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De Jong, who found family members unwilling to be interviewed other than one London-based heir, says: “You have BMW and Porsche, particularly the families that control them, conduct this whitewashing or leaving out of history where they celebrate the business successes of their founders or saviours but leave out the fact that these men committed war crimes.
Map of Ulysses' travels from Butler's English translation of The Odyssey (1900)
Figure 10. Possible down-the-line trade routes from south-west Britain to the eastern Mediterranean through archaeologically defined areas of intensive interaction c. 1300 BC (adapted from Mordant et al. Reference Mordant, Peake, Roscio, Rahmstorf, Barjamovic and Ialongo 2021; Knapp et al. Reference Knapp, Russell and van Dommelen 2022; see OSM1 for details) (figure by authors). Source: Williams RA, Montesanto M, Badreshany K, et al. From Land’s End to the Levant: did Britain’s tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? Antiquity. 2025;99(405):708-726. doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.41
In March, Trump also threatened to sever all trade ties with Spain after Madrid refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran. Sánchez found himself in US crosshairs at last year's NATO summit for refusing to join allies in a pledge to boost defence spending to five percent of GDP as demanded by Trump. He has called Israel's war in Gaza a genocide and has condemned the US military operation in January that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
"Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but Lindsey Graham was the leading driver of the devastating sanctions bill against Russia," Browder wrote on the social platform X. "Russians are expert at administration of poisons that look like heart attacks. All tests should be done immediately to rule out foul play. I’ve seen enough Russian-related suspicious deaths to know this is the only course of action."
"However, at the time Farage started receiving the support he was Reform's honorary president and was active as a national political figure."
With a population of 395,000, Arlington [where the Eng-Cro game was held] remains the largest U.S. city without a mass public transit system, including bus or rail.
Cornilleau Pro 510M ping pong table https://uk.cornilleau.com/institutional-tables/2004-5325-510m-campus-outdoor-table.html
Michelangelo's Dome over Bernini's Baldachin, St Peter's Basilica, Vatican
From World War I through to 1945, the "Watch on the Rhine" was one of the most popular songs in Germany, again rivaling the "Deutschlandlied" as the de facto national anthem. In World War II, the daily Wehrmachtbericht radio report began with the tune, until it was replaced by the fanfare from Liszt's Les Préludes in 1941.
Until October 1941, German policy officially encouraged Jewish emigration. Gradually, however, the Nazis sought to deprive Jews fleeing Germany of their property by levying an increasingly heavy emigration tax and by restricting the amount of money that could be transferred abroad from German banks.
Con ese mismo objeto, en los establecimientos del sector de la hostelería y restauración se tendrá que ofrecer siempre a los consumidores, clientes o usuarios de sus servicios, la posibilidad de consumo de agua no envasada de manera gratuita y complementaria a la oferta del mismo establecimiento.
The word 'шиншилла' (chinchilla), famously illegible when rendered in the Cyrillic cursive script used for writing Russian by hand
The Mausoleum of Augustus
https://london.mid.ru/en/press-centre/gb_en_fnapr_1256/ 15 MAY / 2013 • Comments and Press Releases Ambassador Yakovenko meets Kenneth Clarke On 15 May 2013 the Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko met with the UK Cabinet Minister without Portfolio Kenneth Clarke at the Russian Ambassador’s Residence in London. Prospects of an expanded UK-Russia trade and economic co-operation were discussed at the meeting.
Much of the reporting around the Jay report said she had accused Rotherham council and police of failing to tackle sexual exploitation because of a misplaced political correctness. Yet Jay, quite deliberately, never used that term. “I have an aversion to phrases like that,” she says. Instead, she believes the Labour-dominated council turned a blind eye to the problem because of “their desire to accommodate a community that would be expected to vote Labour, to not rock the boat, to keep a lid on it, to hope it would go away.
Reform 49.8% Lab 26.9% Green 10.4% Cons 7.4% LibDem 3.6% Other 1.9%
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan from the 2024 general election: * Abram; Ashton-in-Makerfield South; Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North; Hindley; Hindley Green (nearly all); Leigh West (small part); Orrell; Winstanley; Worsley Mesnes; and very small parts of Golborne & Lowton West, and Ince.
Green 37.3% Lab 32.8% LibDem 19.0% Reform 7.7% Cons 2.2% Other 1.0%
“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
No confidence motions 6.28.A motion of no confidence in the Party Leader may be proposed in two ways: 6.28.1. by 50 Members of the Parliamentary Party or 50% of the Members of the Parliamentary Party (whichever is greater), writing to the Chairman and requesting a motion of no confidence. For the avoidance of doubt, clause 6.28.1 is only applicable in the event that the Parliamentary Party consists of more than 100 MPs; or 6.28.2. by 50% of all Members in Good Standing writing to the Chairman requesting a motion of no confidence. In either case such a request shall only be valid for 60 days from the day of receipt, after that time the Chairman shall disregard such requests. 6.29.Within fourteen days of receiving the requisite number of requests, above, the Chairman shall cause an in person meeting of the Board to occur at which the only item for discussion shall be the motion of no confidence. 6.30.If the Party Leader cannot attend the meeting, he must be given a reasonable opportunity to attend on a subsequent occasion to take place within ten further days. Provided that he has been given reasonable notice of such rearranged meeting, the Board may proceed to deal with the matter in his absence if the Board is of the opinion that, in all the circumstances, it would be fair, reasonable and just to do so and that he has had reasonable opportunity to attend. 6.31.In the event of a motion of no confidence in the Party Leader being passed by the Board the Party Leader shall be deemed to have resigned.
With the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill still only in draft form, and its delivery promised for just before the next general election, this Labour government appears set to repeat a familiar pattern. From Thatcher to Major and Blair, no British government has ever introduced draft legislation on leasehold and commonhold that went on to become an Act of Parliament within a single term. When did democracy become an exercise in government second-guessing what rich lobbyists might do in the courts?
The 22 months or so since Labour came to power have not led to anything close to the “change” all innocent leaseholders need and deserve, but we have taken some comfort from the leadership and action we have seen at Homes England’s Cladding Safety Scheme since its introduction and at the Building Safety Regulator since Andy Roe and Charlie Pugsley came in. We still need to see the same drive from this government – ministers and the civil service – but please know that we’ll be here fighting for justice for as long as it takes.
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History of Elo ratings for Arsenal FC. Elo is the system used to rate chess players. When a strong team A defeats a weaker team B, team A's rating doesn't increase by much, but when they defeat an even stronger team C, their rating will increase significantly. Conversely when team A loses to a weaker opponent, their Elo rating will drop significantly.