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Chapter 2, my book Unspoken -divide and rule

Fatema Miah: A subsection of Eastern Region of Bengal, in South East of Asia, this is roughly the perimeter of current Bangladesh, was taken into Pakistan during the partition of India in 1947, and later named East Pakistan. Verily, early in the century, British Imperialist, Governor and Viceroy Lord Curzon separated this same section out of the rest of Eastern ...

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Almost half of voters say they would vote for new party in election

Neither Tories nor Labour offer a strong leader according to voters, Observer poll finds About two in five voters would be highly likely to vote for a new party in the political centre ground at a future election, a new poll for the Observer has revealed. Just over a third (35%) also say they felt unrepresented by the existing main ...

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Ofsted inspectors find continued progress in latest visit

Council committed to providing extra focus on areas for improvement The latest visit to Tower Hamlets by Ofsted has found continued improvement in Children’s Services with more work to be done in key areas. Inspectors published their report today following their fourth visit to the council on 15 and 16 August which looked at the quality of care planning for ...

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Tipping point – Climate and Society

By Fatema Miah: Back to Climate science. The Climate Change has been an alarming issue for last decade. Where the past century of neglegency where accumulation of carbon emission and other neglected landfill gases has been bought to addressing. Climate is biological and geological science that  also has connection to Natural Physics and Chemistry. The Climate Science is deeply interlinked ...

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PMQs verdict: Corbyn nails it with focus on universal credit

Labour leader wins parliamentary set-piece comfortably with peroration that was perhaps one of his best Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn start PMQs by congratulating cricketer Alastair Cook on his long career. Corbyn asks May what the National Farmers’ Union, the Federation of Small Businesses, the National Audit Office, the charity Gingerbread and the Royal Society of Arts have in common? ...

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Labour accuses Tories of constituency boundary ‘power grab’

Labour calls government plans to reduce size of Commons undemocratic The government has laid out its final plans for redrawing House of Commonsconstituency boundaries under a new system that probably would have turned the hung parliament of the 2017 election into a safe Conservative majority, prompting claims from Labour of an “undemocratic power grab”. The plans from the separate boundary ...

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Air pollution is ‘biggest environmental health risk’ in Europe

Governments are failing to tackle the crisis that causes 1,000 early deaths a day, says damning EU report Air pollution is now “the biggest environmental risk” to public health in Europe but governments are failing to adequately deal with the crisis, the EU Court of Auditors has found. Europe’s air pollution limits are “much weaker” than WHO guidelines – and ...

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Tower Hamlets Brexit Commission launched as expert panel announced

L-R: Professor Tony Travers, Mayor John Biggs, Cllr Amina Ali, Howard Dawber L-R: Professor Tony Travers, Mayor John Biggs, Cllr Amina Ali, Howard Dawber A commission tasked with examining the likely impact of Brexit on Tower Hamlets was officially launched earlier today. Mayor John Biggs first announced plans for a Tower Hamlets Brexit Commission at a meeting of his cabinet ...

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Brexit plan: 80 MPs will reject Chequers deal, says ex-minister

Up to 80 Tory MPs are prepared to vote against Theresa May’s Chequers plan, a former Brexit minister has warned. Steve Baker told the BBC the PM’s blueprint for future relations with the EU had alienated Leavers and Remainers. He warned of a “catastrophic split” if his party was not able to unite around a different, more flexible arrangement. No ...

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Sajid Javid refuses to rule out civil disorder in case of no-deal Brexit

Home secretary says government is ‘preparing for all contingencies’ Sajid Javid has refused to rule out the possibility that a no-deal Brexit could cause a sharp rise in crime and widespread protests escalating into weeks of civil disorder, saying it was important that police prepare for any such eventualities. Contingency plans for a no-deal departure drawn up by the National ...

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