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07/06/2025

mi6 gangster does not like crime tackling police

All week, the tributes have poured in. Those whose lives were touched by PC Lorne Castle haven't hesitated to come forward.

27/04/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/27/paul-nowak-tuc-reform-nigel-farage-workers FARAGE IS HANGING ONTO COAT TAILS OF TRUMP AND STARMER IS HANGING ONTO COAT TAILS OF MI6 WHO RUINED THIS COUNTRY WITH HIS MACHINES AND BEFORE STARMER TORIES WERE HANGING ONTO COAT TAILS OF MI6 COBRA INTELLIGENCE AGENCY COBRA BEING OPERATIVE WORD. HE HAS AFFILIATES AS WELL!

Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right

24/04/2025

Last year, a study by Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, found that even “eco-design” wood-burning stoves produced 450 times more toxic air pollution than gas central heating. CHRIS WITTY NOT FIT TO TALK AS IF HE IS A HEALTH MAN THEY DONT STOP PLANES FLYING EVEN GOT ONE OVER CHARLES TO LOOK AFTER MI6

11/04/2025

Trade in goods and services
The trade in goods account recorded net surpluses in 1980 to 1982, largely due to the growth in exports of North Sea oil. Since then, the trade in goods account has remained in deficit. The deficit grew significantly in the late 1980s to reach a peak of £25.2 billion in 1989, before narrowing in the early 1990s to levels of around £10 billion to £14 billion. In 1998, the deficit jumped by £9.5 billion to £22.2 billion and increased in every year since, except for 2009 and 2011. In 2013, the deficit reached £110.2 billion. IN 2013 UK DEFICIT REACHED 110.2B AFTER GETTING WORSE EVERY YEAR SINCE 1980S AMERICANS TELLING UK WE MUST GET RID OF OUR MONOPOLIES IE OUR POWER

11/04/2025

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In 2018, the UK had a trade deficit in goods, exporting £345 billion and importing £487 billion, resulting in a deficit of £142 billion. The trade surplus in services was £105 billion, but the overall trade deficit for goods was wider than in 2017.
UK trade in 2018: Trade deficit widens
8 Jan 2020 — Goods vs services ... In 2018, the UK exported £345 billion of goods and imported £487 billion, resulting in a trade def...

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In 2019, the UK was a net importer of goods, with imports exceeding exports by £175 billion. Total goods exports were £367 billion, a small increase from 2018, while total goods imports were £542 billion, a more significant increase. This resulted in a widening of the UK's trade in goods gap.
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Goods Exports:
The UK exported £367 billion worth of goods in 2019, a 0.7% increase compared to 2018.
Goods Imports:
Imports of goods reached £542 billion, a 7.5% increase compared to 2018.
Trade Deficit:
The UK's trade deficit in goods widened by £35.5 billion in 2019 compared to 2018, reaching £175 billion.
Services Surplus:
The UK also had a surplus in its trade in services, but this was not large enough to offset the deficit in goods.
EU Trade:
The UK experienced a trade deficit with the EU in both goods and services, with the deficit in goods being particularly large.
Non-EU Trade:
The UK had a trade surplus with non-EU countries in both goods and services.
UK Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics Summary of 2019 ... - GOV.UK
13 Feb 2020 — Summary of Trade in Goods - 2019 ... Total exports of goods in 2019 were £367 billion. This was an increase of £2.4 bil...

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International trade in UK nations, regions and cities: 2019
5 Nov 2021 — 1. Main points. In 2019, the South East of England led the UK total trade deficit, importing 20.1% (£101.1bn) of total U...

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UK trade, 1948-2019: statistics - UK Parliament
10 Dec 2020 — This represents a widening of the trade deficit from 2018 when it. was –£25.5 billion, equal to -1.2% of GDP. UK trade ...
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08/04/2025

Sir Philip Green loses legal case against UK over use of parliamentary privilege
Tycoon was named in Lords as having obtained injunction against Telegraph to stop publication of misconduct allegations

Simon Goodley
Tue 8 Apr 2025 10.34 BST
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Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has lost a legal case against the UK government after complaining about being publicly named in the House of Lords as facing misconduct allegations.

The case, which was said to be a test of the concept of parliamentary privilege, was launched after Lord Hain announced in the House of Lords that Green had used the courts to obtain an interim injunction against the Telegraph to stop publication of the allegations during 2018.

Parliamentary privilege allows members to speak freely and their comments to be reported without the fear of being sued.

On Tuesday, the European court of human rights (ECHR) ruled against the Monaco-based businessman, who had alleged that the lack of controls on the use of parliamentary privilege breached his right to privacy.

Lawyers for Green, the former chair of Topshop owner Arcadia, had argued that the UK, as a member of the ECHR, must ensure that parliamentary privilege is not used to circumvent court orders.

In a complaint lodged in April 2019, Green’s lawyers told justices in Strasbourg that Hain’s comments in the Lords made his breach of confidence claim against the Telegraph futile, violating his right to a fair trial, and that the statement also breached his right to privacy.

Green’s lawyers challenged the absence of controls on the power of parliamentary privilege to reveal information covered by an injunction.

On Tuesday, the Strasbourg court said: “The court found that it should be left to the respondent state, and parliament in particular, to decide on the controls required to prevent parliamentary members from revealing information subject to privacy injunctions.

“To find otherwise would run contrary to the principle of the autonomy of parliament, which had already considered and rejected the need for further controls.”

Hain’s disclosure in the Lords came a day after the Telegraph ran a front-page story saying it was prevented from naming a “mystery businessman”, with the headline “The British scandal which cannot be revealed”.

The newspaper later reported that Green allegedly groped a female executive

02/04/2025

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British prime minister Keir Starmer has already been warned by the Liberal Democrats against ‘appeasing’ Donald Trump with big tax cuts for US tech companies
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PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade deal

Toby Helm Political editor
Sat 29 Mar 2025 19.20 GMT
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Keir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy.

British government officials in London and Washington are working frantically this weekend to try to persuade Trump not to slap duties on more key UK industries on what he is calling “liberation day” on Wednesday. The US president has already announced plans for 25% levies on imports of cars, steel and aluminium to the US.