649 Argentinians who died in the conflict as well as the 255 British armed forces personnel.
The Rise of Corporations Author and Page information by Anup ShahThis Page Last Updated Thursday, December 05, 2002 Today we know that corporations, for good or bad, are major influences on our lives. For example, of the 100 largest economies in the world, 51 are corporations while only 49 are countries, based on a comparison of corporate sales and country GDPs (See the facts page for more examples). In this era of globalization, marginalized people are becoming especially angry at the motives of multinational corporations, and corporate-led globalization is being met with increasing protest and resistance. How did corporations ever get such power in the first place?
Could Possible Misunderstanding On ObamaCare Cloud Supreme Court Deliberations? Jan. 24, 2012: President Obama greets Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, prior to his State of the Union address in Washington.AP WASHINGTON – A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is. During the recent oral arguments some of the justices and the lawyers appearing before them seemed to be under the impression that the law does not allow most consumers to buy low-cost, stripped-down insurance to satisfy its controversial coverage requirement. In fact, the law provides for a cheaper "bronze" plan that is broadly similar to today's so-called catastrophic coverage policies for individuals, several insurance experts said.
MPs' expenses scandal: what happened next? Lord Hanningfield talks about prison with a warmth verging on the nostalgic. There was a comforting familiarity to Standford Hill prison on the Isle of Sheppey. Two cells away was former Labour MP Jim Devine (jailed for claiming £8,385 worth of false invoices), while on the upper floor was fellow Tory Lord Taylor of Warwick (jailed for false accounting to the tune of £11,277). Hanningfield, born Paul White, says he learned a lot in prison – about drugs and illiteracy, recidivism and mental health problems. He can tell any number of funny stories about his experience; when he was sacked from his prison job at the health centre for "queue pushing", for example, Devine offered to set up an employment tribunal and fight a case of wrongful dismissal. He says he's come out stronger, determined to pull his life together, rebuild his reputation and do good.
Lobbying legal definition of Lobbying. Lobbying synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary. Lobbying The process of influencing public and government policy at all levels: federal, state, and local. Lobbying involves the advocacy of an interest that is affected, actually or potentially, by the decisions of government leaders. Presidency of Barack Obama The Presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009, when he became the 44th President of the United States. Obama was a United States Senator from Illinois at the time of his victory over Arizona Senator John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Barack Obama is the first African-American president of the United States, as well as the first born in Hawaii. His policy decisions have addressed a global financial crisis and have included changes in tax policies, legislation to reform the United States health care industry, foreign policy initiatives and the phasing out of detention of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
House of Lords should be 80% elected - MPs and peers' report 23 April 2012Last updated at 10:01 ET The House of Lords is the upper chamber of the UK Parliament A reformed House of Lords should be 80% elected and there should be a referendum before any change is made, a parliamentary committee has said. MPs and peers also said there should be 450 peers - down from about 800 - who would serve for 15-year terms. But the committee was split - nine of the 26 members voted against elected peers and eight opposed a referendum. Earlier David Cameron said he was not persuaded of the need for a referendum but would not rule one out.
Why does the UK love the monarchy? I have recently been accused on Twitter of being both a royalist "uber-Toady" and the author of "the most anti-monarchist report you could want to view". Both tweets related to the same item, a report for the BBC News at Ten that tried to answer a straightforward question: why does a country that has become so cynical about other institutions (Parliament, the City, the press, the police) remain so loyal to the monarchy? Whatever republicans might wish, less than a fifth of the Queen's subjects in the UK say they want to get rid of the Royal Family - a proportion that has barely changed across decades. According to polling data from Ipsos Mori, support for a republic was 18% in 1969, 18% in 1993, 19% in 2002 and 18% last year.