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A.B. Sanderson

A B Sanderson has ten years experience working in EU politics both in Brussels and Strasbourg and here in the UK.

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Teenager Killed For Supposed ‘Racist Dancing’

A 17-year-old was killed after a fight broke out because an Asian boy thought he was mocking his ethnicity by copying dance moves from the chart topping track ‘Gangnam Style’, a court has heard. Jordan Brennan started doing the distinctive

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Evidence Appears of US Weapons in IS-aligned Hands

The United States will send 400 troops to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels this spring as part of its campaign against IS militants in the region. Pentagon spokesman Maj James Brindle confirmed the proposed deployment, according to An Nahar in Lebanon.

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UK Minister: Boys Should Play with Dolls

A government minister has said that young boys should be encouraged to play with dolls to get them “to consider caring as a profession” when they are older. Equalities Minister Jo Swinson, who has a 12 month old son, said

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Big Charities ‘Hooked’ on State Funding

As much as £3.1billion of funding for Britain’s largest charities comes directly from the public; nearly a quarter of their total income. In a report into the funding and transparency of the country’s third sector carried out by the Centre

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Labour MP Wants Hairdressers Regulated

A Welsh MP has called for hairdressers to be officially regulated, to avoid “unscrupulous” and “incompetent” traders. Nia Griffith, Labour MP for Llanelli, raised the issue in a debate in Parliament on Wednesday, saying she was “quite shocked” hairdressers do

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Cameron Backs Down Over Freedom of Movement

David Cameron was left red-faced after German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out “full on treaty change” in her meeting in Westminster yesterday. The German Chancellor agreed with Mr Cameron that there exists a need to stop the British benefits system