Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday 11 May 2015

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Monday May 11th 2015
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Scotland, nationalism and religion
Faith in the flag
Faith in the flag PERUSE any basic work of European history, you will learn that about 200 years ago, a new way of thinking, secular nationalism, began to...
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Britain’s election surprise
Britain’s election surprise IT WAS supposed to be the closest election in years. Every poll had put Britain’s Labour and Conservative parties virtually neck and neck; most commentators had...
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Explaining Labour's defeat
Borderline catastrophe
Borderline catastrophe THIS has been a disastrous night for the Labour Party. Not only has it lost stunningly in Scotland, it has struggled even to pick up seats in England. Many suburban...
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The casualties
A savage cull
A savage cull “Were you still up for Portillo?” became a catch-phrase of Labour’s landslide election victory in 1997—a reference to Michael Portillo, the Conservative...
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The trouble with space junk
The trouble with space junk ACCORDING to NASA, America’s space agency, the skies high above the Earth are cluttered up with around 23,000 pieces of man-made space junk measuring 10cm or more...
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