Britain’s new government may cut the number of Channel crossings
Dropping the crazy Rwanda plan was a good start
British history is filled with stories of miraculously helpful weather, from the “Protestant wind” that scattered the Spanish Armada in 1588 to the calm, cloudy conditions that enabled the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. The weather has been less kind to Britain’s new government in one area where it is desperate to succeed.
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Britain November 23rd 2024
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- How to fix palliative care in Britain
- Britain’s new government may cut the number of Channel crossings
- Britain’s government wants bigger pension funds
- The story of Britain’s “ginaissance”
- A sticking-plaster policy for Britain’s strained courts
- Assisted dying and the two concepts of liberty
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